Skoda Octavia test drive since 2008 -



With new forces

In the fourth year of life, the second -generation Octavia fell in price. Finally! Now buyers will be able to appreciate a considerable number of advantages of this machine.
For almost a decade, we were convinced that Skoda means inexpensive. The car is not an adult outwardly, solid in a word, almost Volkswagen, only at a Czech price. However, in 2004, a new generation car, with an intra-factory A5 index, was $ 44.5 thousand more than A4, which was urgently renamed Octavia Tour. Given the Pofolksvagenovsky expensive options, in the optimal equipment once one of the most affordable golf class models has become one of the most expensive. It was necessary to launch the plant near Kaluga so that the prices were finally reduced. Moreover, Octavia has fallen more than a tour.
What is the price?
How much? The base 1.4-classic dropped 44,000 rubles. Now his price tag is just below the psychological mark of half a million. Another thing, who can satisfy his low-power 80-horsepower engine. Other versions of A5 fell from 26 to 54 thousand. But the A4 model for 1934 thousand. And the equipment of the machines is still very different in the extremely ascetic and devoid of automatic transmission. Octavia, on the contrary, bribes more than ever a wide list of modifications and a good set of goods already in the initial version: ABS, electrified mirrors and front glass, air conditioning, crankcase protection, all kinds of heating.
It is a pity, the Czechs continue, only in the old memory, to save on matches. The central headrest, trunk shelf, armrests, a central lock, side pillows and inflatable safety curtains require surcharges.
That is why you need to take not a classic, but an ambient. At first glance, you will have to add a lot of 40,000 rubles, but in fact you get a completely different octavia. With an MP3 magnet, an side comprehensive compliance, a light alloy, side pillows, a cooled box, a convenient key with a duel and a folding sting, a cut back of the sofa, it is elegant and noticeably more conveniently inside. In addition, the air conditioner will have an automatic mode: upon achieving the given temperature, he will stop using cold uncontrollably. Even a noble two -ton sound signal will replace the standard high -frequency bleating.
 
       
Mirrors in visors are laid for all cars without exception
Any octavia has convenient cup holders, the boxing box starting with the ambient version
Double-zone climate control for 14 079 rubles. It is absolutely not necessary to order. The standard automatic air conditioner of the ambient version is almost as convenient

 
Yes, most options are expensive. Nevertheless, the grids in the trunk (4501709 rubles), convenient fog lights with a turn light lighting system (3643 rubles), alarm (5937 rubles) cost acceptable money and will be useful to everyone. The optimal, in our opinion, Ambent-1,6 will cost 620625 thousand rubles. But paying another 60 thousand rubles for a couple of pillows, active head restraints, ESP, xenon and parking sensors in the Eleans are hardly appropriate.
Other modifications are seven more engines, three types of transmission, two types of body and completely unjustified roads. Let's say a modern 1.6FSI motor in 115 liters. With. Instead of a 1.6-liter 8-valve with a capacity of 102 liters. With. It costs an additional payment of 24,000 rubles. Diesel engines, 2-liter versions with a turbocharged and without, captivating the magnificent leather decoration of the Laurin modification machine and the Clement, and without five minutes, RS rallys all of them fell into the category of very expensive ($ 3242 thousand) low-profile fans.
An all-wheel drive station wagon with an enlarged clearance of Octavia-scout could generally be a dream of a dream of an ideal car in Russia. But the price, as a sentence, is from 945,000 rubles. The only exception is the exception of the 160-horsepower octavia-1,8T for 703,000 rubles. Given the outstanding dynamics (8.1 s, 223 km/h), its price is definitely profitable.
 
 
List of standard equipment
Classic execution:
. Air conditioner
. ABS with electronic distribution of effort and emergency braking amplifier
. Anti -boom system
. Height adjustment and heating the front seats
. Make -up mirrors in visors
. Frontary airbags
. central locking
. Front electric windows
. Heating of the scores of glass miners
. Electric drive heated mirrors
. The steering wheel with an amplifier adjustable in length and angle
. Fabric salon
. Steel wheels R15, tires 195/65 R15
. Audio training (antenna and 4 speakers)
. The sensor of external temperature
. Rear mudguards
. Carter steel protection
. Full -size spare wheel
For an ambient additionally:
. Black protective lateral moldings
. Side mirrors in the color of the body
. Reading lamps in the cabin
. 2-tonal sound signal
. Rear electric windows
. Cooling boxing box in front
. On-board computer
. Sliding tray under the right front seat
. MP3 magnet Stream
. Folding ignition key
. DU Central Castle
. Side airbags
. Reverse 40/60 back of the sofa
. Automatic air conditioner
. Fog lights
. 15-inch light alloy wheels
For eleganes additionally:
. Xenon headlights with washer
. Leather steering wheel and lever KP
. Climate control
. The rear central armrest
. Nets in the trunk
. Oblast
. Rear parking sensors
. Display Maxi-Dot
. Active head restraints in front
. Inflatable safety curtains
. The system of dynamic stabilization
For Laurin and Clement (L & K) in addition to Eleans:
. Leather salon
. Chrome package
. Assistance system for starting up
. Textile rugs
. Trunk shelf with a net
. Set of nets in the trunk
. The back sunscreen
. Stereosystem Audines with a 6-disc chainger
. 17-inch disks made of light alloy
. Tires 215/45 R17
For RS in addition to eleganes:
. Three -spectacular sports steering wheel
. Chrome package
. Sports chairs with leather trim
. 17-inch disks made of light alloy
. Tire pressure sensor
. RS logo on fabric rugs
Outside and inside
The appearance of more adult and dear Octavia, alas, is not much different from the tour. From the stern they are completely twins. The machines have not a single common part, but only the absence of a decorative bar over the license plate and the lid of the hatch of the bin zobak are rectangular, not a round shape, are noticeable to the eye.
But if you forget about the predecessor and compare A5 with other European classmates, then Skoda has a lot of advantages. The main of them is the body of solid dimensions, which looks like a sedan so desired in Russia, but in fact it turns out to be a practical 5-door hatchback. No one else has such a combination except the cheap Chinese amulet.
Another manifestation of practicality is black moldings around the perimeter of the body. The garage Vorotina, who hit the corperer, was inaccurate neighboring a parking neighbor, having dashingly open the door, all these troubles will not damage the body of the body of your car.
 
And in the cabin you completely stop regretting the spent means. Because according to the nobility of the finish, the selection of materials, their fitting octavia is equal to medium -sized machines. The noble combination of soft plastic and inserts for aluminum looks both stylish and expensive.
 
       
There are a lot of secretary in the cabin. One of them is even hidden under the pillow of the front chair

 
And in the capacity of Octavia, one of the most spacious in the golf class. The width of the sofa is such that two adults and a child will go without problems. The legs for the legs and above the head will be enough for those who waved ninety -meter.
Thanks to the wide rear doors, it is convenient to sit on the sofa even complete and tall. The seat itself is proper in length and shape of the pillow, with which you do not slide on the long road, a slightly indicated double profile and the optimal angle of inclination of the back. And besides, there are hooks for clothes on the central racks, air duct deflectors, pockets in the doors and on the backs of chairs, very comfortable armrests. Please note, however, that due to the almost horizontally rear window, passengers can annoy the sun. So it will not be superfluous for 2339 rubles. Order a branded curtain. And for some reason they forgot about the cup holders for traveling on the gallery. They are not even in the options of the inconsistent.
 
    
The glove box is small in depth, but quite wide, and even cooled
There are separate air ducts for the rear passengers, but a mistake came out with the cup holders
 
   
Comprehensively adjustable armrest will be especially useful on the long road
Comfortable clothes for clothes on golf-class racks is rare

 
Behind the wheel
But the ergonomics of the driver’s place does not raise any questions. The shape and ranges of adjusting the chair are such that it will be convenient for both a miniature lady and a hero of two meters tall. Cup holders and arrangements here with excess. If we followed our advice and bought an ambient, the most convenient jambo-box is at your service. The cover of such a armrest is adjustable along the length and angle of inclination, and a couple of cans of water can go inside, there is an AUX input for mobile digital media. It is in vain to look for flaws in the operation of the buttons and handles of the radio and climate control, in the location and efforts on the pedals. In this part, Skoda may well serve as a standard. The plastic steering wheel is not too exquisite, but optimal in the cross section and diameter, does not slip at all in the hands.
Nevertheless, a few disadvantages do not allow to call the ergonomics of exemplary. The first, in general, is a trifle located on the horizontal axis of the joystick of mirror adjustment. The left brush requires unnatural gutta -player to control it. Another flaw is more serious. For me, a semantic one, landing behind the wheel is ideal not tired even after many hours of run. But a noticeably more filed colleague rested his right foot on a wide central console.
Not everything is okay at the car and with visibility back. The driver is not visible to the driver, and not very large lateral mirrors, do not save the situation. So, ideally, you need to order parking sensors. Corporate Noroshev 11,245 rubles. Those who wish can save several thousand by putting a non -original at the dealer.
 
 
Governing bodies

1. Block of electric windows. 2. A remote control for mirrors. 3. The control unit of overall lights and near light. 4. The cache cover of the front panel. 5. The alarm switch. 6. Block radio and MP3 magnetols. 7. Climate control unit. 8. Blocking button of the central lock. 9. Coicier.
 
Dashboard

1. Tachometer. 2. The indicator of the temperature of the coolant. 3. The screen of the on -board computer. 4. Signal lamp blocks. 5. Fuel level indicator. 6. Speedometer.
 
We load the suitcases
However, for the hold, which is hidden behind the large fifth door, many are ready not to pay attention to such trifles. The trunk of Octavia is huge, a volume of more than half a cubmimeter, notice to the shelf. In shape, this is an almost correct parallelepiped size at the base of 1060 by 1025 mm. Here, three of our measured suitcases were easily subsided and there was a place for smaller bags.
Immediately behind the wheel arches are deep pockets, and the right with the grid. For a hook on the left side, it is convenient to fix the handles of packages with products so their contents will not fly in quick turns. You can unlock the trunk lock from both the key fob and touching the handle over the number of the number. That's just for the shelf of the trunk must be paid. Picking a comfortable handle in the upholstery of the door also did not bother. Instead, a rubber cable with a thickening at the end.
 
   
   
Pockets behind the arches are deep: medium -sized backpack will fit

 
But if you fold the back, the loading length will increase to 1, 72 m. Having pushed forward to the end and tilting the backs of the front seats, cut more centimeters thirty. In addition, a couple of sleeping places for lovers of overnight in the car is obtained.
With such data, there is even the need to overpay for octavia-community. Review of back, however, the station wagon is much better. And on the couch, 2 cm larger than space in height. By the standards of golf class, such a body is one of the most capacious 1620 liters. But you can’t call it the most convenient because of the high threshold and steps on the floor from the folded back.
 
Car dimensions, mm
 
Salon dimensions, mm
 

Safety
Only 4 stars were not able to keep up with the excellent student of the euroncap golf tests built on the same Octavia base. The absence of inflatable curtains and a slightly greater risk of knee injury in the initial configuration. But the arsenal of funds that allow an accident to avoid, as it should be a modern European machine, is very generous. ABS with an emergency braking amplifier works on a solid five: pedal effort, slowing efficiency such as you expect. A regular anti -tuxe system is such a little for a small thing you meet helps effective acceleration when one wheel is on asphalt, and the other, for example, on ice.
For a surcharge, you can buy a system of dynamic stabilization both separately and with a mechanism that automatically holds the car when starting in the rise. As for the protection against theft, there is a choice here: or without a signaling with or without a roll sensor. In any case, as experience shows, it is better to order it from the plant than to put from the dealer.
Finally, the isofix mounts for children's seats are already in the database, and lovers to carry a child in front in the chair with a back forward need to pay 1709 rubles. For the shutty front pillow.
On the roads
Unlike the tour of the car is safe, calm, without a spark of driver's enthusiasm, excellent handling, of course, the undoubted horse of Octavia II. Moreover, on the enviable road abilities of Skoda, even an increase by 2 cm of clearance did not affect when adapting its suspension for Russian conditions.
I traveled on cars of both versions and waited, I would admit that a car with an adapted suspension, as is often the case, would be a revenge on the tail in corners, sharply fall into demolition. Octavia demonstrates nothing of the same academically correct reactions in the most insidious, with variable curvature turns in any case. Even on a patch of asphalt in a turn of 120130 km/h, the car does not require steering. A dense, harsh on small irregularities, an independent suspension allows the wheels to painlessly pass the road surprises, and the exact steering wheel and the high clutch properties of the Dunlop-SP-contractions hold the car on the trajectory.
Here would be a motor of attorney ... an eight -valve Volkswagen veteran of 102 liters. With. It does not allow you to completely open the magnificent settings of the chassis. He calmly, confidently lucky with idle, adds traction at medium speeds. But despite the fact that a clear, as a shutter of a machine gun, the box also pushes to drive temperamentally, there is no much sense to turn the engine above 3,5004000. There will be more noise than speakers. Even the ceremonial acceleration numbers of 12.3 s to hundreds are not impressive.
Of course, 115-horsepower 1.6FSI is better in all respects. It not only accelerates for a second faster, allows you to confidently overtake from 120130 km/h, but also drinks gasoline per liter less for every hundred. Eh, if the difference between these engines was not 24 thousand, but, for example, like Opel, when 105- and 115-horsepower Astra-1,6 were sold in parallel, only 5,000 rubles.
But to overpay for a 115-horsepower engine to those who need an automatic, there is no much sense. With automatic transmission, the motor is rarely driven at the red tachometer zone. And here is the calm character of the 102-horsepower version, on the contrary, in the topic. And it is worth telling about the machine itself. This modern 6-speed unit would make a business class machine. In the drive mode, he, as expected, sorts the steps very smoothly and imperceptibly. If you touch the gas pedal slightly, switching occur already at 23002500 rpm. In this mode, you are guaranteed assertive acceleration without unnecessary noise support from the motor. The stronger you will press on the gas, the later there will be switching.
 
    
Scout wagon is very well adapted to Russian roads. Pay attention to the high clearance and plastic body kit
A layer of anti -gravity on the thresholds is good. Over time, under Kaluga, they will probably learn to apply more accurately

 
If the delay time at the start seemed great, turn on the sports regime S. The hydrotransformer in this case is blocked almost instantly. Yes, and for the ability to besiege the car, clicking the gears down, the machine is five with a plus. That's just for the budget of the troika 54 thousand, this is a lot.
Fortunately, you do not need to pay extra for excellent sound insulation. The streamlined body (aerodynamic resistance coefficient is only 0.3), a reliably wrapped bottom and doorways, a layer of mastic and plastic in the womb of the wheel arches make octavia one of the quietest golf classes. True, comparing the Skoda, shod in the summer Dunlop and the all -season continental, immediately noticed how much the latter roll along the road. Those who are especially important for the noise level, today's market provides a wide field for experiments.
 
Engine

1. Clot of the glass of the glass gunner. 2. Expansion tank of the cooling system. 3. The oil -packed engine cork. 4. A probe of oil level in the engine. 5. Protective casing of the battery.

And without them
To short -term travel along the ground roads of Octavia II is adapted much better than most of its rivals. Pay attention to how it is not in Europeanly rising above the ground. To the steel (full -time, notice!) Protection of the motor compartment from below 16 cm is a very good indicator. The thresholds already at the factory treated with anti -gravity few people show such concern for durability. A layer of unpainted plastic passes through the lower part of the bumper. So if you slightly fast on a bump, scratches will not be noticeable. 15-inch tires of a fairly high 60 percent profile is also in the topic on our potholes. The ASR anti -wings system will help to rise along the slippery slope. If you need to rescue the populated car, do not forget to turn it off.
And yet, like most modern cars, octavia with its long overhangs of 918 mm in front and 1076 mm behind requires special accuracy when congressing with asphalt.
Operation, service
The planned TO is prescribed every 15,000 km or once a year. For all cars, the plant gives a 2-year guarantee without limiting a run. You can serve at any of the official dealers. Their network today has been spread out in 35 cities of Russia from Kaliningrad to Irkutsk. Traditionally, centers are most in Moscow 14 and St. Petersburg 7.
True, there is a lot of work by the standards of classmates. But the price of honestly includes consumables and all the necessary operations. Keep in mind that the second service will have to part with the amount of 7 to 11 thousand rubles. This is normal, given that this run, as a rule, is also approached by the replacement of candles, wipers, and brake pads are also on cars with automatic transmission.
There are no queues for the service. You can find a dealer that will accept on the same day, or sign up for any convenient time. For the entire warranty period, there is also such a service as a guarantee of mobility: repairmen, a tow truck leave for a breakfast, a tow truck is paid in a hotel, a substitution car is provided.

 
We liked

Adaptation to bad roads

Solid, ergonomic salon
 
Huge trunk

Wide back door and convenient sofa

As well as:
Modern 6-speed automatic
Excellent controllability
The richest selection of options
Exact brakes
Sensation of a higher class car
 
 
We didn't like it
 
Cheap -looking steering wheel

Unsuccessfully located joystick of mirror adjustment

As well as:
High surcharge for motors is more powerful than 102 liters. With.
Dear options
A harsh suspension
Flaws in the compilation of configurations

 
Skoda Octavia 1.6FSI MT (1.6mpi AT)
common data
 
Body, number of places/doors
Hatchback, 5/5
 
Equipped mass, kg
1320 (1362)
 
Speed, km/h
198 (184)
 
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
11.2 (14.1)
 
Fuel consumption, l/100 km highway/city
5.4/8.7 (5.9/11.2)
 
Fuel supply, l
55
 
Engine
 
Location
Front transversely
 
Design
gasoline, 4-cylinder, in order, with two (one) upper distributions
 
The number of valves per cylinder
4 (2)
 
Diam. cylinder x Piston stroke, mm
76.5x86.9
 
Working volume, SMZ
1598 (1595)
 
Compression ratio
12: 1 (10.5: 1)
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
115/6000 (102/5600)
 
Torque, kgsm at rpm
15.8/4000 (15,1/3800)
 
Chassis
 
Drive unit
On the front wheels
 
Transmission
5-st. Mechanical (6-st. Automatic)
 
Gear rates I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Z.Kh.
3.46; 1.96; 1.28; 0.98; 0.78; -; 3.18
(4,15; 2,37; 1,56; 1,16; 0,86; 0,69; 3,39)
 
main gear
4.53 (4.32)
 
Suspension:
Independent, spring
 
front
At the racks of McEferson
 
behind
Mollycent
 
Steering
rack type with amplifier
 
Brakes
disk, in front ventilated
 
Tires
205/60 R15
 
Car
from 6.75 rubles/km
 
 
Prices for spare parts and then, rub
TO1 (15,000 km) 6455
TO2 (30,000 km) 7820
TO3 (45,000 km) 6455
TO4 (60,000 km) 9283
Oil filter 551
Air filter 845
Fuel filter 1153
Spark plug (1 pc.) 294
Front brake pads/rear 2950/2159
Tip of steering thrust 1764
Ball support Lower 1652
Front shock absorber/rear 4681/1912
Front wing 4791
Hood 8750
Front/back door 9722/9722
Front bumper assembly 11 127
Rear bumper assembly 9303
Windshield 6490
Side glass 1306
Farah assembly 6104
Rear lamp assembly 2775
 
    
We decided:
A solid outwardly, convenient and functional, in essence, soundly and very carefully trimmed inside, spacious and cheaper with the beginning of the Russian assembly, Octavia, at least no worse than Japanese and Korean classmates. Of course, for 620 thousand this is not the best offer in the market. But for that kind of money, a modern European golf-class car can be bought.
 
Sergey Alekseev, photo of Maxim Goncharov and Skoda
 

Source: Magazine buy a car [05/2008]



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