Hatchback 4x4 has just been announced in french medias.

But only diesel engines, same as for the estate here.

See:

http://www.automobile-magazine.fr/actualites/skoda/skoda_octavia_4x4

Quick translation:

Skoda Octavia 4x4

Scout without backpack

In the Skoda Octavia product line, the Combi and Scout versions are on the verge of losing the exclusivity of their AWD.

Soon, the Czech family car will also offer 4x4 variants based on the sedan.

The catalog listing of the available Skoda Octavia thickens again. In a few weeks, the AWD will also be offered on the sedan. Without wide plastic protections that distinguish the Scout version and without the backpack of the Combi, Octavia 4x4 appears to be both more discreet and less expensive ... (price list for France will be revealed in a few days). A priori, in France, the optional four-wheel drive will remain the prerogative of the diesels, 105, 150 and 184 hp. But in some markets, the 1.8 TSI with 180 hp will also be entitled to the Haldex clutch, driving the rear wheels when needed. With this engine, standard equipment is also enriched by the dual-clutch gearbox DSG.

That's good news I hope it comes to UK

Octy III 1.8TSI 4x4 DSG Eleg Hatch might just sway me from a Mk III Superb!

Nooooo don't ! ....  a 240-300 bhp 2.0 Tsi, hatch, awd and max band F VED, and I might be seriously tempted to chop in my 8 month old vRS for the right deal !

Nooooo don't ! ....  a 240-300 bhp 2.0 Tsi, hatch, awd and max band F VED, and I might be seriously tempted to chop in my 8 month old vRS for the right deal !

Think it might be 88 month old before that spec rolls out of Mlada Boleslav!