Have a 1.6 2016 Diesel Octavia (taxi) ..been a terrific reliable car , want to go again …but I’ve seen now most of Octavia are now 1.0 petrol…my question is , what differences if any will there be ?.. I need it for city driving and also daily motorway commute 60 km a day , is it wise to go with petrol , 1.0cc ?… thanks in advance 

Been a taxi driver over 30 yrs  had a few vehicles and strangely all have been amazing  started out with a Skoda Estelle  Then Sierra, Nissan,3 Transits and two Octavia 1.9TDi Estates well over a million miles over 300k in the octavias alone . I just cant see a 1 litre car being suitable as a taxi/private hire car ,it may well be ok with driver and occasional passengers but to be hammered day after day after day with multiple passengers and luggage ,shopping etc i think i would want a minimum 1500cc

6 hours ago, Harry62 said:

Have a 1.6 2016 Diesel Octavia (taxi) ..been a terrific reliable car , want to go again …but I’ve seen now most of Octavia are now 1.0 petrol…my question is , what differences if any will there be ?.. I need it for city driving and also daily motorway commute 60 km a day , is it wise to go with petrol , 1.0cc ?… thanks in advance 

Most of the Octavia (and Superb) taxis around here are a minimum 1.5l, based on 3 districts, one being Glasgow.

8 hours ago, Harry62 said:

Have a 1.6 2016 Diesel Octavia (taxi) ..been a terrific reliable car , want to go again …but I’ve seen now most of Octavia are now 1.0 petrol…my question is , what differences if any will there be ?.. I need it for city driving and also daily motorway commute 60 km a day , is it wise to go with petrol , 1.0cc ?… thanks in advance 

These are the differences for the MK3 Octavia.

Take your pick.

8 hours ago, davidbird said:

Been a taxi driver over 30 yrs  had a few vehicles and strangely all have been amazing  started out with a Skoda Estelle  Then Sierra, Nissan,3 Transits and two Octavia 1.9TDi Estates well over a million miles over 300k in the octavias alone . I just cant see a 1 litre car being suitable as a taxi/private hire car ,it may well be ok with driver and occasional passengers but to be hammered day after day after day with multiple passengers and luggage ,shopping etc i think i would want a minimum 1500cc

Thanks for replies

This might actually be more use, as it highlights peak power against RPM.

(Data is originally from www.automobile-catalog.com.)