Do the public still laugh when the name SKODA is mentioned??

Saw an octavia vrs 2 today.. NICE car.. seen them for sale in classifieds for 10.500 with Peanuts miles!! AMD or revo remap and it could achieve well over 200 bhp.

im not laughing , great cars

 

There just a Bugatti with a posh badge.

Benni.

 

my mate has a octavia VRS, company car, only a couple of months old, its not a bad motor

 

not me,its a vw with a badge that gives discount.perfect!

 

i soo love these cars.



think this shape is 200bhp standard!

 

I own a vRS I saw one in black with some RS6 18inch wheels on and said "I like that". A few weeks later I blow the engine up in my Sierra Cos and sold it to get the Skoda. I didn't even drive one before it was delivered to me from the dealers and I love it... Its a VERY nice car to drive...

 

no there 180bhp i believe

 

i laughed when i read the first bit of the title, and i like the VRS models alot

 

I view one tonight with a 225 re-map, 03 plate. Fingers crossed its a minter cause after driving one i loved em.

 

Adi im on my way there shortly

 

I don't believe I'd think twice about buying one these days if that was the sort of car I was after. I think they've come a long way in the image dept and if I replace the passat then I'd consider one.

 

oooo you git thought you was desperate for my series one lol

 

Nothing wrong with these badboys

 

not sure about the public laughing but i do. yes its a vw with a skoda badge but some of the parts its made from are not up to vw/audi standards. but then it just could be the snob in me rushing to the surface but why buy skoda is it not just a poor mans vw/audi

 

Just bought a new Octavia A4 for use as a taxi to go alongside our current Superb. Wouldn't use anything else

 

I worked for Skoda UK when the Vrs Octavia was launched and ive gotta say the brand is still going from strength to strength.

The badge "issue" is one of the best marketing tools that Skoda UK could possibly have, because regardless of peoples opinion of it, its a recognisable brand and has such a loyal following its untrue.

I still have an Octavia as a daily hack, a 1.9 tdi (110) which ive had re-mapped to 145bhp and it goes like stink, still does 55mpg and dont look too bad either...



If youve never tried one or have "blinkers" to the product, do yourself a favour and give 'em a go. You will be pleasantly surprised.

Matt

 

Its the SENSIBLE mans VW/Audi

 

me m8 andys wrc

 

The later shape ones run the 2.0 TFSI and are 200bhp like the blue one in thread the other mk1 shape VRS' are 1.8t with a ko3s turbo and are 180bhp stage one map should make just over 210-220 bhp and stage two pushing on 240bhp to 250bhp

 

Spot on Tiff!

Buy a Skoda and prove the "badge monkeys" wrong!!!

 

its not that i have blinkers on matt i worked for vw/audi, the skoda badge does'nt take away the fact they are reliable just as much as a vw/audi.

 

The answer is VW are laughing!!!

skoda, seat, audi, lamborgini, bugatti, im sure there more, they aint doing bad considering their birth child was a car commisioned buy hitler and designed buy mr porsche!!

intresting fact VW used to be called KDF 'joy through cars'. hitler named the 'company this when they unveiled them to the public in 1938.

it wasnt untill 1946 when the british army took the car plant over a general rebranded it VW 'the peoples car'!!

 

The only Skoda I've driven that I wasn't so keen on was the latest Octavia VRS Diesel. Just So much turbo lag, you're better off with the basic 140ps diesel.

The petrol version is fantastic though

 

and i believe that Porsche currently has a 31% stake in VW, which is expected this year to become over 50%

 

agreed - it's the same quality without the premium price

which is not very reliable - it's a marketing myth the most reliable cars are japanese

 

I'm not laughing because frankly - its not a real skoda.
Real skodas ceased to be made many years ago.

If I want a cheap audi/VW I'll just buy one with a Skoda badge on it these days.

I laugh more at people who actually buy VWs, given that they're daft enough to pay 'badge' tax when the Skoda equivalents are often better.

 

well i think other than the pd engine which has its problems, there very close to being as reliable as the jap stuff

build quality..............well we'll agree to dis-agree on that one!!!

 

you think? a lot of surveys say otherwise

 

blinkers or not,

i'd never buy a skoda.

and would by a VW , which is what i plan to do next.

thats my view

 

True,

would never buy a skoda.

Had to choose a company car could get an octavia with all the goodies,

went for a basic new mondeo instead.

 

surveys or not i know what i've seen before, during, and while refitting vw/audi and skoda's after light and heavy collisions

 

had a leon

never out of the garage , 10k in warrienty work in 3 yrs .

was wicked when chiped , mind u some of the bills were down to the dealer not taking care when hey had the car

 

Nobody laughs at modern Skodas do they?

My brother has been in Canada for the last 10yrs or so and was shocked when he came back to the UK the other week and saw the Skodas!

His taxi back from the airport was a Skoda Superb, and he couldnt belive it, thought it was an awesome car. Last time he saw a Skoda they were all fucked Estelles and so on, lol

 

Great cars these days and long gone are the old jokes about Skoda's "having a heated rear window to keep your hands warm when pushing it". VW/Audi quality without the price the aforementioned.

Personaly I wouldn't have one but that's more down to me liking my Audi's ratehr than a reflection on the Skoda's ability. I will openly acknowledge in many ways the Skoda is probably the better car.

 

Its all subjective. Dont forget that 30 odd years ago, the likes of Datsuns and hondas were thought of as been "crap" compared to what was commenly available at the time, look at the likes of Honda now!!

Everyones entitled to different opinions. Thats what makes cars so interesting!

 

Skoda is certainly not a laughing stock anymore, I'd definitely have a VRS (Octavia) even the diesel version, economy and performance!

Z

 

perceived quality from things like nice plastics, interior and exterior design etc is subjective. reliability in terms of component failure and breakdowns etc is not. it can be, and is, measured. and VAG cars do not come out well compared to their japanese competition. the skoda octavia comes in at no. 29 and is the highest in the top 100 for the VAG group

http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/to...28339010848601

 

Valid point. It does beggar the question with these "surveys" as why one arm of the VAG group should be better than the others, when theoretically they all share the same/similar production processes and Quality control standards - or so we are led to believe. or is it because more skoda drivers like flying the flag (so to speak)?

 

you often find that 'transplant' factories like skoda or toyota and nissan in the uk have better standards than the home factories as the equipment and workforce are newer

 

Cant fault my Octavia vRS - been the best car I've owned really for all round driving.

Wont have it much longer though