New Skoda VRS

[woofy]

I've heard Sept a few times, they would be wanting them then, nothing like launching a new car brand and missing the flagship for so many months. The RS has made the bulk of the sales so far.

[kenvik_7]

cheers Woofy.....it would be gr8 to see the RS become available from September.

For anyone interested, the new generic RS brochure is out
http://new.skoda-auto.com/com/model/.../Pages/rs.aspx

I can't make out from the wording whether xenons are standard or not....but I'm really hoping they are! also I'm yet to see any pics of the RS with normal halogen headlamps.

[indulis]

xenon probably an option

well it is in the uk

http://www.skoda.co.uk/ourcars.aspx

navigate from "our cars"

also the UK general Octavia brochure includes the vRS

http://www.skoda.co.uk/pdf/brochure_octavia.pdf

Xenons are an option at 550 pounds = $1111

And get this, auto dimming rear view mirror is standard on Elegance and an option on vRS. Huh?

[brad]

And get this, auto dimming rear view mirror is standard on Elegance and an option on vRS. Huh?

useless extra if you intend getting aftermarket tint.

[woofy]

I've had tint on all my cars to date and you still need to dip the rear view when some tool blinds you from behind, the Skodas mirror has been great cause I don't need to bother anymore.

UK specs don't usually match ours, we got a lot of things included that they had as options, I doubt we won't have the auto dimming mirror here, even Mazda have that in the range now.

[brad]

I've had tint on all my cars to date and you still need to dip the rear view when some tool blinds you from behind, the Skodas mirror has been great cause I don't need to bother anymore.

I had a car up my clacker last night & was experimenting with the autodip function and nothing was happening (pre-tint it was excellant).
Maybe it's because:

• I have very dark tint
• i have the slopey window hatch which accentuates the darkness

NB: the lights weren't annoying me. i was just bored & pushing buttons to see if it made any difference.

[woofy]

I have the normal sedan/hatch with legal tint darkness and I'm pretty sure its still working. Maybe with really dark tint its not enough for it to have any effect?

[brad]

I have the normal sedan/hatch with legal tint darkness and I'm pretty sure its still working. Maybe with really dark tint its not enough for it to have any effect?

probably.

I'm on 20%.

[mrgolf]

Im with woofy. I had darkest legal on both the MkV GTI and RS, and I havent had any trouble at all with auto dim. A great standard feature on the Octy MkII. I drove the MkII Golf GTI the other day with tint and not auto dim and was pestered constantly by poorly adjusted lights behind me. You dont miss your water til its dry...

[dazag]

We've just put our deposit down on a new ( new facelift version) Brilliant Silver coloured RS Wagon - TDI with DSG. Our delivery date is 14 Sep, we've been told the shipment gets in in late August and after the window tint and tow bar is fitted we get to pick it up.
What we've found out is a few of the "options" from the previous model are now Standard fit. Dont go off the UK brochure as the Aussie ones are a little different.
We went for the diesel as I will be doing a bit of towing and with the extra torque and economy. Am looking forward to getting the little beast.

[MJKooLio]

Congrats! Want photos when you get it please!

[kenvik_7]

Wow, congratulations dazag. Mind sharing how much did you strike the deal for?
Also, are xenons standard on the australian version of the facelifted RS? and does it come with 18" neptune wheels or the 17" zeniths?
Thanks

[dazag]

I've been told the new Face lift version will be exactly as the Euro brochure, but with 18"s instead of the 17" wheels. Unsure if it will be 18" Neptunes or Zenith wheels though, I'm sure it's written on our order somewhere Now the way i read the brochure, the Xenons are standard, either that or the light washers are standard with the Xenons - just depends on how you read it.

The Face lift RS brochure is not as detailed as the previous Rs brochure so it's still a little open to exactly the "standard' configuration is. I guess it will be a little surprise for us ha ha ha ha.

Will word ya's up once we have it in our hot little hands.

[kenvik_7]

Thanks for the info dazag.
I'm guessing based on the UK brochure released on 1st July, the VRS will have 18" neptunes, although I personally would have preferred 18" zeniths.
I just hope Skoda Oz provide Xenons as standard, which a lot of other companies have started doing - such as Subaru, Mazda etc for their hot hatches / sedans.
fingers crossed.

[selurs]

Test drove an Octavia RS (TSI) at the 'new' Skoda Melville "dealership" in Perth (by this I mean a guy who stands around in the Peugeot dealer waiting for people to ask about the mysterious 'Skoda').

Strangely, it included the updated interior (Bolero stereo, new climate control/heated seat control etc), but was the old exterior. Odd. Now, the dealer insisted that this was the "new model". I'm sure that he's wrong (after all, he'd been on the job two days at this point), but later he called me back and told me that while the Australian model RS will still look like the 'old' RS, he can get the RS spec with the new face. Hmm. Again, I'm reasonably certain that he's wrong, and it's just that DVG (the only Skoda dealer in Perth) have been in the job for all of a week so they're not really sure what's what, but it's a little concerning.

For me personally, I think at this point, I'll wait a few weeks to let them get themselves sorted out before I go into more depth (and of course, by that time, the new Mazda 3 MPS should be out, to give just a bit of added bargaining power when/if it comes to trying to strike a deal).

Be very interested to hear any experiences others have attempting to get hold of the new face-lifted model.


PS: The only other Skoda sitting around the dealership was a spanking new Superb - much bigger than I'd thought they'd be. Rather handsome too, next to a bunch of Peugeots and Hyundais!