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Prices are up on the Skoda website!!!
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+ the brochure. Skoda Aus seems to have given it pretty much everything in terms of equipment (including the cornering projector headlamps, Swing radio and climate control, except a sunroof and the MDI, both of which are still options). The hatch is $32k drive away (with the standard DSG) and the wagon is $34k drive away and I'm still not sure if that's good value or not. But the RS wagon is unique, that's for sure.Originally Posted by Lindsay
Prices are up on the Skoda website!!!
Mine: Silver 2006 Volkswagen Golf Sportline 2.0FSI 6M (with a sunroof)
Parents': Candy White 2008 Skoda Octavia RS 2.0TFSI 6M Liftback
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Massive rip off. Skoda are once again treating the Australian market with contempt.
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So... Fabia 5 door RS approx = price of a 3 Door Polo GTI
I see rear parking sensors are standard.
Interesting... looks like we get a mixture of the black pack grill and chrome headlights. Perhaps after all the bad owner reports of headlight performance of the black pack headlights.
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Considering that a Swift Sport auto (supposedly the bargain warm hatch) is $29k drive away, and the Fabia RS is quite a lot faster/torquier with a higher quality cabin/more practicality/actually useable boot, it doesn't seem that bad. It seems reasonably competitive to me; could be better but could be worse. Hopefully waiting times are less than the Polo GTI...
Interesting to see they're using the "made of meaner stuff" ad campaign too, I hope they play the TV ad.
Mine: Silver 2006 Volkswagen Golf Sportline 2.0FSI 6M (with a sunroof)
Parents': Candy White 2008 Skoda Octavia RS 2.0TFSI 6M Liftback
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Given the number of Škodas around Canberra I'm pretty unimpressed the website doesn't supply prices for ACT post codes.
It gives prices for Queanbeyan :-/
Last edited by Scarfies; 27-05-2012 at 10:15 PM.
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u mean "VW Aus treating the Australian market with contempt". don't forget who's the boss here, pulling all the strings.
+1.
i got "blanks" when i tried with an ACT postcode.
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Went to the opening match at Skoda Stadium on Saturday night - GWS Giants vs Essendon.
There were quite a few little Fabia RS's scattered around the place. Not a bad turnout for an opening match either (12,000 people), so some good and much needed brand awareness for Skoda...
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I bet if someone saw a Skoda they still wouldn't know what it was....lolWent to the opening match at Skoda Stadium on Saturday night - GWS Giants vs Essendon.
There were quite a few little Fabia RS's scattered around the place. Not a bad turnout for an opening match either (12,000 people), so some good and much needed brand awareness for Skoda...
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+1 Woofy,
To add to that those displays look extremely uninviting, why are all the cars lined up in a way that makes it impossible for people to look at them or inside them.
Even their direct marketing is cold and uninviting, they just managed to remain invisible to 12,000 strong live audience. It would have been far better to have it open like a motor show setup, if they are to worried about damage to the vehicles then its best not to have them there at all rather than have them their and allow no one to get near them.
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