I've been picking my new company car and looking over www.comcar.co.uk which gives me my company car tax calculations.

Well on the site there are the 2008 and 2009 Octavias. Now the 2009 vRS is listed there with full option price lists and better CO2 emissions and economy plus the TFSI with DSG is listed too... here you go:

2008 Model:

On the road price £17539

Annual VED £210

Manufacturers price date 02-Dec-2008

Value for P11D purposes £17275

Non-taxable items VED £265

CO2 emission (gpkm) 188

VED Band f

Engine size 1.984 l

Fuel type Petrol

Fuel type key letter P

Bodystyle Hatchback

Transmission Manual

Fuel consumption in mpg 35.8

Number of doors 5

Acceleration 0 to 62 7.3 s

Maximum speed 149 mph

Insurance group 15

"New Octavia" Model:

On the road price £17955

Annual VED £170

Manufacturers price date 02-Dec-2008

Value for P11D purposes £17730

Non-taxable items VED, £225

CO2 emission (gpkm) 175

VED Band e

Engine size 1.984 l

Fuel type Petrol

Fuel type key letter P

Number of seats 5

Bodystyle Hatchback

Transmission Manual

Fuel consumption in mpg 37.7

Number of doors 5

Acceleration 0 to 62 7.1 s

Maximum speed 149 mph

Insurance group 15

As far as I can tell this engine is not the 211hp TFSI out of the next Golf GTi, but a reworked version of the earlier engine as now seen in the Audi A3.

Are my deductions correct? I think I'll hang on and get the lower emission model if so methinks!

And apparently it has not exterior changes but a couple of minor interior ones. These amount to a revised aircon unit on the centre console and a different stereo.