Case in point

[Jake02]

It's interesting that you should say that Jake. If you look at the Vfacts figures in the other thread in July and August combined Peugeot sold 803 vehicles and Skoda only 480 so as a brand you would have to say that Peugeot are doing almost twice as well in Australia as Skoda.

I have no doubt that Peugeot are doing better than Skoda, they have a wide range of vehicles and they've been in Australia forever! It's a shame the 4007 isn't doing better because I've always wanted a diesel Outlander!

On the CX-5 - I actually really, really, really want one! It's fantastic and soooo much nicer than the CX-7!

Btw everyone they've cut 77TSI prices - it now starts from $26k. It's a little bit better value now, but $2k off the 103TDI would've been nice...

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[woofy]

Gee they must really want them all out there from the get go. The minute they hit the dealers will just be doing deliveries until new stock gets in.

[RSwag]

Gee they must really want them all out there from the get go. The minute they hit the dealers will just be doing deliveries until new stock gets in.

I think you might be getting a little to excited Woofy. Check with Toyota, Volkswagen, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan and well any manufacturer and see how many SUV's they sell in petrol manual. Then look at Skodas target audience, females, how many if them buy manual cars today?!

The answer for all the above is NOT MANY!! and besides I have been told it's a special promotional price for that model only (2wd petrol manual) and not the entire range. It sounds as though they have realized that launching a base model manual, with next to no options available at the price it was, at best, poor judgement and paramount to "terminal" branding. They could turn buyers off for a very long time by presenting something undesirable.

I've got a feeling they have realized that the car us not priced or spec'd right to get the exposure they need, I'm tipping they will now try and rectify this before or just after launch. They cannot repeat the octavia's journey, launching at a ridiculous price and then add thousands of dollars worth options, then re-price to be competitive. This destroyed the Octavia for it's release and burnt the most loyal customers who purchased and 12 months later were driving cars that were more expensive to buy with less features than the ones now on the showroom floor. Although it has done well since the repricing I believe sales for the Octavia are now also waining and repeat cliental are very few and far between, which at the 4 year mark is quite concerning.

First impressions last, Skoda best remember that in the upcoming months and the launch if Fabia and Yeti