New Octavia ....when? How Much?

**bbcrowdog** · 06-12-2014, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by KWICKS

So now my week 38, then week 42, is now week 44 build. I'll have to talk to fair trading soon. For an April 11 order. I'm calming down before phoning them back at Skoda customer service.

K - talking to salesman today and it really is the luck of the draw ( and option dependant of course). He had a blue, manual, hatch, 18"BP on the floor ready for delivery today - factory order dated early august.
He admitted he'd had a wagon on order for another customer for quite some months too.

**KWICKS** · 06-12-2014, 11:08 PM

Cheers.

**GTR27** · 07-12-2014, 01:05 AM

I see a few on here have had some comments on skoda's page (on the best car under 50K "award"). I lol'd.

**RedBen** · 07-12-2014, 06:32 AM

Ordered my vRS petrol wagon about 3 weeks ago, haven't got a confirmed production date but supposed to be early Jan with delivery late March - early April. I had a choice of cars for immediate delivery.

**parisfrance** · 07-12-2014, 07:15 AM

Hello Ben

Welcome to the vRS waiting list. I am curious whether you ordered a stock vRS or have also ordered any options as I spoke to my dealer today and she still couldn't give me a confirmed production date but did suggest it would be late Jan with likely delivery in April.

At least I did get to take a showroom vRS for an extended drive today, it was nice to remind myself why it is worth waiting for an Octavia vRS, I was seriously thinking about cancelling the order and waiting for the new Passat in October or maybe looking at the new Mondeo when it arrives in February.

My wife has her heart set on the vRS and has been enjoying shopping online for accessories she wants to add so I probably would have also been looking for a divorce attorney if I had cancelled the order.

**RedBen** · 07-12-2014, 08:19 AM

Hey parisfrance,

Ordered with 19" black pack, sunroof and tech pack. Also, wanted it in red which seemed to be a drama. There was a lot of confusion about whether the vRS was available in red at all!!

**GTR27** · 07-12-2014, 09:47 AM

Ordered Dec for a Jan build, Apr delivery? Unless that car had been ordered for a few months, that's not really realistic, I think you will be in for disappointment. Order cycle is 2 month lots, so you are at the end of a cycle (good for reduced times). But an rs has a longer lead than a normal Octavia, and you would be struggling to get a normal one in that time frame. The only way you could get that is if a dealer has a order already in the system (from a cancelled order) and can still modify it.

3 -4 months from order to build, then 3 months after that for delivery. For an rs, you wait longer in the build queue. 8-9 months is more realistic if it's a genuine from scratch order.

**GeeMatt** · 07-12-2014, 10:52 AM

Ordered Aug 2014 (Week 31). Car built week 48.
Present status "in transit CZ to freight/shipping port"

Reality Bus.

**daMama** · 07-12-2014, 01:12 PM

According to my dealer, Skoda Oz has negotiated a deal with the Cz factory. A one off Oz production of 2000 cars will happen in the next few months. He said hes not sure if thats all orders on the books or orders plus extra stock. Either way, more cars are coming our way.

My new order was placed on 10 Nov with a planned production of Wk 3. Its already moved from Wk 4......