Good Afternoon All,

Apologies if this has been mentioned before but I haven't been on the forum for quite some time. I am just looking at upgrading my other half's car (Fabia 1.2 TSI DSG Elegance) to either a Rapid or Octavia. Is it correct on the Skoda website that it is not possible to spec a Rapid Elegance with DSG? If so, isn't this a little bit odd - surely the combination would be popular? Can anyone shed any light on this?

Yes, you can get a Rapid Elegance with DSG. It's a 1.4 tsi.

It's been recently added so is not in the brochure in the dealers.

Give your dealer a call, they should be able to help.

I very nearly ordered one last week (from Preston Motors in East London) and even got a price on it, so I know it's available.

By the way, it's now showing in the online brochure here:

https://tools.skoda.co.uk/brochure_rapid.pdf

Richard - marvellous news - thank you. Our local dealer was not aware of this (as of this Saturday) and we were a little disappointed at this specification omission. She who must be obeyed will be delighted, as the Octavia was too big for her.

Make sure you haggle.

You can get a decent discount on a Rapid, followed by £1000 off from Skoda UK if you finance on top.

It actually works out cheaper than just buying and you get three years servicing thrown in too!

My finance charges over two years are £600, but I saved £1000 and got the service deal too, on top of a reduction on the list price.

Yes, we'll finance it through Solutions, most likely over 2-3 years, and will haggle hard.

I note from your original post that you 'very nearly' bought one - may I ask why you didn't in the end? Did you test drive this particular model?

No, I ordered a 1.2tsi manual 6 speed Elegance Rapid instead.

Didn't really need the DSG and didn't want a 5 speed.

It's brought the cost down about £1,500.

I ordered this: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/272938-yellow-peril/