New Octavia ....when? How Much?

**AUSL** · 11-10-2013, 11:41 AM

Hey everyone, I thought I would start up a discussion with regard to the new Octavia. From what i've heard / read, the new model should see Aus release sometime in the next month (Nov).

I'm in the market for a new family car and am holding off my decision pending the octy release. There's also very little info about the pricing and model structure for the Aussie release. Any thoughts?

I've been looking at info with regard to the UK models and it looks like there are 4 spec levels for the Octy:

S, SE, Elegance and of course the VRS

With VAG announcing that they would like to separate the Skoda a little more from VW they may be considering making the the Aussie models a little cheaper in both price and spec. I hope that they don't skip too much on the equipment. I've included a link to the brochure and the spec levels look great!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/75lmdlqys0...ice%20list.pdf

**donweather** · 11-10-2013, 11:58 AM

Cruise Control is not standard on the vRS? WTF!!!!

**brenno** · 11-10-2013, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by AUSL

Hey everyone, I thought I would start up a discussion with regard to the new Octavia. From what i've heard / read, the new model should see Aus release sometime in the next month (Nov).

I'm in the market for a new family car and am holding off my decision pending the octy release. There's also very little info about the pricing and model structure for the Aussie release. Any thoughts?

I'm in the same boat - ready to upgrade and proceed with an order, but am worried about VAG's current tendency to ignore manual gearboxes. I was keen on either a Golf Wagon or Octavia Wagon, but on hearing the former will only be offered with DSG then that option is out.

Perhaps we will get similar spec to the NZ offerings;

http://www.skoda.co.nz/sitecollectio...ember_2013.pdf
http://www.skoda.co.nz/sitecollectio...ember_2013.pdf
http://www.skoda.co.nz/sitecollectio...ember_2013.pdf

**readerr0r** · 11-10-2013, 03:20 PM

Same, I've been told mid-late November for the normal range and Early 2014 for the vRS

**AUSL** · 11-10-2013, 05:31 PM

So would the pricing be comparable to New Zealand? Starting around 35k?

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4

**dArK5HaD0w** · 11-10-2013, 06:54 PM

The UK specs bare no resemblance to what the aus specs will be.
Even with the current mk2, we get a lot more things included as standard, compared to the UK spec, where many things r options.

NZ, on the otherhand get almost everything under the sun, if not, as an option.
For example - electric folding mirrors on the vRS. Aus & UK markets don't get it, neither is it an option. NZ on the otherhand get it as a std fit.

Then again, unlike here in Aus, Skoda NZ is not under VW's control. They r brought in and sold by a different company. So they can pick and choose wat is std & wat is available as option.

U gotta wait till the fat lady (VwGA) sings, announcing the aus specs & options available for the new mk3 Octavia range.

**readerr0r** · 11-10-2013, 09:10 PM

You're right about NZ being different!

The Mk7 Golf GTI is $60K in NZ while the Octavia RS is $47K ($49K DSG)! Octy has Xenons and Discover Pro sat nav standard too.

I'd be happy if the octy was 10K cheaper than the GTI