woofy
28-04-2010, 07:34 PM
After being asked this a million times after selling our 323 Sports ed, and after getting one in late 2008, I thought it might be time to better explain it.
http://web.me.com/daveandhelen/Dave_and_Helen/Blog/Entries/2008/11/15_DrDave_lives_again_files/IMG_0738.jpg
Skoda were to put it bluntly, a crap Czech republic company that VW took over in the early 90s and caused the locals to get so inspired that they stopped using the VW parts bin and started making their own as they considered they could do better than the Audi parts especially. This led to the last few years of them being top or near enough in most JD power surveys as well as Top Gear and a raft of other awards.
They launched here in Australia in late 2007 with the quirky Roomster and the Octavia, the Octy has had a minor facelift, the Roomster is now going here, and the Superb has been launched along with the Octy Scout and the soon to be released Superb Wagon and Yeti.
Info on all that is here http://www.skoda.com.au
I personally as you can see above got the Octavia RS hatch with a few extra goodies, it's bigger inside than the 147 Jetta and built a tad better too, bigger than the GTi Golf, but has all the same nice engine, suspension, and main guts to the car. And then throws in all the luxury bits borrowed from Audi and VW.
Its incredibly stable, sitting on suspension setup just right and 18" 40 series Michelin PE2s and not as bone jarring as the VW versions, has the punch of the 2L TFSI and is completely stealth....well apart from being bright blue!
We still have the Mazda 6, but to be honest, it sits alone in the garage a lot these days...
I highly recommend driving one, even the 1.8L TSI is a really nice engine, the diesels go hard as well. I drove a lot of cars (Mondeo/Focus XR5, MPS3, new Mazda 6, new Accord, WRX and the Ralliart Lancer). The bang for buck with this car was amazing....
http://web.me.com/daveandhelen/Dave_and_Helen/Blog/Entries/2008/11/15_DrDave_lives_again_files/IMG_0738.jpg
Skoda were to put it bluntly, a crap Czech republic company that VW took over in the early 90s and caused the locals to get so inspired that they stopped using the VW parts bin and started making their own as they considered they could do better than the Audi parts especially. This led to the last few years of them being top or near enough in most JD power surveys as well as Top Gear and a raft of other awards.
They launched here in Australia in late 2007 with the quirky Roomster and the Octavia, the Octy has had a minor facelift, the Roomster is now going here, and the Superb has been launched along with the Octy Scout and the soon to be released Superb Wagon and Yeti.
Info on all that is here http://www.skoda.com.au
I personally as you can see above got the Octavia RS hatch with a few extra goodies, it's bigger inside than the 147 Jetta and built a tad better too, bigger than the GTi Golf, but has all the same nice engine, suspension, and main guts to the car. And then throws in all the luxury bits borrowed from Audi and VW.
Its incredibly stable, sitting on suspension setup just right and 18" 40 series Michelin PE2s and not as bone jarring as the VW versions, has the punch of the 2L TFSI and is completely stealth....well apart from being bright blue!
We still have the Mazda 6, but to be honest, it sits alone in the garage a lot these days...
I highly recommend driving one, even the 1.8L TSI is a really nice engine, the diesels go hard as well. I drove a lot of cars (Mondeo/Focus XR5, MPS3, new Mazda 6, new Accord, WRX and the Ralliart Lancer). The bang for buck with this car was amazing....