Production of the third generation Octavia started this month at the Mlada Boleslav plant in the Czech Republic, ahead of its March launch in Britain.

It’s no slouch. On Germany’s unrestricted motorways, it’ll cruise happily and legally top-down in the ‘slow’ lane at 100 mph.

This is not so much a van as a luxurious business-class aircraft cabin on wheels. I had to ferry three adults, two growing teenagers, and luggage.

Skoda is about to launch the second generation of its popular crossover sports utility vehicle. The first generation has already proved a big hit.

Never mind Mustang Sally. It was more 'Mustang Sienna' as the actress Sienna Miller helped the global launch of the latest classic Ford Mustang.

Motoring editor Ray Massey takes the Jaguar F-Type R Coupe 5.0 litre V8 (from £85,000) for a mini test and tells you the best and worst bits of his drive.

Priced from £32,395 to £42,995, the baby 'Disco' goes on sale in January alongside the existing full-size sevenseater Discovery.

Honda has revealed its new compact sports utility vehicle — the HR-V — which goes on sale next summer from £16,000.

Suzuki's new global city car offers very low CO2 emissions of 99g/km, 'class leading luggage capacity' of 254 litres and its AGS system also allows a low-speed 'creep' facility

Acceleration from rest to 60mph in 4.5 seconds and a top speed of 168mph. The guiding principle, it says, was 'functional beauty'. The driver can also control wing deployment.

The new two-seater Aston Martin Vulcan will set you back £1.8million. The V12 engine is the equivalent of eight Ford Fiestas. The Vulcan will reach top speeds of 200mph and 0-60mph in three seconds.

Just as George Osborne ratcheted up company car tax for thousands of motorists, German giant BMW unveiled its new 'budget buster' — its first mainstream plug-in petrol-electric hybrid SUV.

In a stunt worthy of the latest Bond film Spectre — for which the firm is supplying many of the cars — the XF (pictured) was revealed in a dramatic stunt high over the Royal Dock in Canary Wharf.

It's been an electric week for motoring. A fleet of 100 electric vehicles was ferrying VIPs at the UEFA Champions League in Berlin last Sunday where Spain's FC Barcelona triumphed over Juventus.

The festival will feature cars from yesteryear, today and tomorrow. Since 1993 automotive extravaganza has become the nation's motor show. All major car makers brass will be attending.

Jaguar Land Rover left its German rivals shaken and stirred with a star-studded James Bond car launch and a jaw-dropping stunt at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show.

Charge up your flux capacitors! We're going back to the future with Tesla Motors' unveiling of its gull-winged, all-electric sports utility vehicle.

The Swedish company has named its design for self-driving cars 'Concept 26' which it says aims to put the joy back into driving by letting people make the most of commuting.

She's earned nearly 4million Instagram followers by showing off her unreal figure. So the DJ wasn't afraid to put on a sexy display in a very daring catsuit at the Billboard Music Awards.

She is a solo artist now after her girl group Fifth Harmony broke up. And Normani proved herself a force to be reckoned with at Sunday night's Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

They won the Social Artist gong at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards. And the seven-member K-Pop boy band BTS took the stage by storm that evening at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

She opened the show for Sunday night's 2018 Billboard Music Awards. And Ariana Grande left fans with No Tears Left To Cry when she performed the single from her upcoming album

She revealed her feelings were 'hurt' following her ex-Fifth Harmony bandmate's 2017 VMA performance which saw them throw shade at their departed band member

Kesha had a big night at the Billboard Music Awards. Not only did she perform her song Good Old Days alongside Macklemore. But she also stayed close to her love.

Nick, 25, attended the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday. He wore a tight pink shirt that showed off his well-defined biceps.

The 26-year-old rapper is the leading contender at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards with 21 nominations it was announced on Thursday.

Taylor Swift was confirmed to open the 2019 Billboard Music Awards with the premiere performance of her hotly anticipated new track ME!

Cardi B put her new assets on display on Wednesday, when the 26-year-old took to the red carpet of the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Just weeks after announcing that he and his wife are expecting their first child, country superstar Kane Brown and Katelyn Jae hit the red carpet.

The Game Of Thrones star is one of the night's presenters while Joe the Jonas Brothers will perform int heir first awards show appearance in 10 years.

Priyanka Chopra looked mesmerizing in a plunging white sequined gown as she packed on the PDAs with hubby Nick Jonas at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

Kelly Clarkson made the most of her opportunity on Wednesday night, thrilling the crowd with an electrifying opening medley at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

When Mariah Carey played the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas this Wednesday, she had some support from some very special people in her life.

The 35-year-old actress-turned-director was joined on the red carpet by Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, the stars of her forthcoming movie.

Drake's old notebook is being sold for $32,000 by memorabilia company Moments in Time, after they found the book in a dumpster near Drake's grandpa's furniture factory in Toronto, Canada.

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner will 'potentially' have a big party to celebrate their marriage.

The Game Of Thrones actress, 23, cut a casual figure as she arrived at The Box nightclub in Soho, London on Friday for a night out with friends

Pension freedom reforms will give people more decision-making power over their retirement savings. But as ever, the more you have, the more freedom you will enjoy.

With-profits policyholders often face an impossible choice about when to take their benefits. Turn down today's offer and tomorrow's may be lower. How can you decide when it's time to leave?

I feel like my aunt gave her solicitor power of attorney as a friend and now she is unable to understand he is charging her. I disagree with his actions, so what can I do? Lawyer Fiona Heald replies.

This is Money columnist Steve Webb and lawyer Fiona Wood jointly tackle a reader question about shamming a divorce to dodge tax. Find out the pitfalls here...

My 78-year-old brother died without leaving a will. He had no children and was divorced from his wife. Lawyer Gavin Holt explains the order of inheritance in such cases.

In my dad's will, the house is left to me and cash to be split 50/50 with my sister. It was made 10 years ago when my parents were estranged from my sister. My dad is now widowed and has dementia.

My brother died two days after receiving a diagnosis. I had at his request organised a solicitor to visit him in hospital to arrange a will. He passed in June, two days before the appointment.

I had an £84k pension but cashed it in when I was 55 to pay off debts. Since then, I have come into an inheritance so I have £420k in savings and have rejoined my company's pension scheme.

The average person has 11 jobs in their lifetime, so it is no wonder two in three Britons have more than one pension pot. The industry has long discussed launching an online pensions dashboard

Analysis by financial data experts Defaqto shows a couple who borrow £50,000 could save up to £38,000 over 20 years by opting for a retirement interest-only mortgage instead.

Spouses whose partners die intestate are to receive at least the first £270,000 of their estate from 6 February onward.

Which? found 77 per cent of 1,500 people surveyed in the UK held either one account or several with the same provider, leaving them stuck during online and mobile banking hitches.

Former prison officer Paul Davidson, 62, pictured, was forced to retire early in 2012 after he suffered a breakdown. He spent a month in a clinic and his wife had to give up work to care for him.