Skoda‘s Greenline low-CO2 branding has made its way from the Fabia to the Superb and now onto the Octavia.
Available in hatchback or, as here, estate form, the Greenline model comes in with figures of 114g/km and an average 64.2mpg. That’s impressive, given the wagon has a 605-litre luggage space behind the rear seats, making it the most voluminous load-lugger below 121g/km.
The 1.6-litre engine never feels particularly underpowered and is comfortably up to everyday tasks despite its modest output for a large car. The only problem for the Greenline is that the normal 1.6 TDI SE spec version also gets into the same BIK banding with 119g/km. The SE is £690 cheaper, but doesn’t get the Greenline’s standard cruise control, leather steering wheel or trip computer, and it’s 1.4mpg behind its eco-branded sibling in fuel economy terms thanks to the Greenline’s lowered suspension and eco tyres. The list price difference is worth £36 per year to a higher-rate tax payer, who would have to be doing high mileage to make that back. Both cars are appealing company car choices, but whether to take the green-branded one is a tight call.
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