New Octavia ....when? How Much?

Sad to hear of all these delays. We ordered 16 May and it landed in Australia on the 8th of September. I think people need to be a little less trusting of some of these dealers and get firm cancellation clauses in the contract.
There is enough feedback out there to know once things like manuals, combis and sunroofs get included you are screwed. I also feel that Skoda Australia are fairly incompetent and hindered by VW Australia. Combine all that with overwhelming demand in Europe and it all becomes clear.


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Your experience benmac is certainly not normal. I suspect the dealer had another order (cancelled) and you just happened to turn up at the right time so you could modify it before it for locked in. (It had already had it's ~3 month wait before you tried to buy). It's the only explanation for how quick you for the car. Any genuine from scratch order is 6+ months

Just gotta be in the right place at the right time I guess, good luck to you getting it though!

Here is my Škoda, RS Wagon, Tech Pack, Glass roof, all that jazz - though taking delivery of it in Nov :) Every option except leather.

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Looks good. Where is that shot taken? I don't think ours is at the dealers yet since arriving at the port on the 8th.

At the dealership :)

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At the dealership :)

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so why would you need to wait till Nov?

I'm going away for a few weeks to the USA and don't want to pay two monthly payments for a car I'd only drive for two weeks!

Do still a lottery on wait times for vrs wagon with tech pack ?

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Do still a lottery on wait times for vrs wagon with tech pack ?

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OilBurna.... what are you asking here? I will ask, as I am keen on a vRS Wagon, DSG TDI and Tech pack..... is the form time of order and wait time still going to drag us well into 2015?

It's already 2015 for orders placed way back so yes, anything now will deliver next yr most likely. I think it will take until the new MY16 to settle down.