Skoda to launch the Octavia today
Skoda, the Czech brand that began its Indian innings with the Octavia is all set to relaunch the Octavia brand once again, with the new-generation Octavia. In between, Skoda had introduced the Laura brand, as the sales for the previous-generation Octavia were going strong.
Then we saw two generations of the Laura, which were in reality the Octavia brand in overseas market. Now, we will witness the launch of the new Octavia in the next few days. The Octavia will be launched with three engine options, one is diesel and the other two are petrol. The 1.4-litre and 1.8-litre turbo petrol and the 2.0-litre diesel. The 1.8-litre petrol will be available with seven-speed dual clutch transmission and the diesel will come with an option of six-speed manual or dual-clutch self-shifting transmission.
The new Octavia is bigger in dimensions when compared to the previous-generation and the Laura will also be discontinued from the launch of this new Octavia. The Octavia will have day-time running LEDs only the top-of-the-line, else the other variants get incandescent bulbs as DRLs. The pricing will be somewhere close to the Jetta, which is a cousin and competition to the Octavia. Please read our expert review on the Octavia.
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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.
