Well here it is... NEW Skoda logo & design concept (new Octavia) from Geneva!

[Jake02]

Well actually . . . I don't mind the D . . . except for the headlights. The badge is okay too . . . interesting idea about the colour coding. You would think that Skoda Australia would update their web site to match HQ wouldn't you. Are they afraid of competing with VW?

They won't update it (the logo) on the website yet because the cars get the badges next year .

[theduckster]

I'm guessing its the STi badge, hence being pink.

Yes it is an STi now that I took the time to look, lol. Have gone off Subaru's since I ordered a Skoda! I have also seen a green and a yellow background ones as well, so I would assume some one else apart from Subaru are making them available. Color matching Skoda badges would be good and something a little different for the brand.

I hear that Skoda have a new advertising campaign kicking off on the 13th of March. So it will interesting to see whats ads they come up with. I finally saw the Volkswagen ad on TV tonight. I suppose I don't need to watch it off the home page anymore lol.

[jayen]

They won't update it (the logo) on the website yet because the cars get the badges next year .

Fair enough . . . can't help noticing though that overseas sites have been updated . . . okay I admit it I'm impatient . . . just hate to see good cars not getting their due credit . . . I still talk to people who don't know what Skodas are, or at least remember them as "those Russian things" . . . marketing has been big in Adelaide because of the bike races, but Sydney has the biggest potential market and we hardly hear "boo" in Sydney . . . oh well mine arives soon . . . well soonish

[theduckster]

Hopefully they update the whole site and not just the logo. There seems to be a lot more detail on the overseas sites. I find their isn't much detail on the Australian site about the accessories that are available. I have hit the overseas sites to find out details about the accessories. So hopefully an update isn't too off.

[Frankenstrat]

I still talk to people who don't know what Skodas are, or at least remember them as "those Russian things"

I think they may have been confusing Lada with Skoda. My late father told my son once that Ladas had heated rear windows so you could keep your hands warm while pushing them.

[Inego]

Hey, Brocky used to import Ladas - they must be good Actually, the Niva was surprisingly OK for its time - the Samara a pile of stinking poo......

The Niva's were OK in rallying here, weren't they?

[spellbound]

Hey, Brocky used to import Ladas - they must be good Actually, the Niva was surprisingly OK for its time - the Samara a pile of stinking poo......

The Niva's were OK in rallying here, weren't they?

Business associate rented part of his warehouse in footscay in the 90's to the lada importer .

While visiting one day is saw the corraled returned samara's , beyond repair .

Best trick was the gear shift that suddenly came out of the box while moving .

[jayen]

Hey, Brocky used to import Ladas - they must be good Actually, the Niva was surprisingly OK for its time - the Samara a pile of stinking poo......

The Niva's were OK in rallying here, weren't they?

Hang on a tick . . . I had a Samara during my uni days (all I could afford) and I can personally vouch for them as a decent cheap car. The story behind their import is interesting but this isn't the forum. They were easy to work on if you had to, and like any bit of machinery it required a reasonable maintenance regime . . . and of course like any other car if the mechanic was careless then you might have problems. After two mechanic installed water pumps, I did the third myself and never had a water pump problem again . . . never took it to a mechanic again either. But the plastic in them was terrible and lasted only a few months in Australian conditions. I'll admit it wasn't a great car but it did ride and handle okay. I don't know much about the Niva but a bloke I used to work with saw one while he was out bush bashing in his Land Cruiser and was surprised at their capability.