Where are the SKODAS?

[rym]

After SO MANY months of Skoda having been launch in Oz, I still have NOT SEEN one on the road!

I don't know what the story is but I do about 3 hours of driving on the road everyday and I have not seen a single Skoda on the road? Be it a Octavia or the roomster.

When I was in Spain some months ago, they were everywhere. Every second Taxi was a Skoda Octavia. Ok, I exaggerated, it was every third Taxi but you get the idea.

I think Skoda Oz can and should pay us to do some extra journeys everyday to give them more exposure.

Are they shifting enough volume? Hmmm... I hope this changes soon.

[h100vw]

I saw one yesterday near Adelaide Airport, a red wagon. Not seen any others that I can remember, other than on the forecourt of the dealers.

In contrast on the way home after work I saw 3 R32s, 2 mk4s and a MK5. Very common compared to the Corrado that I was in at the time.

Gavin

[anthony]

Since launch I have been looking out on the roads of Melbourne every day.
Saw an Octavia Wagon with NSW plates.Am sure it was a Skoda press car.
A few days ago I saw a Black-ish Roomster,with a Bayford Skoda sticker on the rear window.
It had the latest W local plates on it.
But that is it.
Plenty of new VW s...all models.
I dont think Skoda was a threat to VW sales.
Before launch it worried me a little bit.
Who is buying them,where are they,and who are they taking sales away from...

[anthony]

Oh,the Octavia was a White one.

[h100vw]

Oh, completely forgot, there were loads of wagons supporting the tour down under last month. Must have been 20 I reckon, all in a row.
Gavin

[Frufru]

Saw few Skodas here, and havent been looking...

Saw couple of Skodas here in Perth. One red one back in November (!!!) in Fremantle and another Octavia, this time wagon around western suburbs. Really , you should not be expecting seeing them really. Two reasons: delivery times (I ams still waiting for mine, three weeks down the track, so there may not be more than 100 Octavias on the road) and probability you gonna see one. How many cars are on the road - 3-4 millions? That make about one in 30000 cars. How many cars you gona see?

Talking about VW sales. I got told by a friend of mine that diesel golfs are sold out here and delivery times are blowing up to two months or more .

[GDG]

Besides the two Octavia 1.9TDIs parked in my driveway and excluding dealer demos, I have crossed paths with just 1 Roomster. There must be others out there but I am yet to see them.

Update: Last Wednesday spotted a Blue Octavia RS Wagon traveling southbound (opposite direction to me) on Albert Street in Preston, Vic. Today was behind a silver petrol Roomster heading north on Hoddle Street in Clifton Hill, Vic.

[gregozedobe]

I've only noticed one Skoda "in the wild" around Canberra so far, and that was a bit of a cheat because I asked the owner to bring it over to my place so I could see what a Race Blue Octavia RS wagon looked like in the metal (quite nice, actually).

Of course the Octavia tends to blend into traffic a bit, and so far the Roomster hasn't been selling in big numbers. I'm doing my bit to help Skodas stand out a bit more by ordering a yellow Octavia (but I noticed 3 new bright yellow cars in my gym carpark this morning, so maybe yellow is becoming popular again )

I hope Skoda sales numbers do pick up, otherwise resale values will tank dramatically, leading to a downward sales spiral (think what happened with SEAT in Australia not so long ago). I think VWA probably set their Skoda price points a bit high here (compared with the price differentials in Europe), probably to prevent Skoda from cannibalising VW sales.

[evorobin]

Besides the two Octavia 1.9TDIs parked in my driveway

http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=8754

Is there a pulse doctor? f*** me what do you drive that's fun?

[DanSA]

I kind of like being the only Octavia wagon vRS in SA

From what my dealer told me there have been quite a few sold here in SA, mostly diesls and 1.8TFS'i so far.

As far as what I have seen.. only one other so far, and thta was one of the Tour press cars.

[gregozedobe]

Is there a pulse doctor? f*** me what do you drive that's fun?

Thinks to himself (Must not feed the troll any oxygen, Must not feed the troll any oxygen,Must not feed the troll............)

[XXX-1.8T]

The problem is that Skoda dealers try and position them like they are VW's.

I tried to buy a RS and and they negotiated very little even on 07 plated cars.

Hence why no one is buying them as they are asking too much for them and the major x factor with them is depreciation.

Sure they are good cars but i think their pricing is out of whack.

I ended up buying a fully option 2006 Jetta (with body kit) for a bargain at an auction but these are selling second hand for $35K to $40K.

To buy a fully loaded RS came to $50K which is too risky and too exxy for what it is.

Im really happy with the Jetta as it not only goes as good as an RS but looks better too.

good luck to the Skoda owners i hope depreciation works as well as the VW's(what the dealers were telling me)

[Plicata]

I kind of like being the only Octavia wagon vRS in SA

"The only Skoda in the village"?
We really wanted a diesel wagon but decided the price was too high (with the spec we wanted) for the risk involved and distance to a dealer. I really thought Skoda would launch with good deals. Free on-roads or discounted extras package as a minimum, but it didn't happen. Bought something else in the interim and hope they are around in a year or two to get one then. Yes, I know I'm part of the problem if they do fail, but it's not my fault they screwed up the pricing.

[XXX-1.8T]

"The only Skoda in the village"?
We really wanted a diesel wagon but decided the price was too high (with the spec we wanted) for the risk involved and distance to a dealer. I really thought Skoda would launch with good deals. Free on-roads or discounted extras package as a minimum, but it didn't happen. Bought something else in the interim and hope they are around in a year or two to get one then. Yes, I know I'm part of the problem if they do fail, but it's not my fault they screwed up the pricing.

Exactly

[rodrocco]

Like hens teeth in Perth

I've seen a white Octavia wagon on the road in Perth and I also believe the Octavia RS press car here was bent and is currently being repaired ....(-: