I see SUK have released details of their new car offers.

Basically the 20% VAT off the price but does not apply to Octavia or Superb diesels

VAT reduction equivalent to 20.0% VAT applied to the original base price including factory fitted optional extras on all Fabia, Roomster, petrol Octavia and petrol Superb new car retail orders taken before 31 March 2011. Reduction applied to the RRP including factory fitted optional extras. VAT is still applicable and will be shown on the customer invoice. Offer may be varied or withdrawn at anytime and is subject to availability.

Also the 2 year interest free credit deal has gone. Finance now 5.9%

Skoda not going to sell as many cars as last year then!

I'm sure they will build the same number though.

I don't think this was particularly a secret, the supply chain for diesels are screwed right across VAG. SUK are insentivising customers who have an existing diesel order with a £1000 'bribe' to convert their order to a petrol one, too.

Makes me wonder what a 3 year old low mileage diesel vRS will be worth come March 2013! If you want a new vRS CR now it's going to cost you around £22,000 for a standard model with fairly limited extras I reckon!

I don't think this was particularly a secret, the supply chain for diesels are screwed right across VAG. SUK are insentivising customers who have an existing diesel order with a £1000 'bribe' to convert their order to a petrol one, too.

Makes me wonder what a 3 year old low mileage diesel vRS will be worth come March 2013! If you want a new vRS CR now it's going to cost you around £22,000 for a standard model with fairly limited extras I reckon!

Is the £1000.00 "incentive" to change to Petrol from a Diesel fact? If so, I will be sorely tempted - thats assuming that my scheduled Build doesn't happen this week.

Is the £1000.00 "incentive" to change to Petrol from a Diesel fact? If so, I will be sorely tempted - thats assuming that my scheduled Build doesn't happen this week.

Speak to your supplying retailer.

So a Diesel Scout is now £22.5K whilst the petrol version is £16.7K - wow.

I can't see them selling many diesels for a while, but given the current delivery delays I guess they don't care.

Edited 4 January, 201115 yr by badgersport

maybe I should swap my low mileage CR for a petrol??

Is the £1000.00 "incentive" to change to Petrol from a Diesel fact? If so, I will be sorely tempted - thats assuming that my scheduled Build doesn't happen this week.

It's what I was told by my dealer, not something they're advertising as such, but something they are briefed on to allow.

I wonder if this means that my FL CR estate that I picked up last June will actually go UP in value?!?

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Edited 18 May, 201214 yr by Tim31

My dealer has contacted me and yes Skoda are offering a £1000 to swap from the diesel to the petrol. Not sure what im going to do yet

bite their hand off

My dealer has contacted me and yes Skoda are offering a £1000 to swap from the diesel to the petrol. Not sure what im going to do yet

Is this in addition to the price difference between CR and TSi, about £800

So where are all these diesel engines (in short supply) going? Just under a year ago it was the 1.4 TSI engine that was difficult to source. In fact on the UK VW website for the Golf with all its multitude of engines they actually put an asterix by the 1.4 saying it would be a minimum 6 month wait. So now it is the diesel that is scarce.

Of course we are looking at a global business and emerging markets - e.g India/China - are ramping up demand so who knows what the total picture is.

As for UK, if there is no "VAT free" offer on a diesel which is already nearly £2K more than an equivalent petrol I can't see any logic in buying a new Skoda Octavia diesel car right now unless you are anticipating starship mlileages. (apologies to Business users as I know there are other factors for them such as BIK)

bite their hand off

By my calculations if the petrol is now £1800 cheaper than the diesel, you would need to do about 56,000 miles in the time you own the car to make back the extra outlay.

That's certainly something to think about. I plan on keeping mine for 6 or 7 years so would definitely cover that milage but it'd take me four or five years to get there..... not sure what I'd do to be honest.

(above is based on the current Uk average prices of £1.252 for petrol and £1.293 for diesel, and Skodas claimed combined MPG figures of 37.7mpg for petrol and 49.6 for diesel)

EDIT: I've just worked out that at the milage I do and the amount I'm borrowing for the car, going for the petrol would cost me about £35 a month extra in fuel and save me about £35 a month on finance payments! Tough choice!

Although the diesel is still the sensible choice as it will continue to save me money once the finance is finished.

Edited 4 January, 201115 yr by Stevoraith

Might keep my CR for its rarity value in the years to come

By my calculations if the petrol is now £1800 cheaper than the diesel, you would need to do about 56,000 miles in the time you own the car to make back the extra outlay.

That's certainly something to think about. I plan on keeping mine for 6 or 7 years so would definitely cover that milage but it'd take me four or five years to get there..... not sure what I'd do to be honest.

(above is based on the current Uk average prices of £1.252 for petrol and £1.293 for diesel, and Skodas claimed combined MPG figures of 37.7mpg for petrol and 49.6 for diesel)

EDIT: I've just worked out that at the milage I do and the amount I'm borrowing for the car, going for the petrol would cost me about £35 a month extra in fuel and save me about £35 a month on finance payments! Tough choice!

Although the diesel is still the sensible choice as it will continue to save me money once the finance is finished.

Don't forget depreciation. I can guarantee the TDI will hold more of its value than the petrol. Probably more than the initial £800 tbh.

2 three year old Octys, 1 petrol, 1 derv.

Price difference will be way more than £800.

Good point, well made

I wouldn't swap to be honest, I'm too used to the power delivery of performance diesels now having driven them for over 8 years.

It's always wise to do the math though!

only one thing you may have forgotten is car tax extra £125 per year puts a bent in it

The Drive the Deal website are still showing that you can get a CR TDi for:-

Drive The Deal Discounted Price: £17629

Your Saving: £4333

Steve

The Drive the Deal website are still showing that you can get a CR TDi for:-

Drive The Deal Discounted Price: £17629

Your Saving: £4333

Steve

I bet if you tried ordering, the price would change. I just don't think DTD have been quick to update their systems.

I owned a bmw 330d for five years so I know what you mean about performance diesels. The best car I have ever owned, bar none (including a 3 litre diesel jaguar XF I owned for a few months) However, the 1.8 TSI is a peach of an engine. The cheaper tax on the diesel Skoda is achieved via the fitting of the ill conceived, under developed, under engineered, environmentally unfriendly DPF filter, which in my view, people should refuse to buy into on principle. Fellow car enthusiasts, like many of you on this site, are forced to find, and pay for engineering solutions to DPF and DMF technology, designed and developed by one of the largest manufacturers in the world. Quite ridiculous.

The main reason I went for the petrol Scout was the horror stories about expensive DPF and DMF issues. I also test drove a diesel scout and it was just agricultural. I would hate to pay extra for a diesel, put up with inferior refinement, and risk losing any savings with a DMF or DPF problem, aside from the hassle of sorting it out. On top of that, the diesels are undoubtedly more economical but perhaps the differential is reduced in cold weather? At least my expenditure in petrol is predictable (as long as Tory Boy leaves petrol prices alone for a while)

I paid £13K for my 1.9TDI Estate a year ago and it's lost none of that value in it's first year - going by current dealer prices for a low mileage 1YO vehicle on autotrader I'd have to pay the same now to replace it as I paid a year ago new. Happy Driver

The main reason I went for the petrol Scout was the horror stories about expensive DPF and DMF issues. I also test drove a diesel scout and it was just agricultural.

I'm guessing you probably drove the older PD engine which is indeed quite "agricultural" whereas the Scout now comes with the far more refined CR diesel engine.

At the risk of turning this into a petrol's better than diesel thread, I'd agree with Phil in that the CR is far more refined and quiet to drive than the PD. The DPF and DMF "horror stories" are just that - other than the few I've read about on here, there's no evidence to suggest that DPF really is a problem and with the shortage of diesels, my car's only going to go up in value (I hope) rather than lose any.

mine CR is a low mileage one (mostly due to being out of work for 6 months) just ticked over 8400 miles and no issues with the DPF to date. As I've read on here it seems the PD unit suffered more with DPF issues.

from the 130PD to the 170CR unit its light years ahead in refinement, so much so my dad thought I'd gone back to petrol when I first got the octavia.

There is a part of me that is very tempted to see what deal the dealer could give me if I switch to a petrol vRS. Mine returns on average 38-42mpg which is mostly around town work out of rush hour, and from what I've read on here the petrol is not that bad on fuel now days.

Just to add that spec for spec the petrol is now £600 more than I paid for my diesel and the diesel is now £1200 more on DTD prices

Edited 8 January, 201115 yr by polocoupe