There’s a lot of talk going on about a Skoda Fabia sedan playing the cheaper alternative to the Volkswagen Vento, but listen to what an auto portal in Slovakia is reporting.
SME reports Skoda will premiere an inexpensive car to the Moscow Motor Show which takes place between 25th and 29th of this month. The translation to English isn’t very clear and we’re able to derive is that this vehicle will be the successor to the Octavia Tour (which is the Octavia to Indians).
There won’t be TSI engines on this inexpensive Skoda. It will get the 1.6-liter unit (possibly in both petrol and diesel forms). It seems like this vehicle will share powertrains with the Polo sedan. It could even be priced under the Vento.
Is the Fabia sedan the Octavia replacement? There are several other foreign publications reporting Skoda would bring the Octavia revival only by 2011 end or 2012, which is build to cost less than 13,000 Euros.
The previous generation Fabia was available as a sedan. The current gen Fabia can be bought only as a hatchback or a station wagon (pictured).
Don’t know which one to believe? Guess we’ll all have to wait and see what happens in Moscow later this month.
It is now official. If google translation service from Slovak to English can be trusted, the Skoda Octavia’s successor will be launched by the end of 2010.
The Skoda Octavia is the company’s most successful model with its 14-year life cycle when it meets its end next year. The replacement model will be an all-new design and with smaller engines and lower equipment levels to bring down the price tag.
The car could be named Popular sticking to Skoda’s tradition of looking into its history books for naming new products.
If you know your Slovak, then why not head to the source and extract some more info for us? We’ve developed rashes scratching our heads.
For a short time period, we didn’t get to hear of many limited Editions, but it’s pouring cats and dogs now. Czech car maker Skoda has recently launched a limited-run Skoda Octavia (which is known as Laura in India) in U.K.
Only 500 of these cars will be produced with buyers given the choice of two engine options, a powerful 200HP 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline unit or a 170HP 2.0-litre turbo diesel.
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