Skoda’s awards hat-trick

Skoda scoops top three prizes in driver satisfaction survey.

Czech car manufacturer Skoda has continued its remarkable run in the Auto Express Driver Power survey, picking up the top car of the year award for the sixth time in just eight years.

Skoda cars took first, second and third places in the awards voted by car owners themselves.

The Skoda Yeti took the top spot for the third consecutive year with a customer satisfaction score of 92.78%.

Skoda’s little Citigo (92.62%) and Superb saloon (91.69%) came second and third.

Top 10 cars list

1. Skoda Yeti
2. Skoda Citigo
3. Skoda Superb
4. BMW 5 Series
5. Kia Rio
6. MG6
7. Toyota Prius
8. BMW 1 Series
9. Renault Captur
10. Kia Cee’d

More than 50,000 motorists were surveyed this year, with the average satisfaction rating of a car in the Driver Power Top 100 hitting 88.36%.

Owners rated their cars on reliability, build quality, running costs, performance, road handling, ride quality, ease of driving, seat comfort, practicality and in-car technology.

And here are the individual category winners:

• Reliability – Honda Jazz
• Build quality – Audi Q5
• Running costs – Skoda Citigo
• Performance – Jaguar XKR
• Road handling – MG6
• Ride quality – Land Rover Discovery III
• Ease of driving – Skoda Yeti
• Seat comfort – Volvo V70 MKII
• Practicality – Volvo V70 MKIII
• In-car technology – Range Rover Evoque