Skoda seem to of taken the Luxury COTY award for Top Gear UK over the Passat and the E-Class mercedes.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...682530,00.html

It appears VW may start to peg them back as they are eating into VW Passat sales and at a rapid rate. It's quite an interesting read, especially when you see how no where they are here in OZ.