2005 Skoda Octavia VRs goes for a Drive
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2020
- When Skoda got hold of VW's GTi and R parts bin they surprised the world with the new Octavia VRS, a rip snorting Q car disguised as a practical family saloon
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I had an 04 reg vrs from 4 years old, black magic, loved it bits, got home from work after 4 years of owning it and found it gone off my driveway. Gypsies had broken into my house and taken the keys and obviously the car. I still miss it, amazing car.
My favourite type of car, especially the estate. Doesn't shout but carries a big stick. The perfect dailly driver.
I have an injured left leg which has progressively got worse over the years.
In 2019 I decided to finally give up driving a manual, which meant trading in my beloved Focus ST3.
I use an Octavia Scout at work, so just out of curiosity I took Vrs hatch with DSG out on test for a day.
I instantly fell in love and by the end of the day I'd ordered a DSG Challenge Edition.
Can safely say it is the best car I have ever had the pleasure to own. A genuine "Q Car" and Wolf in Sheep's clothing.
It's made driving a pleasure for me again, and for that I can't thank Skoda enough.
Had the facelifted RS as a company car in 2007. 0 to banned very quickly if you weren't paying attention. Phenomenally quick motor. Served me well, 110,000 in less than 3 years. Sadly the Golf I "upgraded" to was nowhere near as good.
This type of thing is why I have a huge respect for the way Volkswagen run their business (dieselgate not withstanding). They take over a marque like Skoda or Seat, allow them to use the family platform and raid the parts bin, but allow them to put their own stamp on it so you end up with something that is VW but also not VW. They also have no problem with their marques competing against each other in some areas too. It's this way of working that is why I wish, and have said before, that MG Rover had been taken over by VW and not by BMW.
The problem is that Škoda is not allowed to get high-end parts cause VW doesnt like their cars being worse
There’s a limit as to how much VW will let Skoda and Seat develop there sports car line up. In the beginning they were taken by surprise with the Leon Cupra R and the Mk1 Octavia vrs at how good they were and also a lot cheaper. The Golf will always remain superior for marketing purposes and not to upset their repeat customers 🤣
Used these in the Police back in early 2000s. Cracking car. Handled like a roller skate and the 1.8 turbo engine loved to be revved.
Had many a good pursuit around the West Midlands. 👍
just a stage 1 remap away from being a completely different car it wakes it up
There was never a saloon version. Only wagon and hatch/lift back. Never heard about a saloon...
That's correct.
Watch the video he states that the VS was never available in a saloon version. 4:02 again at 5:34
@@Ribeirasacra Octavia 4 door never existed.
@@histriamagna1014 er yes it did. It's literally a 4 door in this video...
@@JordanHinsley It's a 5 door liftback. Saloon does not have rear lift door opening. Octavia is a fake saloon. An it works well !
The elegance of the saloon and the practicality of a hatch.
A lad on the next street to mine owes one of these - in red as well. A very smart looking car with some lovely alloys on it. He's a mechanic and it looks immaculate. Really under-rated cars, and very quick in their day
It was the best car on the PQ34 platform, most space, cheap, lots of bang for your bucks. Steering wheel, light/window/mirror switches, climate control, stalks and lots of other stuff is from the Mk4 Golf. It's a Golf in drag. The 1.8 20VT is one of the best modern VAG engines, very reliable and easy to tune. These are rare nowadays, haven't seen one in years. I serviced quite a few of these back in the day. Great video Matt, thanks!
Had one miss it much better on motor way than ep3 it surprised me
Love my 2007 MK2 VRS here on New Zealand roads. I've had it from brand new, do all the maintenance myself. Only 92,000km on the clock, I don't see myself ever selling it. Easy parts and upgrades from the GTI mk5 community should keep it going for quite some time yet.
This was the best generation of the Octavia. In fact, I learned to drive on Octavia from the same year (2005) but with the 1.9 TDI engine.
In my country the VRS from this generation are very rare to find.
Which is your country?
I have just brought one of these as a cheap daily driver that I can have a bit of fun in when the mood takes, the previous owner had done 50k in 3 years with a couple of Nurburgring trips thrown in and had zero issues ! They are really good value and tick an awful lot of boxes. Mine has a uprated rear roll bar which transforms the handling and I would highly recommend it 👍🏻
There was a sat nav option that took away the space under the radio. There was a 6 speed version too. Dual zone climate never made it to UK. Even factory fitted LPG was available even in the VRS
Those Sparco foot pedals aren't standard. They did have metal items from factory though but not those. Having owned a silver 51 plate vrs for 7 years I can confirm they are a great car. I can also confirm you can fit a standard bath in one!!😁😁
Consumer information at its best!
@@furiousdriving 😁😁
What a beautiful car. My auntie used to have one as her taxi. It wasn’t in this beautiful red. It was in the Brighton taxi colours lol. She loved driving it.
Love these Skodas, especially from that period; we had a 2002 Fabia estate with which we have had so much fun, it could do anything even rallying over forrest roads
So glad you have done this. I bought a 2004 Octavia VRS two weeks ago....
Mine has been 'played' with a bit. Carpet is a pain to keep clean. Gear change is lovely.
If its the mk1 then u can fit a black carpet from the golf straight in
I had the pleasure of owning the Autocar press test car when it was a year old and the press were done with it. Y81RVV, was a little controversial as it managed a 6.7 second 0-60 in Autocar's test. That test probably sold a lot of extra cars! Copies of the test were being given out by your local Skoda dealer. It was rumoured that the car had a 225 bhp 1.8T engine, as used in the Audi TT. In fact it just seemed to be a very good example of the 180 bhp AUQ engine. I had a rolling road test done where it made 207 bhp on a day when other standard vRSs were making 180-185.
Miss that car. It's reverse snobbery value was huge. In the early days people really did refuse to believe it was a Skoda. Time has made me forgive the coilpack issues...
I told my new boss to get one for his company car. He was going out with the Skoda Dealers daughter when all is said and done. Even when he "graduated" to big Diesel BMWs he said he missed the Skoda VRS. It got handed down to two other 'owners' in the company and they loved it too. And it was reliable. It was a real "Q" car if ever there was one. That one is in beautiful condition.
It´s 3 on inlet, 2 on outlet on all cylinders
I used to work at a Skoda dealership and got to drive these and the later Octavia VRs.
I always preferred the petrol version but locally at least the diesel was more popular.
One customer who lived locally to me had the later 2006/7 petrol VRs estate. His car had been remapped and that was a quick car, a real sleeper.
I daily a 150bhp 2.0i L&K Octavia.
It's never let me down at 170k.
I had an earlier vrs, Saabs, Volvo's...
I found the Achilles heel of all these motors was the turbo.
So I thought I'd try the normally aspirated version and I'm glad I did.
It's fully loaded, vrs alloys, cream leather interior, debadged at dealers, xenon's etc...
Limited tuning options but I've jazzed it up a bit with the usual, custom intake, stainless exhaust, it sounds great, looks great and still puts a smile on my face. And hyper miling on long runs will still return high 30's which I can live with.
But most importantly to me, no turbo failure to look forward to!
Absolutely loved my Y reg vRS, so much fun and a great Q car.
Correction for you: the Octavia was only available in liftback and estate.
I feel obliged to be a Skoda geek here and make a few observations. There was no Octavia saloon. The vRS was available in estate or hatch. Above the vRS you had the Elegance and the L&K. Those pedals are aftermarket. The tow bar was an option, but not standard. And clearly, I know far too much about Skodas! Great review though. I'll share it with the Skoda Owners Club. :)
He did say in the video that the tow bar wasn't standard and that the VRS wasn't available as a saloon
The owner thought it was a factory tow bar, I was surprised but Skoda being Skoda it sounded credible!
@@furiousdriving definitely factory fitted, but an optional extra rather than standard equipment. I've had one of these, and an earlier SLXI with the 150bhp 1.8. Great cars. I've just bought a TDI one. My felicia is still ready for you to drive.
The fog lights in headlights are actually very good.. You'd never know there were there from the inside.
Own 2001 skoda octavia Elegance.
Just love Skoda VRS cars. So understated, I owned the Mark 1 Fabia VRS, which was probably the first exclusively diesel hot hatch ever made. I currently own the Mark 2, Fabia VRS estate, a small hot estate car, another niche, within a niche.
Great video , I had a dark green Vrs back in 2006/7 . Drove from West Sussex to Paris and back on 1 tank of fuel , not bad eh. Sadly though written off 6 months later by a white van man ! I really miss it Superb car.
Never really gave much thought to skoda, but you did a good job selling it too me ,you certainly were impressed by its sharpness and response.
I had a Mk1 Octavia L&K Estate, basically top of the range, had Cruise Control, Sun Roof and Xenon lamps, heated leather seats etc. Was awesome with the PD130 1.9TDI with the 6 speed box. Overall great car, only thing which drove me crazy was the Door lock modules and Electric Window controller. They are common on the Mk4 platform along with window regulators. I literally moved from Chatham to Sheffield and also slept in the back camping in my Octavia Estate. Loved it, certainly up there in my list of best cars ive owned!
Had a vrs for 4 years and loved it. It was all things to all men. We used to joke it had a 3 body boot.
@Martin that's why we use them as Rapid Response Vehicles in the Ambulance Service.
The 4X4 Scout is a perfect vehicle for the job. I'm confident if I rejigged the loadout I'd more than likely be able to carry a patient in the boot lol
I was working for a Škoda showroom selling these new, a huge portion of the buyers were police officers who drove them on the job and wanted one at home. Also you mention the value, during the phase out of the model after the MK2 Octavia had launched we were selling MK1 vRS run out models with xenons and ESP for under £12,000!
Wow, now thats a bargain!
4x4 version is my favorite. Uses the rear diff from audi tt. I got one ;)
Same! SO much fun in the snow
Bro this is the only good car in , India and it is fwd version!
The Seat Toledo 20VT was similar in concept, but had 6 speed gearbox.
One of only 2 cars I loved, the other was a V6 Mondeo.
I've owned my 2001/Y since 2006. Great cars, huge boot and parts cheap. Great engines and the stage 1 remap is all you need.
Just two remarks about another perfect video - the Octavia was always a hatchback (i.e. liftback) - it never came as a standard booted saloon, unlike the Mondeo Mk.I or the Vectras. Skoda would later confuse everyone with the Mk.II Superb, which came with split tailgate - you oculd open it just like a saloon or the whole tailgate with the window - depended just on you. And the foglights were always integrated into the main lamp. I wondered myself if I ever saw Octavia with front fog lights until recently, when I got to drive my friends work car - the 2003 Octavia SDi (interestingly it is a UK import converted to left hand drive). I turned the fogs just out of curiosity and was very surprised 😁
As for the car itself - the Octavia (Mk.I and II) got now itself a lot of young and youngish costumers and was always popular past 2000 with them, so with this and the other more powerful Octavias (aswell the Fabias) Skoda made a huge leap from "old and sensible, or family" customers to a young population aswell (which for example Rover failed to do despite they tried since the mid 80's to achieve that). I never liked it that much (I'm a 90's kid and they were everywhere, it was the definition of a car), but now I got to drive it quite often (that mentioned SDi) and I got quite fond of it. It has nice steering, the simple paltform can handle quite a lot of speed cornering that the new Hyundai driver can only watch as they are no match (though the diesel gives just 75HP). I myslef own a Lancia Lybra and compared to that, the Octavia is less comfortable and less stylish and of course, it is no match for the passive steering multilink, but compared to other basic cars (even the Golf), it is another os the Surprising Skodas. And tve vRS was much faster than a Golf GTi of the time (I think Clarkson once toob the basic Octavia MK. II TDi and humuliated the Golf GTi with it).
Also some onteresting story about the design - it was originally designed by Gugiaro and when it was done in about 1993 or 94, it was shown to then Czech prime minister Klaus (who later became president too), because by then, Czech republic was still the largest share holder of Skoda in the mid 90's. But Klaus didn't like it, saying it was "too italian looking for the Czechs" (as if they weren't buying the Italian styled Favorit back then 😀). Ferdinand Piech, then boss of VW was also at the presentation and the Skoda people expected him to tell Klaus to shut up, but he stoned everyone by actually agreeing with Klaus and he ordered Skoda to do a complete quick new redesign, which was eventually done inhouse by Skoda people. Gugiaro must have beed really fed up, because this was the third time he was asked to design a Skoda (Skoda 720 in the late 60's - a Czech Alfa like excellent looking car - and the Skoda 760 in the 70's - that was awful) and third time it was not gonna go to production. Eventually his design was not to be wasted, because it saw the life as the Seat Toledo Mk. II.
Skoda always wanted to call it the RS - in fact i think they did in other parts of Europe - but I have a feeling Ford Complained n UK so they had to stick a v at the front. It went from being a Rally Sport to a Victory Rally Sport. I don't think it was ever a range topper though. I'm sure it was based on mid spec Ambiente trim with some toys added whereas the Elegance and L&K specs were plusher. The L&K is a great thing if you find one.
I love these. Enough performance to make you smile but so easy to live with day to day. The boot is like a small country. I actually preferred the more angular style of the MK1 to later Octavias.
You've got to search out a Mk1 Fabia vRS next. So much fun.
Had a skoda Fabia vRS mk1 remapped to 170bhp.... Fast, fun and average mpg was 55mpg. On a track day it would still do 30mpg !!
Sold it after 9 years and 150000 miles, was still going strong. I miss that car.
Great video, Matt. Lovely car. Very interesting to see cars we did not get in Canada, too. This might even be a front wheel drive I could enjoy.
I love the VRS I have a Mrk3 and love it. Thank you for doing a review on one especially a mrk 1 I'm trying to presude my wife that I need a fleet and one of these is first on my list. Thank you for your videos kept me saine during shielding.
Glad to help
My dad used to have a 2003 Octavia 1.9 TDI. Fantastic car!!
Those engines were bulletproof!
Excellent video, my mother in law had one of these many years ago, when I was courting my wife.... Was well impressed she had a vRS just a shame she never drove it like a vRS should have been!! Left a impression on me so much so I bought it's little brother the diesel Fabia vRS The one and only car I regret selling.
Quite interesting to note my current mark 3 Fabia family estate is near enough the same size as this car.
Like the sparco pedals will last longer than the alloy pedals it came with.
Corrida red is the best colour for a vRS
Thats not a mother in law car at all, must have been a good salesman!
@@furiousdriving was my father in law's car orginally but he became ill and had his licence taken off him so it became the Mother In Laws car, they have mostly had skodas for yesrs.
Hello from the Czech Republic. Nice video. Few comments: the 1.8 turbo engine has three intake and two exhaust valves. The bars in the trunk are for the (v)RS liftback model specifically to increase the rigidity of the chassis. And they really improve handling characterstics of the car. Octavia (v)RS was the first Skoda which could have ESP as an option. (v)RS also received bigger front brakes and as the only Mk1 Octavia also rear ventilated disks breakes.
I had the 1.6 SLX from 1999 to 2007. Great car. No issues at all. Bought new and drove it for 180.tkm.
Great vid as always mat !! Had a nearly new one in silver back in the day, really wish I had it now. Got to be one of Skoda’s best ever cars, brilliant!
Thanks for doing this video Matt. Had the same car in red 03 reg, I bought it brand new in the day and loved the car to death all but the white bits always cleaning them 😂. Only sold it when the Fabia VRS come out. Many thanks Richard..
It's quite telling seeing how many positive things people have to say about Skoda.
Happy Skoda owners ❤️
Underrated comment
I loved my vrs, It only went to make room for a Golf mk2 gti and the fact that it was mapped so 21 mpg was a bit galling in return for 205bhp.
i remember seeing these all the time as police forces seemed to love them
Kent police replaced the Peugeot 406 beat cars with these... very capable but the interior being White took a bashing... would become stained quickly... especially the back seats
@@nevillebloodybartos
Humberside used them as both Driver Training vehicles and unmarked interceptors for their Roads Crime Unit.
Blend in perfectly anytime, anywhere, and then burst into life when the baddies are sighted.
I haven’t even watched it yet and I know it’s gonna be a great one!!!!!
Had a black VRS and drove it for 170k miles. Never let me down until the clutch went. Such a good Q car. Fast, practical and surprisingly economical on a long run. Replaced it with another one in the same red as the review car. Not such a Q car in that colour as I got pulled over by police twice in the first month I had it. They're getting rare but 80k miles later I still have mine.
The therm you use Qcar is new to me, what exactly does it cover?
@@yabesig1839 A Q car is a fast high performance car that doesn't necessarily look as fast as it actually is.
The original "Q" was a first world war British merchant ship fitted with hidden guns to give surfaced German submarines a nasty surprise. So a Q car is one that looks ordinary at first, but has hidden "qualities" meaning it's a lot faster than it looks.
These were great when launched!
I had an 04 plate silver vRS estate from new and it was excellent. I preferred it to the Leon Cupra it replaced from a driving perspective. It was my first vRS out of three I've owned (all estates) and they were all excellent cars.
I've got a 2006 Vrs and it's as quick as needed for most situations and so much more practical than my golf V5 was.
Always liked these. Someday I’ll drive one!
Yeah im actually looking for one as my 1st car :)
I used to drive an Octavia of this generation and it was in this colour! Sadly, it was the pre-facelift 1.6 estate model with only 100 bhp, so it was very unexciting indeed, but I always wanted to try a faster one like this...
These original Octavias had an identity, I really liked them. £15.5 k for this in 2005 sounds like a good price.
As nice as the vRS is, I'd like a go in a misery spec 1.9 SDi!
The 1.9 PD engine is probably the most reliable engines ever made. The TDI is very reliable however the SDI is even more reliable since it had no turbo. 0-45 mph is the same with the sdi and the tdi however after 45 mph the tdi move far ahead
I had one.
I paid £13,500 new 2005
Bargain
I've had myself a yellow one of these for 3 years now. Absolutely love it! Though I wish I could go more than a month without the eml coming on 🤣
Bought one of these high mileage of 167k. It was faultless. All it needed were an MOT. Was a fantastic car. Yet another I shouldn’t have sold
I had one of those for a couple of years, same colour too. Not a perfect car as it was abit old. Never let me down though! Sounded great with a few modifications. I miss it tbh.
Hi Matt, great review of this Octavia VRs, it does go well and space inside is brilliant.VW parts still a top car to drive.
That 1.8T engine was a gem, used in many of VW groups cars and was always lauded.
7.9 to 60mph? Mine felt a lot quicker than that... These were very good cars and I loved mine, plus at the time the police used them so they were good in the outside lane of a motorway coz everyone would move out of the way. There was also a nice triple gauge kit with oil temp, boost and volts that you could get that would fit into that cubby under the radio. Also I put a golf R32 wheel in mine for that extra chunkyness and the airbag just swapped from the Skoda wheel straight into the golf wheel.
All sedans was technically liftbacks. They referred to them as "liftback sedans", as they had the shape of a sedan, and the convenience of a liftback :) Just like the older Citroen C5, Citroen Xantia and the Daihatsu Applause
In sweden we call it combi coupé. Saab were big on the style.
@@rimmersbryggeri Same in norway. Or just "kombi". Although strictly speaking, a sedan only means that the trunk/boot is completely separate from the rest of the interior. The shape, when the trunk of the car is "sticking out", is called notchback. A VW Beetle or a classic Mini is technically sedans, even though they don't look like that. And the Ford Escort is a hatchback/liftback even though it looks like a sedan... I believe the correct for this Skoda would be "notchback liftback", but that's not what VW called them for. And also that just sounds silly.
A fun fact is that some newer Skoda Superbs comes as both a liftback and as a sedan; COMBINED! The trunk lid has two door handles; one opens it like a sedan, and the other opens it like a liftback. Search for "Skoda Superb Twin Door" :)
@@krissjacobsen9434 I'd say the classic beetle is techinally a coupé since it's a 3 door. The volvo 142 is a sedan and the saab 900 3 door was a liftback (Combi Coupé) but the none liftback model could have technically been a coupé or a sedan depending on wether that mongrel was offered on 3 door models. A volvo 145 is what we call a Kombi. TEchnically I guess a golf could be called that too since it doesnt have much of a slant on the rear hatch but what would the call the fat assed model of the golf then?
Fantastic video review of a underrated car
There was also a combi version of the vRS :)
This was quite a car back then. A fast and cheap saloon.
This car blends into traffic so well that he almost forgot what it was called at the beginning of the video.
Own a MK2, absolutely love the car. Hope you get as much enjoyment out your mk1!
I think the owner does
Our family has an estate version of the MK1 vRS, it's on around 213k miles. I'd love to use it but I've got a MK1 Fabia vRS as a daily driver.
Lovely Jubbly, just needs the drivers seat leather restoring, looks a keeper.
I have never loved skodas, and today i love them less than 10 yrs ago... But i have always respected the VRs octavia and the fabia mk1 (with the 1.9 130 hp). Great test of a rare car
i had lots of fun in the old rear engined estelles they were the only car i could afford that hadn't t been screwed by previous owners had low milage and were totally reliable as long as you knew how to maintain them, many were ruined by owners just not having enough anti freeze in the coolant
Nicola, I see a lovely Alfa boxer engine ! I've owned five Alfas, but also seven Skodas. I don't find the Skodas remotely inspiring like my Alfas, but they do impress with their total competence. I currently run a 2014 Octavia 4x4 combi and my kids run 2003 and 2011 Fabias which are fun to drive, even with the 1. 2 litre 3 cylinder engine, which is a gem.
@@timhancock6626 I don't say they are bad cars, we had in family a fabia mk1 1.9 and it was such a great veichle. The problem is that now VW group sells them almost like a premium brand so with prices much higher than the past.
These cars are awesome. Timeless design, strong engine and good build quality.
Very good ..... I love the cut of your jib ....... Skinned badgers .... Classic !!
Yes, a brilliant buy if you want something that is really quick and practical with it. Badge snobs may look down on it as a classic sporty family car, let them I say. It keeps the second hand market a good place for shrewd punters who want some fun!
One of the few channels that I give a the thumbs up before it starts
haha thanks!
Great cars. Better made than Golf IVs, just as many thrills & more practical.
Getting this car today, a silver wagon with heated seats. Great car.
I've a Mk3 diesel 184. Got it remapped to 227 and 490nm alot of fun to drive.. Petrol 245 next tho I think.
05 plate, that must be one of the last, the mk2 was out in standard versions in 2004.
I always thought it was great they took the engine out of an Audi TT and put it in a Skoda. It trumped what the VW brand were doing performance wise in those years.
Although I have always been surprised when reviews say it’s based on the golf platform. It puts it against the A3, Leon and of course Golf. But the size of the car to be puts it in the class above. Against the A4 and Passat. Making the Octavia excellent value whatever the age. As it’s still based on a Golf platform.
The Octavia 1 and 2 were made at the same time for 6 years.
You could get the 1 until 2010.
Brem in the UK market there is a definite switch sometime in 2005.
@@colinhicks4174 Ah I see.
It's even in go-fast red.A very nice Skoda.
I have a petrol 1.4 hatch 150 hp and i was reluctant to buy at first, but its a really brilliant car. I will probably go for a used vrs next unless i get boring and go electric.
My work mate has a diesel version, her and her husband love it. The only issue they have is that the windows keep going wet on the inside(winter time). Most of the time I’m driving out of the works car park, I can see her wiping the inside of the windscreen 😂. Must be a leaky seal somewhere
It's often the heater plenum chamber drains blocked with plant matter. It creates a puddle in it and the heater spreads the moisture round the car. It can happen in many cars.
Great car, but the engine is hyper sensitive to oil changes. If you planing to buy one, buy from someone you know, if you cant, make sure you take a VAG specialist with you to check the car, not just some mechanic. Pop the oil filler cap and look inside. If there is sludge, walk away. Trust me, if the engine goes, it is a VERY expensive party to swap the engine. You looking at 1500-1700 quid, assuming you can find a good condition engine on ebay or wherever else. Calipers also love to stick, and they are super expensive again, you are looking at 210 quid just for parts. Its easy to change if you do it yourself, but if you are not mechanically comfortable, then labour as well. Leaving it sticking is not good, you ruin a set of front brakes, and its around 300 again if you are buying name brand like brembo. So these cars are not a walk in the park like all the other 1.9tdis are, but it makes up for it in driving feel, and they are very comfortable for long journeys as well not to mention despite all the power the 1.8T can be pretty economical if you arent stomping it at every red light :D
Well done in finding probably the only space in the U.K where there is nobody else around
I Owned a 1.8 turbo petrol estate in the same colour in 2002 ,it was very understated, the only giveaway the alloys. John
Love my mk2 vrs estate fun when you want it and Practical as well
Beautiful car! And fast too
Thanks for the video, Matt. Let’s see...VW engine, transmission, switches, climate control, mirrors, steering wheel... yeah, I guess it would feel like a VW. Sort of a big Jetta that cures the pitiful rear seat accommodation problem. Love the hatch back utility. Looks great. I wish we had them in the USA.
AUDI engine...😉
The leg room in the rear is actually the same as the golf. It's not great but the boot space is!
MP3 had allready taken over when this car was built. Not when it was introduced though. I remember my brother in law asking me if it was possible to convert theirs to MP3.
Love these cars underated
Same engine as the Audi TT 180. The later ones had a 2.0 turbo Golf GTI mk5.
I had a 1.6 estate for a while, and although it was very comfy and practical, I almost died in it from boredom. It had a lot of little faults too. Within 2 years I went back to my favourite Italian cars and never went back 😁🇮🇹
Once you've had Italian cars its hard to drive anything else!
@@furiousdriving indeed! I like other cars too, but I think I could never live without an Italian. And since I don't have affordable space to have more than 1 car I will stick to my Bravo 😁
You should have bought the 2 litre. It doesn't turn it into an Alfa, but it can at least pull the skin off a rice pudding...which the1.6 never could. In fact my 2014 2.0 4x4 Octavia is just about as fast as my 156 Sportwagon 2.4 jtd was.....but not as nice...or as reliable oddly enough. The Octavia has cost as much in failures in 50,000 miles as the Alfa 156 did in 150,000 miles. Surprising maybe, but true.
I had a red one just like this 2 years ago
Fabia-lous! 😂 Love this generation of Skoda. I have a low millage 2002 Fabia estate 1.4 16v and it has a lot of the qualities you mention. It isn't the most exciting thing but VAG have this gift of building 'all the car you ever need.' At 20 years old it is still great and I just can't justify changing it. Wish they would have put the 1.8 in the Fabia. 😁
Loved our old 2002 fabia elegance. Brilliant engine that 1.4.
@@iainbruce3376 Excellent. Sometimes gets caught out on hills and has issues with piston ring failure and burning oil but otherwise great. Can feel genuinely brisk at times and still has enough power with 5 people in and all their stuff. 🙂
They did offer Fabia with the 2.0 115 hp in some markets. Think it would be lively :)
@@yabesig1839 Yes they did in the UK! That would be on the top spec Elegance model that comes with heated seats and the VAG flip key that I wish mine had! Apparently, according to reviews at the time - it isn't worth it and doesn't feel that quick. I haven't driven one so can't comment but the 1.4 16v is plenty quick enough for the estate. Not fast but brisk and great torque so you can cruise and high gears and get great MPG! 1.9 TDI PD in standard or VRS would be the one I'd choose though. Quick, economical and bulletproof. 🙂
@@alexandertoft3036 we had the elegance 1.4. Only thing it lacked was leather.
My dad has one of these, except in black, also for some reason, after a while, in these cars the window motor and door lock stops working.
Octavia has never been available as a 4 dr saloon, only 5dr or estate. No side skirts on the mk1 vRS either, those are standard sill pressings on all MK1 models. No towbars fitted as standard either! Love your videos but some facts are way off with this one
Didn’t he say the tow bar was an option rather than standard?
@@nevillebloodybartos it was an option. it even came with a specific spare wheel insert with space for the towbar
Are you sure they dont have skirts, they look different to how I remember standard ones? The tow bar was a dealer fit item and has a place in the factory tool kit
Car looks like brand new and a friend of mine had one like this and hope you are staying safe and well and are you going to keep it or sell it
I absolutely love it!! 🥰🥰🥰
There never was a saloon version, all of them were hatchbacks
correct
there is only wagon and liftback mate