Electronic brake,yee gods please no.It's what stopped my initial purchase of a VW,terrible thing it was,orrible.Dont do it Skoda please dont do it.You just know that one day it's gonna go pop in Tesco's car park or some other outa the way place and you're stuffed by one little servo,all for the sake of a proper handbrake.Noooooooooo.Also at 6-2 plus I have no prob with the armrest,I guess as Mike Tee say's,it's just one o them thing's you get used to.