Skoda Octavia test drive since 2008 -

Both do not feel a little sorry

We also had one such mischievous, my grandmother sighed. His name was Mashka Tonichka. He went out to go to Pilzen in the militia. Taking with him an immortal Schweik, Anton Chuikin went in the footsteps of the namesake to Pilsen to get acquainted with the updated Octavia.
What is Ferdinand, Mullerova? Schweik asked, not ceasing to massage his knees. “I know two Ferdinands.” Both are not a little sorry.
More at home, looking at the technical data of the young school, I was convinced that the inevitable happened. 1.6 liters (115 hp) and 2.0 liters (150 hp) disappeared from the gamma, they are replaced by more modern ones, with turbocharges: 200 cubes are less, for 7 and 10 horsepower ( respectively) more powerful. Judging by the numbers, replacement for the good. And since the editorial office is the Kaluga Skoda No. 1 precisely with the 115-horsepower engine, he first decided to pay attention to its replacement 122-horsepower octavia. Along the way, I note that the veteran of the model range is a 1.6-liter 102-horsepower gasoline atmospheric also retained a place under a new hood.
He expressed a wide variety of desires
I would have a lot of stars around my head. It would be good ten pieces, he said enthusiastically.
Just as Feldcupu Katz wanted to resemble St. Jan Nizomutsky, so Octavia sought to become like a new Superb. In fact, the bestseller of Skoda, presented back in 2004, openly fell out of the corporate identity, successfully set by Rumster and continued by Fabia and Superbia. But now everything is in order: an updated front end with a large, complex shape with headlights exactly lay down in a stream. The instrument panel, steering wheel, climate block unequivocally hinted at kinship with the flagship skoda, sometimes I even want more originality.
... he rode with his Erzduxin in a car
Tell me mercy, Mrs. Müllerov, in the car! Of course, such a master can afford it.
Previously, the 115-horsepower engine of the 1.6 FSI editorial machine was enough for me. Now, after the Pilsen test drive of Octavia with a 1.4 TSI engine, I know what to wish. The same elasticity: the new engine has a larger torque, reaching from 1,500 to 4000 rpm (the outgoing engine developed maximum thrust only on the edge of this range). In practice, this means confident even acceleration, condescending to the choice of transmission, indifference to a sharp load. And if my old acquaintance sometimes expresses dissatisfaction with a mild detonation, then the new turbo engine does not betray himself with any knocks. In general, you should not regret the replacement of a wonderful replacement about outgoing engines.
Once at a banquet, when it came to Shiller, Colonel Kraus von Tsillergus proclaimed for no reason:
When gasoline ended, the car was forced to stop. And after that they still talk about inertia, gentlemen! He doesn’t go, stands, does not touch the place! No gasoline. Well, isn't it funny?
In order not to get into the situation described above, you should save fuel, aren't it, gentlemen? One of the ways to choose the optimal transmission; This, by the way, contributes to dynamism. With new engines, a 6-speed mechanical box is offered as a base. Everything would be fine, but the consciousness that you have against the usual transmission, from the habit confuses: for some reason you begin to get confused, reaching the third stage. When to turn on the next? How many more are there three of them there? So, now I am at the second, that is, the third. Switching from the fifth to the sixth requires to overcome a certain virtual bar: why am I doing this? What if there is a back?
Of course, the expanded series of gear ratio in the transmission is good, the motor can work more efficiently, giving more with smaller expenses but you must definitely learn to choose! However, you can order an automatic DSG box in it actually seven steps, but if it doesn’t occur to you to play manual mode, you can never find out about this. A box with two clutches (in fact, electronic control mechanics) not only differs in speed, but also significantly helps save fuel. Compared to mechanics up to 0.4 l/100 km in a mixed cycle. It is available for both turbo engines 1.4 and 1.8 liters. True, you will have to come to terms with the weak braking of the engine compared to ordinary mechanics.
Sir! Dear friend, he continued with an imploring tone, give me a slap!
One or a few? Inquired Schweik.
Two.
Together with the modified seats (they hold their backs denser), Octavia received a couple of new Woks head restraints, reliably protecting her neck from woven fractures. Now this is basic equipment, while the previous active head restraints were listed.
Feldkurat said that he did not intend to pay for a car he did not order. It took more than an hour to explain to him that he was driving in the indoor crew.
Orders for updated Octavia began to be accepted in November, since December, cars have been produced at the Kaluga enterprise of the Volkswagen-Chokoda. Bad news: diesel engines (known as the former Octavia 105- and 140-) Russians are not yet available at all. There is hope that with the advent of a new 1.6-liter diesel engine, this gap will be replenished. Let the engines are not very popular yet, but the brand was one of the first to offer diesel in the Russian market!
Good news: the update did not affect the base price: the 80-horsepower version still costs 499 thousand rubles, although the equipment even improved. As for popular executions, for example, the editorial machine (1.6 liters, 115 hp, the Ambient equipment) cost 623 thousand rubles in the database. Octavia with a new appearance (1.4 liters, 122 hp) 625 thousand rubles replaced her.
And suddenly, under the influx of generosity, he threw a wallet to the cabman:
Take everything! I am able to pay! For me, the extra cruiser does not mean anything!
 

 

 

Source: The magazine "Driving"