Up to 1400kg class winner
Škoda Octavia Hatch 1.5 TSI 150PS SE L DSG
Price £24,225
Target Price £22,237
Kerbweight 1295kg
85% match 1101kg
Max towing weight 1500kg
Towball limit 75kg
IF YOU THINK it’s predictable that the Škoda Octavia has won our lightest weight class, you’d be quite right. This is win number six.
But those who are paying close attention will notice something that has never happened before – a petrol tow car has won its weight class for the first time in the 13-year history of the Tow Car Awards.
Every car we tested in 2019’s lightest weight class is a petrol, but don’t let that give you the impression this is a soft victory. The Octavia 1.5 TSI wins on merit. Forget about any notion of a petrol engine being gutless and needing
