Since the demise of the old Octavia, Skoda has kept mum about its successor. There were various rumors circulating in the market about a mysterious car called ‘Felicia’ which is supposed to succeed our Octavia.
Skoda Felicia
Unfortunately, this mysterious car was always spoken about. There was no tangible information about it. There were many speculations and countless rendering about the car, but Skoda did not budge from its stance. But now the cat is out of the bag!
Skoda Felicia
The new Skoda Felicia has been spotted testing in northern Sweden. Apparently, it has the same body of the old Octavia but has a Golf front end. However, this is still an early prototype, so we can’t really comment on the final design.
Felicia Interior
The test mule also revealed a label identifying the MQB platform, in particular, the IS3-MQB-A. We expect the Felicia to have the same engine 1.6l engine (MPI & TDI) as the Vento.
Skoda Felicia
If the testing goes well, Felicia will enter into production later this year and will show up in India by the year end. It will be priced in such a way that it will fill the space between the Polo and the Vento. It will be aggressively priced to take on its rivals such as Etios, Logan, Manza and DZire.
Rear profile of Felicia
However, will Skoda revive the Octavia badge or call it Felicia is a question that still remains unanswered
Source: Carspyphotos.com
[...] while ago we caught this prototype under testing in Sweden and we were convinced that this was the Felicia revival from Skoda. However, we were quite wrong about our judgment because the car is more than two years away and no [...]
interiors look like Indian Vento
If you look at the car from the a pillar to the rear it is the current LAURA…and nothing else…there is a new laura to be launched next year which will have an all new platform…and the current Laura will be tweaked and sloted in as the new Octavia…this is common practice amongst automanufacturers…
The car in picture is having body profile of octavia/laura & it requires jetta/golf platform to sit on. As felicia will be based on vento/polo platform(shorter than golf/jetta), This is not the indian felicia for sure.
There is nothing wrong even if VW uses Skoda and it’s panels make a new car, Alto is sold as Pixo, Outlander is used to make Citroen C3, Octavia from golf, Passat from A4 it’s a is common practice in automobile business.
This is nothing else than Skoda Octavia..Laura in India. It’s the same body and panels of the existing Laura…different lights and crash gaurds at front and back. The steering wheel comes from european RS version, vents from VW bin.