I understood Skodas are usually _next_ gen Volkswagens. At least when I lived in Europe they always got the new chassis/engine/gearbox to beta before it rolled out to VW, did that change?
My Skoda is the most boring, unsurprising, uninteresting and reliable car I every driven. I love it.
I'm sad they've stopped making functional-first cars like the Yeti, and now just do versions of VW models. I think Dacia might have taken up the mantle of no-frills and reliable though.
Not even previous gen any more. They just get interiors that aren’t quite as nice (more plastic).