New Octavia ....when? How Much?

[daMama]

I also have an update from my dealer today. Provisional build week 39. Ordered week 15. 24 ****ing weeks just for build. Appalling wait times. Anyone here for a longer time for an ambition+ or ambition? I think I'll have most rs owners beat for long wait.....

Great news Gtr27.
I ordered an ambition+ w faux leather and parking sensors (only rear now ) and something else. ...but forgot what! Hopefully that means mine isnt too far off being built too. I ordered 3 wks after you.

[GTR27]

Check with your dealer.... Aussie orders seem to get built in batches

[kamold]

Check with your dealer.... Aussie orders seem to get built in batches

Maybe they wait until the B team is on shift to build ours

[The Bone Ranger]

I believe that VW Australia is to blame here. In many markets around the world Skoda have eaten into VW market share. They have made Skoda a low priority in terms of import numbers in Australia.

Bingo.

So long as Skoda are in bed with VW Australia, this will be the norm. Ultimately it had an effect on my purchase. 6 months wait for an Octavia wagon, when I can get a similarly specced Golf wagon in a bit over 2 months, with better resale? No brainer for me, though I understand why others might wait.

I wonder how long Skoda will be happy with this arrangement?

Andrew

[daMama]

I don't think Skoda have a choice. Not to mention they have failed once before here in Oz, and because we're a small market, they need a big name to keep Skoda going.

[K4neX]

Picked up the Ambition Plus Wagon with DSG, front parking sensor (dealer installed) and secure wheel nuts today. Pretty straight forward process and the sales manager explained most of the features of the car, especially holding down the unlock button on the key fob to open all windows and vice versa! Only two things that bugged me a little, first was the divider in the boot, there is only one on the left side on the ambition plus wagon, elegance has two, I didn't know that... Second was the front passenger door handle inside the cabin was misaligned a little, meaning it is not under the trim but sitting out a little, the dealer will fix it when I go in for the 1500km inspection as I only found out about that around 4pm...

I spent a fair bit of time driving it today with my in-law in the back seats. They said it was quiet on the freeway and around the suburb, but the suspension was a bit hard going through speed humps. No booming noise issue at all, not sure if i was the Pirelii tyres that helped with the noise. And the low beam is actually quite bright.

I have also installed the mega Leds from Superskoda for the boot and rear rego lights, they are bright!

Very happy with the car so far and my fiancee was over the moon!

[mercury10]

Suspension will soften a bit after 1000ks.Mine did.Was quite harsh first few hundred ks.

[GTR27]

Awesome seeing people collecting their cars.

Hopefully mine isn't built by the work experience kid. Mid week would be nice

[Dzl_Dubba]

Check to see if they've removed the shipping pucks?

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[readerr0r]

Rear will be rougher than the front due to the Torsion Beam suspension in the <132kW models too.

Also the MY15 pricing & specs are available now. They were in the car config for a while though.
http://www.skoda.com.au/SiteCollecti...re-octavia.pdf

Still not sure if the red colour for the RS is official or not (not that I would change).