New 2014 Octavia Spied!

[Jake02]

octavia or rapid - can u tell which one is which?
i imagined more of an obvious difference........guess not

Oh that's easy! The Rapid headlights touch the grille, the Octavia's don't. I really hate the Rapid, what a disappointment it is. How they think it can compete with a current Mazda3 (let alone the new swoopy one to be revealed later this year) is beyond me. And where is it? It should be here now! Maybe there's an update on its way? The new Octavia is very nice however, I think they'll do well with it.

[Mysticality]

(Perhaps the green badge clashes with certain paint colours?)

Yup! Like the blue!

[zei20t]

they arrived already?

does the rear badge actually fit in the hole?

[Mysticality]

they arrived already?

does the rear badge actually fit in the hole?

I've had the rear Skoda badge for ages - got it for like $25 off eBay.
Almost fits - is 1-2mm too large.
The pins on the back come off so easily - almost too easily. Mines glued on with windscreen glue, cause the gap behind it is too large for the double sided foam tape.

[zei20t]

ahhh ok

I might wait for the Octavia iii rear badge, might be the same

[K1W1]

Oh that's easy! The Rapid headlights touch the grille, the Octavia's don't. I really hate the Rapid, what a disappointment it is.

It's even easier to tell the difference by just looking at the badges on the boots in the rear shot.
I have to agree about the lack of love I'm not really feeling any for the current Skoda styling across the board. The Passat Allroad wagon is starting to look very attractive (apart from the auto only trans).

People should note though that the front shot at least is taken with a very wide angle lens (look at the way the gutter at the bottom of the photo bends). Wide angles accentuate distance which is why you never use them for portraits because they make peoples noses look large. The same effect is happening in that front on shot. It's not a good shot to show the styling.

[zei20t]

People should note though that the front shot at least is taken with a very wide angle lens (look at the way the gutter at the bottom of the photo bends). Wide angles accentuate distance which is why you never use them for portraits because they make peoples noses look large. The same effect is happening in that front on shot. It's not a good shot to show the styling.

laughable. nice try!

back to the styling. I think its been mentioned that being a child company of VW, perhaps their influence of similar model styling is filtering down to the lower models.

anyone looked at SEAT? I'm genuinely asking, I haven't actually looked.

[K1W1]

laughable. nice try!

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Fact.
It is a bad photo from the point of view of displaying the vehicles. To start with it is taken from the wrong angle and it has obvious distortion of the depths.
Yes you can see the differences or similarities in the headlights and grills but as a shot to display the cars lines it's rubbish.

[Tigger]

Either way...I am not a fan of either model...

They are just a bit too "Camry bland" in my opinion.

I guess the RS will shrpen things up.

SO...Is there going to be a RAPID RS?????? (polo GTI rival / equivalent)

[zei20t]

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Fact.
It is a bad photo from the point of view of displaying the vehicles. To start with it is taken from the wrong angle and it has obvious distortion of the depths.
Yes you can see the differences or similarities in the headlights and grills but as a shot to display the cars lines it's rubbish.

the distortion is minor, its also only on the edge of the picture. perhaps skoda should ask a professional photographer like yourself to take some pictures?

they have a more aggressive look, but IMO I prefer the RS every time. Rapid RS? maybe, but I would say probably not. what engine would they put in it? They already have an RS Fabia with the 'smaller' engine, then the big brother RS Octavia. do VW have a performance model in the mid range? I know they supply passats with our 147tsi motor, but I don't see a 'performance model' around. not that I take much notice of VWs

[Mysticality]

the distortion is minor, its also only on the edge of the picture. perhaps skoda should ask a professional photographer like yourself to take some pictures?

they have a more aggressive look, but IMO I prefer the RS every time. Rapid RS? maybe, but I would say probably not. what engine would they put in it? They already have an RS Fabia with the 'smaller' engine, then the big brother RS Octavia. do VW have a performance model in the mid range? I know they supply passats with our 147tsi motor, but I don't see a 'performance model' around. not that I take much notice of VWs

Passat R36, with the V6... But thats about it.
The 147TSI is just the higher power model - nothing sporty about it.

[zei20t]

R36 isn't available anymore is it?

lol theres plenty sporty about the 147TSI mr oil burner

[Mysticality]

Its not, no. And they didn't replace it with anything (See Golf R32 -> Golf R)

Sure, its sporty... When its in a vRS. Its not sporty when its in a bog standard Passat.
Falcon XR6 = sporty... Falcon = not sporty. Exact same engine (XR6 is actually a little slower)

[zei20t]

how dare you compare our cars with a falcadore

[Jake02]

The 147TSI is just the higher power model - nothing sporty about it.

Nothing sporty about the Jetta at all!