Reuploaded Fifth Gear Test Predicted Skoda Octavia Success in 2013
29 Mar 2017, 16:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Last year, the Octavia accounted for 446,000 sales worldwide or about one in every three Skodas. It's much more than the core of the brand
Skoda Octavia Facelift Getting 1.5 TSI "Evo" Engine Later in 2017
12 Feb 2017, 20:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / By 2020, nearly all Octavia models in Germany are probably going to have either this or the 2.0 TDI. Turbos for everybody!
First 2017 Skoda Octavia Acceleration Test: Ugly But Fast
10 Feb 2017, 14:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Oh, Skoda, why do you wrap such interesting cars in ugly packaging. This average Octavia is probably faster than any Mondeo
2017 Skoda Octavia Production Starts in Czech Republic
8 Feb 2017, 17:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Think the BMW guy who installs turn signals is depressed? How about the Skoda man that checks how the headlights fit? He's not too happy either
Skoda Celebrates 20 Years of Octavia Production
5 Sep 2016, 21:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Th Octavia is less than half the age of the VW Golf and yet it has its own personality. Not only is this the most popular Skoda, but it outsells the A3 and Leon
Skoda Octavia Range Getting Facelift in 2017, Report Claims
26 Aug 2016, 14:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We already have a 2017 Octavia, so this one we are talking about is the 2018 model... technically. Expect it to arrive next summer
Rocket Bunny Skoda Octavia RS Police Car Has All the Right Curves
4 Aug 2016, 03:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If the police ever realizes it needs a wagon with a 2-liter turbo engine made in the Czech republic that looks like a drift car, they can find inspiration here
Skoda Octavia RS 230 Review Details Feature-Rich Yet Practical Sedan
25 Feb 2016, 16:54 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Octavia RS 230 is like a high end version of the regular 220 with more luxury included. 10 extra hp and an XDS system are borrowed from the GTI PP
Hans-Joachim Stuck Likes the Skoda Octavia RS 230 and So Do We
30 Sep 2015, 13:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Octavia RS 230 gets the same engine as the Golf GTI Performance Pack with 10 extra hp, a special electric diff and better exhaust
2015 Skoda Octavia Scout 1.8 TSI Acceleration Test
27 Nov 2014, 13:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We really wouldn't buy a compact SUV any more, not when the latest generations of crossover estates are so much more dynamic and better to look at. Volkswagen Group has three of them built on t...
2014 Skoda Octavia 1.8 TSI DSG: Is It Better Than a 2.0 TDI?
30 Jul 2014, 08:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The very first generation of the Skoda Octavia vRS was offered with a 1.8 turbo engine with 20 valves. Skoda customers have largely shied away from big petrol engines in recent years, but we think t...
Hardcore Skoda Octavia vRS with 280 HP Spied for the First Time
30 Jun 2014, 08:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The MQB platform it's based on gives Skoda's one and only sports model, the Octavia RS, access to some of the hottest turbocharged engines around. This is why Skoda is currently working on...
Skoda Octavia Joins the Autobots
8 Apr 2014, 16:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Transformers robots might seem as American as gun festivals and rednecks in pickups, but the franchise was created by the Japanese at Takara Tomy, who collaborated with Hasbro on a toy line in 1984....
Skoda Announces Production of 4 Millionth Octavia
26 Aug 2013, 12:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Skoda factory at Mlada Boleslav in the Czech Republic has just celebrated the production of Octavia number 4,000,000. Since its launch in 1996, the Skoda best-seller has been presented in a t...
Skoda Sales Down in First Half of 2013
2 Aug 2013, 07:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Skoda's semi-annual sales press releases starts off on a positive tone, saying that the first half of 2013 represents an important chapter for the Czech company, after it has launched so many n...
Skoda Octavia Wins Tow Car of the Year 2013
14 Jun 2013, 13:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The all-new Skoda Octavia is definitely bigger, better faster and stronger, but it also has othe qualities which you might not have realized. Few people are ever going to stick a tow hitch on the ba...
Skoda Octavia RS III Rendered as a Coupe
5 Jun 2013, 15:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you're a Skoda Octavia fan, than you're not going to forget this day in a hurry. The new Octavia RS just came out today, and it's a spectacular blend of performance and practicalit...
New Skoda Octavia Crew Protect System Explained
24 May 2013, 14:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Skoda Octavia is packed with systems to keep you safe. It has a Lane Assistant device that keeps you between the lines and reduces the chance of a crash. Yet accidents might still happen due to ...
2013 Skoda Octavia Lane Assist Explained
24 May 2013, 14:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Having a system that keeps you from crossing into the opposite is pretty much expected on something like a Mercedes S-Class, but when that's been fitted on a regular family car, we find that un...
Spyshots: Skoda Octavia RS III at the Nurburgring
24 Apr 2013, 07:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When we saw the new Skoda Octavia in person, we realized its boot is so big that it can handle two very large adults sitting side by side in there. Mind you, we're not even talking about the Co...