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![A familiar sight: Despite sharper lines and cool LED lights, the new Skoda Octavia Combi almost looks familiar.]()
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A familiar sight: Despite sharper lines and cool LED lights, the new Skoda Octavia Combi almost looks familiar.
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![At the front, the unsuccessful “four-eyes face” from the previous facelift is missing, but spectacularly different.]()
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At the front, the unsuccessful “four-eyes face” from the previous facelift is missing, but spectacularly different.
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![On the other hand, this is exactly the Octavia secret: Even looking harmoniously inconspicuous is quite an art.]()
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On the other hand, this is exactly the Octavia secret: Even looking harmoniously inconspicuous is quite an art.
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![Thanks to compartments and hooks, there is also order in the hold.]()
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Thanks to compartments and hooks, there is also order in the hold.
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![The tested Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI DSG with 150 diesel horsepower and front-wheel drive is economical and costs from CHF 36,440.]()
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The tested Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI DSG with 150 diesel horsepower and front-wheel drive is economical and costs from CHF 36,440.
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If we wanted to rob a bank, this would be our getaway car: Nobody, but really nobody is looking. A Skoda Octavia Combi in silver metallic is like a camouflage cap. Funny actually: after the moderately successful “four-eyes face” of the old, the new Octavia looks much sharper. Sharper for Skoda standards: The fourth Octavia edition also remains inconspicuous.
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So far business as usual, after all, the station wagon (due to the lack of customers there is no limousine in Switzerland) with this balance right up to the limit of boredom has become the best-selling car: in everyday life we don’t want a spectacle, we want solid virtues for each case Car cases.
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Off to the noble league
Something more is going on inside. At first glance, everything remains typical of Octavia, apart from the digital instruments. On the second, you discover subtleties. Soft-foamed surfaces, fabric covering on the dashboard, a pin-sharp touchscreen: Mladá Boleslav (Skoda’s headquarters) gave a lot of noble gas to drive out the last bit of the working class for the Czechs.
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Also to differentiate it: the Scala competes in the “Golf class”, the VW Golf brother Octavia extends into the middle class. There is plenty of space, but the progress is smaller than expected. But in the rear you stretch your legs, and in the hold (640–1700 l) you can rein in student stalls.
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Smart in practice
The model is Skoda in the details. Compartments and hooks everywhere and more. And a clever wiper: if the view from the rear window becomes more difficult in the rain, you have to switch it on and off manually elsewhere – because the interval runs too often dry. The Octavia, on the other hand, lets the rear wiper run a cycle even when the front is running (and wisely switches from daytime running lights to low beam like some cars). All the more strange: volume control via buttons and touch bar instead of a rotary knob – a car annoyance of the modern age.
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Inconspicuously harmonious
There are no experiments on the go. In the pre-test, the Octavia is a tad rougher than its technology brother, the new VW Golf, which is complaining at an extremely high level – because the Octavia has to be able to tow more. It is more geared towards comfort, but never avoids corners, the steering is great. The bottom line is perfectly harmonious, even the driving mode setting almost never needs.
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The two-liter turbo diesel with 150 hp (110 kW, 340 Nm at 1700–2750 / min) with front-wheel drive easily suffices (0–100 km / h in 8.8 s, top 222 km / h). A rocket? No, but with reserves that make overtaking safe. Finely insulated, and the seven-speed dual-clutch automat hides any starting weakness.
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Ui, it is economical!
The surprise comes when you fill up. We are amazed at how the fuel consumption gets to its knees during our short preliminary test – down to three liters, despite a brisk drive. Can that be for the 1.5 tonne? Off to the tank: 4.9 l / 100 km have treated themselves to 150 HP. An energy saver value for a powerful, 4.69 meter long station wagon with a middle-class format – and below factory value (5.4 l / 100 km)! BLICK will check it later in a more detailed test.
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Saving has its price
However, saving has become more expensive: the tariff increases with status and classier flair. The 2.0 TDI in the 150-PS version with DSG costs from CHF 36,440 (predecessor from CHF 33,830), the “Style” test car with many options costs CHF 50,267. Mind you, including all sorts of bonuses, but also with sauteur ergonomic seats with ventilation and Co. (3480 CHF!) And everything modern cars can do. The bottom line is a good deal given the full equipment.
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In other words: Skoda no longer builds cheap goods – in evil, but just as in good. It won’t slow Octavia’s success: the package is right.
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