If you can live with its odd looks, the Roomster makes an interesting little MPV, powered here by VAG’s ubiquitous 1.9-litre turbodiesel engine. Keep stirring the gearbox and it makes good progress with a caravan on the back, but on our test track it didn’t like being buffeted by crosswinds.
The engine was so free-revving that – at least on early acquaintance – it was difficult to balance engine revs and clutch bite: resulting in clutch spin or torque steer as the wheels scrabbled for grip on a half-decent hill start. It’s not that we’d put too much weight on the towball – we kept to Roomster’s measly 50kg noseweight limit.
| Make/Model |
Caravan weight |
Drive |
Cyls/CC |
bhp/lb ft@rpm |
Price |
Tested |
| Škoda Roomster2 1.9TDi |
1,067kg |
FWD |
4/1896 |
105/240@1800 |
£13,315 |
2007 |
Škoda Roomster2 1.9TDi
