Skoda to bring back the Octavia brand name
After tasting success with its very first-model— the Octavia— in India, Skoda decided to introduce the newer generation Octavia under a new brand name Laura. With this, the company continued to sell the Octavia and the Laura. The Czech-based automaker introduced a facelift version of the Laura in 2009 and the Octavia got phased-out when the BS-IV emission norms were implied. Now, our sources confirm that the new Laura (Octavia as it is known worldwide) will make a debut next year.
This time around, Skoda will rebadge it as the Octavia, even in India. The Octavia brand name has been more successful than the Laura and also the worldwide name of the product is the same. Hence, Skoda India will rename the new upcoming Laura as the Octavia. Recently launched Citigo and Rapid in Europe have got the new MissionL design language. The new generation Octavia will follow the same design cues and will have larger dimensions than the current version and will be based on the new VW MQB platform.
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Being born and brought up in a family that has been a part of the Automotive industry for over seven decades, Rachit has cars in his blood. Four wheelers are his childhood love, and he has grown up playing with bolts and spanners. To add more value to this passion, he studied automobile engineering and even karted at National level competitions.
Soon after that, he got into motoring journalism- where began the process of testing and evaluating cars. He has driven a wide range of cars beginning from Tata Nano to the Aston Martins, most of the cars that are currently sold in the Indian car market. Apart from this, he has also done many long road trips, and shall continue to do so. Rachit was one of the first journalists to take a Nano across the Golden Quadrilateral.
