insideKENT Magazine Issue 50 - May 2016 | Page 138

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ŠKODA OCTAVIA SCOUT
I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER IN THE 80S WHEN SKODAS FIRST APPEARED ON THE
RADAR IN THE UK. THEY WERE RECEIVED, RATHER UNFAIRLY I FEEL, WITH A GREAT DEAL
OF SCORN AND DERISION, BECAUSE THEY WERE CHEAP. AND IN ENGLAND WE WERE IN
A TIME WHERE PEOPLE WANTED TO DRIVE AROUND IN PORSCHES AND RANGE ROVERS.
CARS WERE VERY MUCH A STATUS SYMBOL IN THE UK, RATHER THAN JUST A RELIABLE,
PRACTICAL MODE OF TRANSPORT. THANK GOODNESS TIMES HAVE CHANGED...

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