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Below the central air vents, that black plastic piece, it's there to hide the climate controls. Thankfully, those haven't been integrated into the screen. The interior looks a tad cheap because it's a pre-production prototype. It'll look a lot nicer in production version.

195 kW will be the top 2.0 TSI. It'll have less power than the outgoing model presumably because of stricter emissions regulations (Euro 7 coming in 2025).

I think it depends on the country and version of the car. In Romania at least, the model with LED ambient light has the new black door trim.

The new 5 Series is the first car in the world to have wireless Apple CarPlay, but only that, so no Android Auto.

Since they don't specify which one, I assume all three.

From the press release: "The upgraded ŠKODA OCTAVIA has grown a few millimetres in length, and the width of its rear track has increased by 20 or 30 mm (depending on engine and rear axle)." In the case of the RS, that's a 30 mm rear track increase.

That's the now standard 230. Yesterday, on Facebook, they said they'll show a second RS version, and I assumed they were talking about the rumored 245. "Along with the classic model, an exclusive high performance RS version will be introduced to the world for the first time."

So they promised in the beginning of the event to show that new RS version, but they didn't! It was a crappy event, tbh.

http://www.motor1.com/news/133184/skoda-octavia-rs-new-version/ So there's a new RS coming. These guys are saying it might be the 245 version. Will be revealed today.

The RS isn't there because it will be available later on. SEAT has done the same with the Leon FL. They only showed the regular versions at first and then a few weeks later introduced the Cupra.

Hey guys, Configurator is live on Skoda's Slovakia site http://cc-cloud.skoda-auto.com/svk/svk/sk-sk/5e3/68718

More details here: https://media.skoda-auto.com/en/_layouts/Skoda.PRPortal/pressrelease.aspx?ID=1122

Ok. I'm glad that I was wrong. While I'm not a big fan of digital instrument clusters, I'm sure many people will go for it.

I wouldn't get my hopes up about a digital instrument cluster for the Octavia. Skoda would have announced it already with the facelift. The most logical move would be to offer it for the flagship Superb starting with the 2018MY.