Was trying to get information from Skoda about whether this option was going to be standard on the elegance, as you can select it on the configurator at £0 SOP build week 26, which would suggest it would be standard. I have now just been informed that this is NOT standard and you will have to pay for it.....details coming out Monday.

I am really angry about this, what is the point of a configurator if you choose options which they tell you are £0 to select, only to be told you will have to pay for them.

Shame Skoda, shame........really annoyed about this, might be a deal breaker for me.

Edited 7 June, 201313 yr by redandwhitepauly

With respect, if I saw this as a free of charge option on the Configurator I would immediately realise that it was a mistake

If ordering a car at the dealers and they told me it was FOC and had it itemised and noted on the order for the car I would then demand they supply it as such once my deposit had been paid......or give me a discount on the price of the car

Regards all

Juan

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Edited 7 June, 201313 yr by Its me

They may as well scrap the configurator its a complete waste of time. Why **** people off by saying £0 SOP week 26 and then tell them they have to pay for it after all.

Bloody annoyed.

If its not included in the standard spec list for the trim level I wouldn't assume its free personally but I guess we all approach these things differently. It certainly wouldn't be a deal breaker for me though as its not the reason I'm after one.

Im not bothered if its a cost option and stated as such from the off but when you are looking for reasons and spec upgrades to make the decision from an SE to an Elegance and they let you play with a new toy which lets you actually select your car spec with this as a no cost option only to be told that its not a no cost option after all just smacks of money grabbing to me. They need to get their act together and stop allowing you to configure a car, cost it with options that are utterly meaningless as you arrive at prices which are wrong. It makes decisions about do I don't I want to go ahead with this.

Sorry but it is highly misleading and leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

I have been saying for weeks ACC was going to be a cost option, my dealer checked for me and SUK said front assist would be free but not ACC. They really should sort that configurator out though.

I agree its totally misleading - I had sorted out my order and was pleased it was going to be standard from week 26, just to be told by Skoda Retail that it would be a cost option from 10th June That's crap !

I agree its totally misleading - I had sorted out my order and was pleased it was going to be standard from week 26, just to be told by Skoda Retail that it would be a cost option from 10th June That's crap !

SUK have probably realised that Ford charge £800 for it on Mondeo/SMax so are probably going to see if they can get away with charging first then possibly include at no cost at a later date when the new model honeymoon period ends!

Just seen this & surprised specially as this looks like it is going to be standard on the new vRS.

ACC has now appeared on the configurator at £450 !!

Talk about moving the goalposts !

All these option changes with additional cost is close to making the Elegance more expensive than a similarly spec vRS.

Well I have just gone onto the configurator & specced up an Elegance (1.4 DSG) to a std vRS ( with metallic paint) and it comes to a Grand total of £24,805.

2.0l 150 TDi DSG £26,755

If the vRS comes in at less than either of these then I will be VERY surprised.

All these option changes with additional cost is close to making the Elegance more expensive than a similarly spec vRS.

Well I have just gone onto the configurator & specced up an Elegance (1.4 DSG) to a std vRS ( with metallic paint) and it comes to a Grand total of £24,805.

2.0l 150 TDi DSG £26,755

If the vRS comes in at less than either of these then I will be VERY surprised.

I can see the vRS not having any sat nav as standard.

In Norway the RS will have the following as standard:

Amundsen navigation system with 5.8-inch touchscreen,

Canton Sound System with 10 speakers and subwoofer

Driving Mode Selection

sports suspension

multi-link rear axle

+++

I hope SUK see sense and offer a decent standard spec...given its bound to be more expensive than the old one they will alienate alot of existing customers I think if they dont come up with the goods.

I gather almost everywhere else the MK2 came with standard xenons, in Ireland the car may have came with 17" wheels but they got standard light assistant, bluetooth and rear sensors there and a raft of other options we couldnt have here.

I think its likely that the car will come similarly spec'd to the new GTi, more or less Elegance spec (as the GTi broadly mimics GT spec), with Xenons and LED rear lights but with the Bolero (looks identical to Amundsen but no Nav button).

I think it'd actually be good for a change if the vRS more or less out-did the Elegance, about time.

They may as well scrap the configurator its a complete waste of time. Why **** people off by saying £0 SOP week 26 and then tell them they have to pay for it after all.

Bloody annoyed.

 

Yeah its pretty pointless if the online configurator is misleading us. I had a look at the price list for extra equipment in Norway and there are plenty of notes at the bottom which imposes limitations on what can be combined and what cannot. However when I use the online configurator it lets me combine things that should not have been possible according to the notes on the price list. Thats pretty misleading and I dont know which one to believe.

ACC becomes an useless option at this price