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Skoda Octavia TSI - Opening the autumn navigation season

Alas, the model age is becoming shorter than five years, and retirement. Skoda Octavia is already produced by four without any changes, but you can’t call it an old woman, and she still looks well done. It can be seen that she does not even think about the well -deserved rest, younger and again breaks into battle. Direct evidence was demonstrated by the Czech Republics at the Paris Motor Show, where they put up an updated Octavia for a general display. She was a little refreshed her appearance, added new power units, ennobled the interior in general, Octa turned out to be even more attractive than now.
In the countries of the European Union, it will become available from a week for a week. At the end of the year, and the cars will go right away Kaluga. In the meantime, so that you and I would not be bored of waiting for the update, Skodov engineers threw several surprises at once. The first is the standard navigation, the second new motor in the line.
Let's start with the second.
The new 160-rod 1.8 TSI (in the past TFSI), equipped with direct injection and turbine, began to install on octavia in 2007. But this motor has come to us only now. And it’s good that I got to it. Honor to him and praise. Good motor. Hard worker. Having taken the championship even from 2.0 FSI in the line, he claims to be the most painful among those intended for civilian gasoline octavia (charged RS with a 2.0-liter turbo engine does not count).
TSI is assertively and monotonously dragging 2000 rpm. Delicious and without angry, a couple of times smoothly buried in a limiter of 6.2 thousand, he is able to disperse a 1400-kilogram hatch to the first hundred in 8.1 seconds. And then easily through the remaining transmissions of the six -speed mechanical transmission, reach it to a high -speed ceiling of 223 km/h.
With a new motor, the car is not stressful, after pressing the gas pedal, it simply loses weight, and at the same time an overabundance of traction, as on the obliging RS-KA, is not felt. It is easy and pleasant to control the traction, because the range of maximum torque of 250 Newton meters lies in the range of 1,500-3500 rpm. The programs in the box, although stretched, you’ll sway accelerations. Country overtaking with a trip to the oncoming lane is a pleasure. Yes, and in the middle of stone jungle in tearing traffic, the motor is well done. Responses on the electronic accelerator pedal (euro 4, however) are practically lightning -fast, and the traditional pit, thanks to the almost abusive work of the turbine, is not even mentioned.
For the first Octavia named Tour (Tour), the Volkswagen Golf IV platform is the basis, but the second generation has already been built on the basis of the fifth golf (it is on Audi A3, Volkswagen Touran, Caddy, Golf Plus and Seat Altea). Therefore, from its progenitor it inherited increased dimensions and a base (+ 66 mm), as well as a more spacious interior. On OKTU from golf, the redesigned forson and the back multi-leaf crawled along with the engines (Tour at the back of a semi-dependent N-shaped beam).
The habits of Octavia to his related golf and Jette are very close. The suspension is neither hard nor soft. Dense and damn energy -intensive. She smoothes the peaks of vertical accelerations very worthy, but you are always in the know about the profile of the road and micro -relief. The car is very reluctant, and this is even despite the fact that it has a package for bad roads (it provides a clearance of 140 mm), which includes the springs and shock absorbers with slightly less rigid characteristics. On a neo -steam steering wheel, the same almost reference force of feedback with the aftertaste of synthetics, which is eagerly locking during active steering, is eagerly.
Safe electronics are as it should. The contrasting system of transverse slides allows very tangible, and makes its amendments to the trajectory to the highest degree correctly. The degree of its intervention is directly proportional to the size of the drift. It costs a lot! Motorists will appreciate. Moreover, the engine for which is not in vain strangled.
Inside, too, all the rank is for the rank. The range of adjustments of the steering column and seats are huge, their profile with unobtrusive side support and stiffness are selected very well. The floor gas pedal and not too comfortable long -term adhesion is the next greetings from golf. In terms of acoustic comfort and vibrations in Octavia, everything is in order. At the expense of spaciousness too. The trunk is spacious, after all, 560 liters. The rear seat folding in parts can be overwhelmed, in which case the volume of the cargo compartment will increase to 1420 liters. But if you need to transport any long-range, like skis or something like that, it is not necessary to fold the seats, because in the middle of the back there is a small hole. However, it's time to talk about the second surprise
The sophisticated Columbus multimedia with built -in navigation for Skoda makes Blaupunkt, the interface developed Siemens VDO. On Russian Czechs, the system has become available recently. Why is it notable? And what pleases with a 6.5-inch touch monitor, MP3 player, tuner and built-in 30-gigabyte server, part of the memory of which is highlighted under the data of the navigation system. Columbus works with a lot of various peripheral devices: through the Bluetooth radio module, it is able to communicate with phones, and after a 3.5 mm input AUX (brought to the central box), any audio source can be connected to it. By the way, music files are allowed to play and upload a slot for them on the server with an SD flash drive on the front panel of the head block.
Navigation software developed by the American Navteq supports various modes of the route display, including a three -dimensional view from a bird's flight. Moreover, on -duty navigation information, such as notifications about ambulance and turns, is duplicated on a small Maxidot display located between the speedometer and the tachometer. Simple and clearly.
Like many advanced navigators, Columbus has a base of useful addresses (hospitals, hotels, hotels, services) and is able to lay a route to a point B in three options. The system has not yet taken into account traffic jams, but in the future such an opportunity will appear. The interface is Russified only partially, the menu items in English, the name of the streets, of course, is Russian, but is recruited by Latin. An electronic assistant girl through the regular speakers of the monologue also keeps only in foreign languages. But this is only for now. In the very near future, software is Russified according to the full program, in addition, the geography of the cities that will be on the Russian map will expand. Now there is Moscow, Peter, and a couple of federal tracks. Data updating will take place at least once a year. Well, what, and the current map would definitely not hurt. Unfortunately, Columbus, unfortunately, does not see many interchanges and streets that appeared in Moscow over the past year.
By the way, together with Russia on one disk there are cards of Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland in In general, this is almost all of Europe, minus France, Benilyux, England, Spain, Balkan and Portugal. So, if you want to go on a trip to the Old World with the Skodovskaya navigation, you can safely go. The price of the issue is 14160 wooden, that is how much is now worth a boot DVD. Dear? I think yes. But the representative office argues that soon the cost of a blank will decrease to 9970 rubles. Navigation is installed on all Octavia configurations, except for Classic. Moreover, the system is available in two versions: a simpler (55910 rubles) with an acoustic system, including 4 speakers, and more sophisticated (67785 rubles), including 12 speakers. In the latter case, the head in addition to everything will be equipped with a digital equalizer. An expensive system was installed on our car, and the sound quality, I must say, it demonstrated above any praise. And the localization of sources on the stage, and a wide dynamic range, and an attack, all this takes place.
We were able to taste this splendor in the almost top -end Elegance configuration (the car was Czech, but if you order one now, it will already be from Kaluga), in which there is almost everything that my heart wants. But on our board there was additional equipment, which fired basic 799 thousand rubles for Eleans. to dizzying 968757 rub. Expensive? And as you wanted. Many scold Octavia in what is expensive!, They say. Do not look, you understand. There are not enough thoroughbred genes, and expression in character. But, for example, I once again, facing face with a Volkswagen Czech, the reasons why she should be cheaper, I do not see! And if the previous octavia could still be called a gray mouse due to a modest instrumental and a simple finish, then I can’t count the generation of the second one.
Judge for yourself. The behavior on the road is no worse than the golf, handling and stability are just as reliable. The quality of execution is absolutely the same level. Interior execution (for some design differences) is one to one: expensive and high -quality plastic, reference ergonomics, a wide set of finishes. I do not think that the school ceiling pens without silicone microlift will be able to greatly drop the image of the brand and significantly reduce the cost in relation to the ancestor. Equipment? Not at all inferior to Volkswagen. Frankly, the line of power units is somewhat already than that of Volks and Audi. The assortment does not only have low -profile technological TSI with a combined boost. But this gap will soon be replenished, since the 1.4 TSI motor on the restyled version will be. The new seven -speed DSG (it will become aggregate with 1.4 TSI and 1.8 TSI) will also appear soon (the six -speed paired with diesel engines is already installed).
So Octavia is far from a simpleton. Perhaps, only boring green devices, ceiling handles without silicone lubrication in hinges, and several thousand Euro (if compared with similar configurations) is separated from Jetta and golf. And that's it. A! Another name! The rest is Volkswagen.
But I would not take Octavia for almost a million, if it even finished with gold and shine. I would not even take for 700 thousand. For that kind of money there are a lot of other more attractive offers with one classroom of classes higher. Let them not have such equipment and the Golf chassis. So maybe it is not necessary? But it will be characteristic or purebred Japan, or Germany. Everything in this world is changing. The continents, making a couple of centimeters a year, float, the Chinese are advancing, someone is recovering, someone is losing weight just as Volkswagen ceases to be a folk car, so Skoda begins to lose touch with the masses. Everything changes.
Basic Elegance execution equipment, cost 799,000 rubles.
Frontary airbags
Side pillows for front riders
Inflatable pillows
Active front head restraints
ESP - including MABS, ASR, EdS, HBA
ISOFIX children's seat mount
Xenon headlights
Headlight washingrs with an indicator of fluid levels fog lights
Heating of the fabric shaft
Electro -regulation and heating of the rear view mirrors
Packet for bad roads
Cast wheels 6.5JX16
Full -size spare wheel steel disk
Cooling glove compartment
Lumbar support for front seats with passenger seats.
Heating the front seats
Rear seat with armrest
The rear seat is inseparable, separate backs
Side mirrors in the color of the body
Nets in the luggage compartment
Rear mudguards
Holder for glasses
The rear parking sensor
Package for smokers
An unexplored driver seat indicator
Maxi-Dot display (on the dashboard)
The sensor of external temperature
central locking
The front and rear electric lifting with abstract
Climate control with smell filter
Small leather bag (hand brake handle, gearbox handle)
Boxing under the seat of a passenger
Stream receiver (CD + mp3), additional 4 speakers
Additional equipment, rub.
Electric drive hatch 28292
3rd head restraint behind 855
Seats A combination of fabric, leather and skin 23929
COLUMBUS multimedia system with navigation + acoustic system, including 12 speakers and digital equalizer 67785
Bluetooth module for connecting a phone 8141
Additional lighting Light Assistant (functions of Coming Home, Tunnel Light), an internal rear -view mirror, rain sensor 6117
System for the help of lifting uphill 2564
Mechanical curtain on the rear window 2339
Air pressure monitoring system in tires 1709
Parking sensors Front and rear 10121
Cruise control 5802
Coloring metallic 11830
The cost of the tested car is 968757 rubles. The cost of the boot disk is 14160 rubles.
 
Vitaly Kabyshev
 

Source: Auto.mail.ru