Not sure if these have been posted yet but they are as attached.

Octavia_price_list.pdf

Not sure if these have been posted yet but they are as attached.

lol, I checked a few of the VAT figures and they're calculated at 17.5%. Expect a revised price list soon.

lol, I checked a few of the VAT figures and they're calculated at 17.5%. Expect a revised price list soon.

Yes, I expect Skoda were cursing the timing of the chancellors announcement! The VAT adjustment should go some way to cancelling out the price rise for the facelifted model, but at least the figures attached give us some idea in the mean time.

theres a star with the vRS and Scout...does this mean there not getting the exterior facelift? :confused:

Cheap motor in the UK that diesel vRS take a look at the link here for the Octavia prices in Ireland.

http://www.skoda.ie/templates/SkodaV3/downloads/5Octavia%20Price%20and%20Spec.pdf

theres a star with the vRS and Scout...does this mean there not getting the exterior facelift? :confused:

sad but true thats what Skoda Ireland told me.

sad but true thats what Skoda Ireland told me.

thats a bit rubbish! lazy people!! :(

I notice the road fund for the petrol vrs is marked down as 170 quid, does this mean its getting the new E888 2 litre turbo engine as in the new golf gti? Or have they been tinkering with the existing engine to get its emissions down. Or am I being dumb and reading it wrong?

:confused: Disappointing to see the more limited engine range/auto combinatons introduced a few months ago are continuing with the facelift. If you want a 1.8T petrol you need to get an Elegance, with an auto you need to go to an L&K at over £21k for the estate, or a 2.0 diesel dsg (still PD) becomes avalable with Elegance trim, at just short of £20k. This is gettig close to Audi price territory.

One of the things I liked about Skoda was you used to be able to get bigger engines and auto at mid spec (as on the Fabia). thus avoiding paying for both upspeccing and the more powerful engines.

I agree. Although I'd like to think that Skoda will be generous with the 'deals' they offer come January 2009 (free upgrades?). Plus I'd be looking for a healthy discount in line with those available on the pre-facelift (£2000 - £3000), after all this isn't a new model. If I'm paying cash then I'd be looking for one hell of a deal.....

Couple of quick points - cash is not the best way to get a discount. Garages get commission on credit sales, so expect to PAY MORE if you pay in cash.

Second - the new VAT rate does not make that big a difference, only about £400 on the petrol vRS

Third - the star does mean no exterior modifications - it says so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Having said that maybe that simply means until later and the models will continue for some time in this bodystyle?

Couple of quick points - cash is not the best way to get a discount. Garages get commission on credit sales, so expect to PAY MORE if you pay in cash.

Second - the new VAT rate does not make that big a difference, only about £400 on the petrol vRS

Third - the star does mean no exterior modifications - it says so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Having said that maybe that simply means until later and the models will continue for some time in this bodystyle?

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a poster in another thread says they were advised by Skoda UK that there'll be a new vRS second quarter of 2009. No further details were available.

Couple of quick points - cash is not the best way to get a discount. Garages get commission on credit sales, so expect to PAY MORE if you pay in cash.

I disagree. I accept that the dealer gets commission which is good for them but I'm not convinced that it would see the customer getting a better deal. Even if you could negotiate a improved discount over cash because of a 'credit' transaction that would, in my opinion, be more than offset by the interest the customer would pay over the course of the loan. So what may appear to be a slightly better deal actually isn't! Unless of course you negotiate the deal to end all deals or get 0% credit - how about that Skoda!

I will be looking to purchase come the end of January and I will be touting around dealers with and without PX and certainly considering 'credit' if the overall deal is a good one. But I will also weigh up the longer term position including the interest element. I'll take quite some convincing that anything other than cash will see me paying the least amount for a new car overall. Happy to be proved wrong though!

I agree that the cash may mean a lower payment,in total, but certainly will NOT mean a lower price for the car from the dealer.

What I was intending to point out is that the dealer is highly unlikley to make a good offer for those with cash, any profit they have to dela with would be reduced by a cash purchase. So credit would mean a larger profit margin and thus make a better deal possible.

Your post suggested that flashingt he cash would be the way to get a good price from the dealer, it wouldn't. This is important as your post may have given some the impression that getting a loan elsewhere and turning up 'flashing the cash' would offer them a way of getting a bigger discount. It won't.

A great example was my dad, who could have paid in full for his Fabia, but took up the 0% finance and got a £400 additional discount for using credit. Had he paid up front that would not have been available.

If you are lucky enough to have the cash, with no need for credit from the dealer, or banks etc, then it may still pay to take out the loan and pay it off int the first two weeks after taking delivery........

2009 MY vRS? I was also told by Skoda Uk that a mid-summer release for a vRS update was likely. HOWEVER - the price list asterix is explained ON THE PRICE LIST!! My point was to the poster who asked if that might be what it meant - it says it does so no ambiguity exists as far as the latest list, that does not mean a subsequent list with an exterior modified vRS and Scout.

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I agree completely that if you can get a 0% finance agreement like your dad then that's a good deal - you may well get a better discount but even if you don't you can keep the money in the bank (or like me Icesave ) and earn a little interest which would effectively make the car a little cheaper. That's why I tongue-in-cheek suggested Skoda might like to consider 0% again. So in this scenario you'd be right and I'd be in like Flint!

The reality however is that I think it's highly unlikely that 0% finance will be around for the foreseeable (again, really happy to be proved wrong but loans have just gone up today!) in which case unless you get a great deal then the cost of the car will be higher by going the credit route even if you knock something extra off at the start. I understand your point about the up front price maybe being lower but does that really matter if you end up paying so much more over the life of the loan? I've been in a fortunate position not to need a loan for a good few years but I doubt many lenders will let you cancel the agreement after two weeks without a huge penalty and even if you could I'm not sure it would be worth the grief?

Ironically, when I mentioned 'cash' in my original post I was actually meaning a cash purchase (cheque or credit) rather than going in with a PX. I accept a poor choice of words on my part but it's stimulated an interesting debate nonetheless!

We'll have to disagree on not getting a good price from the dealer by going in with cash. Right now, I would expect a dealer to look very favorably on me if I go in with straight cash . It would be a very foolish dealer indeed to not strike me a good deal simply because I didn't take out a credit agreement. I'm quite happy to walk.

If I'm still posting in January I'll let you know how I got on!!

Seen something today that says that Skoda are NOT CHARGING the VAT on any Octavia ordered during December. My dealer is currently offering "factory prices" which amounts to a £1300 discount (or thereabouts) and to get the VAT off as well, that's got be worth a punt hasn't it ?

Here in Oz my dealer was happy to haggle for a cash (no px) sale for my last 4 vehicles. While the dealer may get commission on finance it also adds an element of uncertainty to the transaction (some buyers are refused credit).

Seen something today that says that Skoda are NOT CHARGING the VAT on any Octavia ordered during December. My dealer is currently offering "factory prices" which amounts to a £1300 discount (or thereabouts) and to get the VAT off as well, that's got be worth a punt hasn't it ?

Sounds good and certainly the type of deal I'd be expecting to see. The only caveat would be that I guess it wouldn't be a facelift? Most likely it's the final push to get rid of pre-facelift stock. If that's the case your choices would be limited as it wouldn't be a factory order but as you say excellent value with circa 25% off MRRP. A quick look at DTD is showing £2709 off a pre-facelift Octy 1.8 TSI Elegance, but as I say you'd have to make do with what's available in the dealer network already.

Personally I'm holding out for the facelift as I understand build quality is a notch higher (not that the current Octy is poor!) and I like the look of some of the toys!

What interests me about the price list is the announcement of the Scout with the 1.8TSI engine - I reckon that it will be a perfect match , as was the 1.8T in the previous model .

Still trying to work out whether i'm a bit miffed or not at getting my black '58 plate L&K estate. Paid £17,600 for it (inc. sunroof, front sensors, sunset glass) when I ordered it in may-ish so got it sept 1st. With the recession, I have no idea what I would have paid for it now, but i'm tempering it with the fact that there's a good chance they wouldn't have had the exact spec already made as it's only what's been already built and sitting in storage that's available now.

That and the fact I think the facelift model looks quite ugly so I would have DEFINATELY wanted the current model!

i'm about 70-30 happy I couldn't have made a massive saving if i'd have waited (hindsight is a great thing but I couldn't have known about the recession!) but what do others think about what I paid compared to what's available now? I have no idea how likely it is i'd have paid a lot less to get my current car in the present market.

Love the car, but i'd have loved it cheaper!

Looks to me like you got yourself a pretty good deal. Was it a cash (i.e. no PX?) purchase?

As you say hindsight is a wonderful thing but I wouldn't be at all disappointed with the car you've got for that cost, you certainly wouldn't have left the dealer grinning:rofl:.

I'm waiting for the facelift (each to our own!) and will be pressing for a heathly discount and am prepared to wait as long as I need to to get it.

Yeah, I paid cash for it. I had to go 200 miles to get that deal, but as i've said on here before, my local dealer wanted £1500 more than what I paid and it only cost my £19 for a train ticket to get my car (half of which I got back cos the train was delayed for 40 minutes:rofl:)! You go figure?!:rubchin:

I'm happy with what I got but you always wonder if you could've gotten a better price if you'd have had a crystal ball. It's possible I would have only have saved a few hundred at what I paid though. I've got to remember that at the time of purchase, my decision was partially made because my Golf G60 had about a month before it needed re-insuring (£500+), re-taxing (£200), re-MOTing (£50+ any failure things)(they all ran out at the same time) and hadn't had a clutch replaced for 9 years/40,000 miles so that MUST have been around the corner at some point! When I look at it like that, you can add another grand to the cost of holding out for one more year.:sour:

It's all about balance.