I had a bit of time to kill earlier today so searched youtube for reviews of the new Octavia. One thing that struck me was that in the two I watched the presenters both pronounced it Oct ar via. I have never heard it said this way before, in these parts it's an Octavia, (Oct ay via) with the "a" pronounced as in David. The question is then, is pronunciation of Octavia a regional thing or were these useless southern jessies that hadn't got the first clue about the car they were reviewing?