I will be really surprised if the material on the seats is that bad, I remember having the same concerns with my current VRS seats and they have been fine for 2 1/2 years now!

I presume the seat material will be covered on the warranty? If it is that bad they will be having to replace them pretty quick

I presume the seat material will be covered on the warranty? If it is that bad they will be having to replace them pretty quick

Isn't interior only cover for 6months?

Isn't interior only cover for 6months?

 

That would do me - I do 30k a year.

Isn't interior only cover for 6months?

 

Oooh I dont know? Thats pretty short if it is! Doesnt say much for their confidence in the quality of their produce!

That's the same for any make of car, from cheap to premium.

Oh lol. Can you tell that I havent bought a new car before?! lol 

My mums scirocco at 7 months old had a plastic cover crack on seat runner, they covered it but said 6 months.

The interior is also covered by the sale of goods act and a 20K+ car's interior can be reasonably expected to last longer than 6 months for someone doing average miles without breaking or I would argue seeing excess wear, the materials need to be fit for purpose. If the garage does not want to play ball you would have to take it to small claims.

I suppose yeah, dont think value has anything to do with it but i know sales of goods act inside out from my fabia i had haha

Going back a few pages, I decided to harass Skoda UK over some of their more odd decisions, I believe it was Johann/900000 who said you don't anywhere as a customer unless you give feedback to the manufacturer. Part of my rant was about options for the MkIII range in general, so I won't post the whole thing, but I did ask why the heck they didn't follow the exhaust set up implemented on the Golf GTI and GTD (yes, here we go again). Finally got a response today:
 

"......our designers at the Factory decided that a single exhaust system would be best suited to the Octavia VRS. However, to prevent a comprimise [sic] on the aesthetic styling of the vRS, we fitted the dual exhuast [sic] pipes to maintain a sport design......"

 
Put aside the poor spelling for a moment, the use of 'factory' and 'we' implies two separate bodies, which would confirm our fears that the designers know what they're doing, but the office secretaries run the show

On the subject of seat material, that was the very first thing that struck me when looking at the new vRS. The ribbed material didn't look hard wearing at all. Much prefer the ones in my current FL model. The round Skoda badges on the front & rear also look cheap and nasty. They let the whole image of a quality car down.

I don't want to go 2 steps forward and 3 back with the new model (and more expensive into the bargain).

Little things but disappointing.

Agree with the above post regarding cheapness.

Had a look at a petrol Race Blue vRS estate today at my local dealer. I was underwhelmed, in particular by the cheap plastics inside. Lower door, under the new small glovebox, around the new smaller and non-cooled jumbo box.

It may be lighter, faster and more frugal, but it feels cheaper and lower-rent than my Mk2 FL.

Was very disappointed and a little sad, I'm sorry to say.

first proper video Ive seen of a review, only problem its in Russian

 

theres some good shots of the Red one though and the sunroof at 5:55

 

Enjoyed the video thanks. Think the red outer looks v smart with the red stitch interior

Drive the deal can do a 3.0 diesel A4 quattro S-line for £29k. 0-60 in under 6 seconds.

Does anyone else think that makes the smaller engined/ slower FWD Octy look a bit pricey?

Yes, I know the Octy is a bit bigger, but with £9k off an Audi 6pot 4x4...

Sorry, I am not a big fan of Audi as they are about blending in.

But then so is the Octy, it's been designed to blend in with all future Skodas.

So given the choice, no brainer IMO.

Drive the deal can do a 3.0 diesel A4 quattro S-line for £29k. 0-60 in under 6 seconds.

Does anyone else think that makes the smaller engined/ slower FWD Octy look a bit pricey?

Yes, I know the Octy is a bit bigger, but with £9k off an Audi 6pot 4x4...

Sorry, I am not a big fan of Audi as they are about blending in.

But then so is the Octy, it's been designed to blend in with all future Skodas.

So given the choice, no brainer IMO.

 

I think that's a reasonable deal, but then you'd need to factor in VED, servicing, fuel and all the other things that come with an older generation engine and platform.

 

Put it this way, I could easily cancel my order and go for the Audi, but I'm not. So I don't really think it is a 'no-brainer'. Unless I'm on my own and every other person on here is picking up the phone to their dealer right now

Drive the deal can do a 3.0 diesel A4 quattro S-line for £29k. 0-60 in under 6 seconds.

Does anyone else think that makes the smaller engined/ slower FWD Octy look a bit pricey?

Yes, I know the Octy is a bit bigger, but with £9k off an Audi 6pot 4x4...

Sorry, I am not a big fan of Audi as they are about blending in.

But then so is the Octy, it's been designed to blend in with all future Skodas.

So given the choice, no brainer IMO.

They are also knocking between £5k and £7k off A4 black editions with either the 180 petrol or 177 diesel at the moment. That's a lot of spec for £23k in some cases.

They are also knocking between £5k and £7k off A4 black editions with either the 180 petrol or 177 diesel at the moment. That's a lot of spec for £23k in some cases.

Now that is a no brainer!

That's been my point from the start the mk3 is nice but at £28k for the same spec as my current mk2 FL (albeit it petrol this time instead of diesel), is a lot of money. And sorry but the test drive didn't make me feel, wow this is really nice I want to change.

 

Don't get me wrong I'm a Skoda fan I've had a few now, but at this price and dealers not offering any sort of tempting discount, if it was me I'd go for the A4. At least you're getting a badge for the money (not that its Important to me).

Tbh I don't agree, yeah some are not brilliant but overall I think it's nicer than the mk2 inside

Agree with the above post regarding cheapness.

Had a look at a petrol Race Blue vRS estate today at my local dealer. I was underwhelmed, in particular by the cheap plastics inside. Lower door, under the new small glovebox, around the new smaller and non-cooled jumbo box.

It may be lighter, faster and more frugal, but it feels cheaper and lower-rent than my Mk2 FL.

Was very disappointed and a little sad, I'm sorry to say.

Bet per month it's alot more expensive, more importantly, add some options to that

Drive the deal can do a 3.0 diesel A4 quattro S-line for £29k. 0-60 in under 6 seconds.

Does anyone else think that makes the smaller engined/ slower FWD Octy look a bit pricey?

Yes, I know the Octy is a bit bigger, but with £9k off an Audi 6pot 4x4...

Sorry, I am not a big fan of Audi as they are about blending in.

But then so is the Octy, it's been designed to blend in with all future Skodas.

So given the choice, no brainer IMO.

Bet per month it's alot more expensive, more importantly, add some options to that

 

 

Not so sure.

 

Yes, there is the options issue, but then when I specced an Octy VRS it was knocking on the door of £30k.

Cruise Control anyone, standard on reasonable spec Yetis... or a Fabia Greenline II.

 

Yes, the Audi costs more to buy, but the only thing against (other than the "I'm a nob" Audi badge ) is the lack of a decent incentive like the 0% finance packages.

In terms of resale value I'd expect the £29k Audi to be way above a £25k Skoda.

 

Anyway, just pointing it out.

There is no way I'd buy a warm family hatch/estate when for not a huge amount more I could get more performance and four wheel drive.

As impressive as the Octy3 VRS is to drive, it's always going to be limited a bit due to Front Wheel Drive.  I checked, it does squirm off the line and out of corners if you ant to go quickly.

But maybe that's not the target audience, maybe it's just a family car with a bit more zip on the open road.

On the subject of seat material, that was the very first thing that struck me when looking at the new vRS. The ribbed material didn't look hard wearing at all. Much prefer the ones in my current FL model. The round Skoda badges on the front & rear also look cheap and nasty. They let the whole image of a quality car down. I don't want to go 2 steps forward and 3 back with the new model (and more expensive into the bargain). Little things but disappointing.

 

 

Agree with the above post regarding cheapness.

Had a look at a petrol Race Blue vRS estate today at my local dealer. I was underwhelmed, in particular by the cheap plastics inside. Lower door, under the new small glovebox, around the new smaller and non-cooled jumbo box.

It may be lighter, faster and more frugal, but it feels cheaper and lower-rent than my Mk2 FL.

Was very disappointed and a little sad, I'm sorry to say.

 

I too went to my dealer today to have a look at one in the flesh for the first time and to be honest I was rather underwhelmed too by their RB vRS estate. It just didn't seem to have the same build quality and feel my Blackline has. On the outside it just looked 'ordinary' maybe some of that was down to the silver alloys (But the mkII vRS looks good with silver neptunes) but IMO it really needs the anthrasite alloys and the black pack. I quite like the look of the normal hatch though so I'm not going to make any lasting decision until I see a vRS  with those alloys in the flesh. Other things I wasn't keen on were the vRS sill covers- on the MkII vRS they cover all of the inner sill , on the MKIII just the top, leaving the outer bottom layer to get scratched to death - what a **** up. The mirrors seem smaller too- think it's because they are angualr they've chopped some of the edges off- another really good idea (not) when there's going to be a spoiler on the back to restrict visability.. The standard sound system was pants compared to the Amundsen, no sat nav as standard on a car over £22k! I thought the seats were a let down too. The dash is obviously angular to copy the external lines but I thought the climate controls looked out of place- as if added as an afterthought by Blue Peter.

 

My dealer said he could sell my BL for £1k more than I paid for it tomorrow! he also said no one so far had ordered a stock vRS model and it was easy to rack up the cost which is starting to sound like the same game the Germans play! I used the configerator and ended up with a RRP over £25k just to add the back pack, amundsen and leather, oh and there's no cruise either. I accept there's things on the MKIII I don't have for that price tag but my BL was less than £19k and came with 3 years free servicing.

 

Sorry Skoda but you'll have to up your game if you want me to buy a MKIII vRS. All in all it was a sad experience as I was hoping to get some wow factor

^^^ things like the lack of cruise control I still can't get my head round.

Not in a car with the correct CO2 figure to make it popular with fleets and at the price it is.