Hi - wondering if someone could help me understand this little issue please.

I have been looking at Autotrader and seen that the 05 plate 2.0tdi Octavia Ambiente has steel wheels with trims. I have then seen the 55 plates with alloys. Please could some tell me when the Ambiente trim started to have the 15" Helios alloys fitted as standard please. I am currently looking at a 55 plate, and have been told it has the steel wheels.

thanks

Sorry I can't help but Hi anyway.

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The change occurred when MY2006 came about (that's model year 2006) - some time around July 2005 I think?

I picked my car up on 2nd September 05 on a 55 plate and I suspect that the alloys were retro-fitted by the dealer as the spare was steel. I think (but I may be wrong) that cars with alloys as standard also have an alloy spare.

I thought they all had steel spares.

I thought, the alloy's was an option. And that the steel's are standard as spares.

Alloys are standard on the car as Ambient spec now.

thanks for the replies - the date the car was registered was 12/09/05 so looks like it should have the alloys.

thanks for the replies - the date the car was registered was 12/09/05 so looks like it should have the alloys.

Cars can be registerd alot later than there build date:thumbdwn:

I thought they all had steel spares.

55 plate Elegance comes with an alloy spare as standard

I bought my Octy just two weeks before the change to 55 plate. I got £2000 off the price as the dealer had just two steel wheel cars left and wanted to shift them. Spec was same as newer version apart from the wheels. I could have bought alloys and still had money to spare with the discount !

55 plate Elegance comes with an alloy spare as standard

So does the 54 plate. Mine was registered on 1st Sept 2004 and was one of the first batches built as it had to have a fix applied to the Climatronic that only applied to very early build cars.