You are absolutely wrong... Skoda is no longer unreliable and boring... I was bought more than 10 years ago by Volkswagen, and now some of its cars share many pieces with some VW or Audi cars. www.skoda-auto.com
I would go for Lada/VAZ, ( far uglier and more boring car, low reliability) a Russian make, (which btw is the subject of many jokes here). www.lada.fr