2017 Octavia

[Mi16 Man]

Major Updates Inside and Out for 2017 Skoda Octavia - Inside Lane


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[Ajmorris]

I should have waited, instead of getting the 2016 MY17 :/

[TKNick]

2017 Skoda Octavia facelift detailed in 100+ images, lengthy video

30 minute video on Motor1.com site; last 15 is the Octavia Wagon which to my eye looks very good.

[DETROITCANDY]

Any talk about whether it's going to have the new 7 speed wet clutch DSG that's just been released in the higher end Audi A3's? Also, has adaptive suspension been confirmed for Australian market? If not, I can't see any great reason to feel disappointed about buying an MY17.

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[Antiplastix]

Skoda is the poverty VAG brand , dont expect to see the new wet clutch 7 speed dsg for a couple of years.

[Jondalar]

According to this Skoda Details Revised Octavia & Octavia RS At Official Launch Event [84 Pics] the new Octavia will have the new 7 speed DSG... I guess this is the MY18 here though?

[woofy]

Hard to say there as it doesn't say whether its the new wet clutch just that its the first time they have used it in that combo. Generally Audi or higher marques are the testing ground and after the bugs are sorted (or not as everyone found with the dry 7spd) VW and SKoda get them. It would be unlikely Skoda would see it first, but then again Skoda has become the new growth platform for VAG as VW has slowed down so maybe they are doing things differently.

[DETROITCANDY]

Interior pictures of the white RS press car show manual handbrake.



Also, no more radar sensor in the lower grille in the front bumper? Looks like there's a shiny blacked out area in the centre of the grille that could have absorbed that sensor.

Alternatively traffic jam assist isn't standard across the whole range in LHD markets and press car is lower spec without tech pack.
Would this potentially mean that manual handbrake gets deleted when you option the tech pack?

I am glad they got rid of the red inserts on the seats and stitching on the steering wheel. Was hoping to see that on the RS230 as a point of difference. Definitely looks more mature and less 'boy racer'.

[woofy]

The red was fine, everyone wanted it in the Mk2 until it eventually came. I'm wondering if the handbrake goes with the higher end, but you would think probably not, they would have to design a whole different centre console to take advantage of it. The radar has moved under the badge away from the lower region. A good move really, it was always susceptible to damage down that low.

[flamey088]

Interior pictures of the white RS press car show manual handbrake.

I am glad they got rid of the red inserts on the seats and stitching on the steering wheel. Was hoping to see that on the RS230 as a point of difference. Definitely looks more mature and less 'boy racer'.

They have offered in the European market the silver inserts for quite some time in the vRS. They were never going to not have red in the RS230, especially being the sport option offered above vRS.

[Jondalar]

It would be a great shame if there's no traffic jam assist, I definitely want that next upgrade.

[DETROITCANDY]

They have offered in the European market the silver inserts for quite some time in the vRS. They were never going to not have red in the RS230, especially being the sport option offered above vRS.

I knew I'd seen the gray somewhere before. Loving the Audi S3-esque diamond quilted alcantara inserts. That was one glaring thing they needed to fix in the interior, I always thought that the leather on the centre of the seats of the current RS wasn't the greatest finish. It looks like it needs stiffer backing or something.

[TKNick]

The facelift Octavia is to have the 1.5 TSI Evo added to the line up; replacing the current 1.4 110 TSI ; outputs remain the same though real world fuel consumption is improved by 10%. Recent reviews of the VW Golf 7.5 fitted with this engine have been very positive.

The new unit is the 1.5-liter turbocharged four petrol that powers the facelifted Volkswagen Golf, which was confirmed to AutoExpress by the company's head of communications, Peik von Bestenbostel, who said that "the new engine is coming in the second half of this year".

[TKNick]

VW Australia will not be putting the Evo engine in Golfs coming to Australia; doubt they will allow the Octavia to have a more modern engine.
2017 VW Golf set for July debut

[Mysticality]

VW Australia will not be putting the Evo engine in Golfs coming to Australia; doubt they will allow the Octavia to have a more modern engine.
2017 VW Golf set for July debut

Suspected getting the engine end of the year, though.
We've had the tech argument before - when the Mk7 came out its Columbus and Bolero equivalents were only 6.5" with the worst screen resolution I've seen since an early-2000's Volvo, where the Columbus (nav) in the Octavia has always been a wonderful 8" unit.