2009 Skoda Octavia RS First Drive Review

ALLOWING MOTORING SCRIBES to mercilessly flog your new model for more than three hours at a track is a display of serious confidence in your product.

To launch the new look Octavia RS, Skoda Australia assembled the motoring press at Top Gear Australia’s test track at Camden Airport and [...]

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Along with the release of the first details of the refreshed 2009 Octavia RS, Škoda has also released the first batch of images and information on its 2009 Octavia Scout.

As with the other models in the Octavia line, the Scout wears new headlamps, bonnet and front guards. The Scout also picks up unique front and [...]

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We most recently saw the Octavia at the 2009 Melbourne Motor Show, and now Skoda has unveiled the latest iterations of its Octavia RS lift-back and station wagon.

Based on the Golf GTI, the Skoda Octavia RS looks thoroughly refreshed thanks to a redesigned front featuring a clearly visible RS logo. And, for the first time, [...]

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Talk to an Englishman about Skoda, and he will most likely roll his eyes and laugh as he remembers uninspiring, unremarkable cars produced by communists for their comrades and exported to, among other places, the UK (more recently) and Australia (back in the 1980’s).

But that was a long time ago and times have changed.

Now sitting [...]

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It is no secret that Volkswagen doesn’t see a future that features automatic transmissions. The old slush box is a little low tech, a little ‘old hat’ and a lot like yesterday’s news over Wolfsburg way.

As a result, we can expect to see a lot more of the fabulous VW DSG range of transmissions in [...]

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Škoda Australia has revealed its new Octavia model range.

When viewed from the front, the key enhancements to the new Octavia include newly-shaped, bolder headlamps, a more robust radiator grille and a one-piece bumper. The rear of the vehicle features new tail lamp covers and a dynamic bumper with integrated ‘cat eyes’.

Inside the Octavia, the steering [...]

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Australians are embracing diesels and why wouldn’t they? Efficient and powerful, they make a compelling case for the new car buyer’s hard earned dollars. Škoda Australia has now added a new variant to its Octavia model line up – the high performance Octavia RS TDI, with a new 125kW 2.0-litre turbocharged common rail diesel engine.

The [...]

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Skoda is certainly on the move in this country, and the VW-owned brand is keeping a good thing going with the Australian introduction of the Octavia Scout 4X4.

The Scout is Skoda’s first entry into the Australian compact SUV segment and, according to the PR blurb, is “designed for drivers who demand equal measures of practicality [...]

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Skoda is certainly on the move in this country, and the VW-owned brand is keeping a good thing going with the Australian introduction of the Octavia Scout 4X4.

The Scout is Skoda’s first entry into the Australian compact SUV segment and according to the PR blurb, it is “designed for drivers who demand equal measures of [...]

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Škoda’s Octavia reached a milestone today, when the two-millionth version of the popular model rolled off the production line in Vrchlabí (no we can’t pronounce it either). The two-millionth Octavia was a Silver Octavia Scout 2.0 TDI.

Škoda Auto has been producing the modern Octavia since 1996 (the very first generation Octavia was produced in the [...]

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Wrapping up our coverage of the Sydney Motor Show is a picture gallery of the cars and brands we haven’t covered individually - we’ve covered the major highlights (in our opinion at least). There was a pink Micra on the Nissan stand but…well…one has to draw the line somewhere. There was plenty of bling, lots [...]

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It’s been known for some time now that Skoda were planning to return to Australia and we can now confirm that the brand will be “coming out” at this years Australian International Motor Show in Sydney (October 11-21).

We will be there to welcome back the Czech manufacturer who now operates under the VW umbrella. Skoda [...]

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