The time has come for the Skoda Octavia III to shine on this digital septic tank. But the Skoda Octavia III is no longer that forgotten cousin from the countryside, today it is a mature car, ready to take the cake of VW sales.
The story begins in 1996, the same year that Dolly the sheep became the world’s first cloned mammal. VW was deeply impressed with this experiment and wanted to clone something as well. So they thought of cloning a Golf IV, their most popular car at the time. It’s just that VW has never been recognized for its innovation or its ability to bring new technology, so the result was almost successful: Skoda Octavia I.
The Skoda Octavia I has always been a bigger, cheaper and poorer Golf IV. Still, some people were taken by the mirage of the simplicity of this car that they continued to buy it new up until 2010. That kind of man who will tell you how it used to be and how hard it snowed when he went to school. He usually has a leather cap on his head and a bottle of surgical spirit in the glove compartment. If the respective Octavia had a glovebox, which was optional.
Then came along in 2005 the Skoda Octavia II, which was a bigger, cheaper and slightly poorer Golf V. It was no longer as cheap as its predecessor, but there was still a big difference in quality compared to the Golf V. However, the Skoda Octavia II proved to be very popular in Europe, being one of the few cars that most people could afford to buy brand new.
Then 2013 came along and globalization has its say, Skoda Octavia III being very close to Golf VII in terms of quality of materials. It still remains a favorite of sales agents and managers, but now it is no longer the Rowan Tree Hill of the automotive world.
Petrol
2.0 TSI 220 horsepower – We are already used to this engine from the other cars in the VW cheerful group. Consumption of 1 liter of oil per 1000 km is normal, according to VW. Thanks VW. Legend has it that the engine can be easily tuned up to 280 horsepower.
Diesel
Any car that has been used as a taxi or fleet car is automatically a reliable car. And Octavia III proved that it can be modern, finally getting rid of the image of “I’m 40 years old, 2 children and I gave up my dreams”. Pay attention instead to the facelift version, which is as beautiful as a champagne bottle dropped on the floor. All in all, a car worth buying, even second-hand. A car that is a serious alternative to VW Golf and even Passat.
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