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Sick. Ordered something similar on 15 June 2021 - manual 245 estate with sunroof and front winter pack. Sadly, no sign of car and no news! Enjoy!

Has to be white:

Want the best performing and better looking hatchback get a GTI, want the best performing and better looking estate get a VRS. Simples.

In the UK, current VRS cars get the virtual pedal as standard which includes electrically operated luggage compartment cover. My VRS had a confirmed build week of mid-July and is *slowly* going through the production stages (according to Skoda UK) due to COVID-19 and chip shortage. So don't know if I am getting the virtual pedal or not.

What does this mean as previous estate luggage covers were very much manual operation! I might be missing something here.

Think the colour works best with appropriate black body stickers and roof wrap as above. Might be too much 'green' without.

Thanks all - ordered from bootsliners.co.uk before I saw Tishout reply.

Cheapest and more fun - manual petrol. That's what I have ordered which is to be built next week (incl panoramic roof and front winter pack). Four year PCP. Can see me ordering an all electric next time though when tech has been refined and improved. Meantime 245 petrol is efficient enough - got 42mpg out of a long run. It'll be quite a while before fossil fuel cars and petrol stations disappear.

Just a quick question - will be trading in my MkIII estate for a MkIV estate shortly. Will my existing MkIII plastic boot dish fit the MkIV? Cheers.

In bright sunlight moon white really pops and shines. In dull conditions it looks a bit flat.

I wonder if it is just a marketing/English language thing - mamba and hyper mean different things in different markets.

Not so:

VRS estate price has risen by £640 (petrol/manual) and in compensation you get paint and virtual pedal included.

Phoned garage - currently in build week 26 and scheduled for build week 29.

Ordered white manual petrol VRS estate today with panoramic sunroof and winter pack - expected in three months time. Trade-in (mark III facelift) fixed at £1,000 more than offered last month but new car discount £500 less - so still £500 up from last month. Thought it would be rude not to place an order! Had thought about ordering a Golf GTI but Golf looked a bit wee and salesman said would take 7 months for a bog standard (performance) one. Prefer pace and space of Octavia estate. This will be my fourth vrs over the years.

Come on Skoda UK and give us back Meteor Grey. Do this and I'll buy another VRS estate. No way am I paying £500+ for paint and don't want (free) silver.

Beige interior - NO! Only because when you come to sell the next owner may have kids/pets and this will put them off. May significantly affect future value. Plus you are likely to mark interior accidentally through day to day use. I would think again but just my thoughts.

Moon white looks great in bright and crisp sunlight. Moon white in dreich Scotland looks dirty.

If there are no 1lt estates in stock then that says it all! Low demand? Go for the 1.5 as that is meant to be which will have more than enough power - and more desirable in the future.

Agree with your points Alecs but the Octavia is a family car with significant passenger and luggage space. If loaded up this engine is going to struggle and be frustrating to drive. However, an engine like this is ideal in an Up! or Polo.

Driveable -yes Enjoyable - no Just my opinion.

Me thinks Skoda UK may have got the pricing of the panoramic sunroof and variable boot floor the wrong way round.

£180 for panoramic sunroof.

At least the panoramic sunroof is more affordable now. Variable boot floor is *very* expensive.