It is said that "people who understand the public have chosen Skoda", which is not a common saying that stays in the Chinese market, but a "truth" that is also widely recognized in the European market.
Recently, in the 2021 European market model ranking released by the British data research agency JETO, Skoda Octavia ranked sixteenth in the total with its total sales of 143,268 units, and the sedan ranked first.
In fact, after carefully observing the entire list, you will find that in addition to the Top 100, only bmw 3 series, Audi A4/A6, Mercedes-Benz C-class these luxury brand sedans have entered the list. So, Octavia can kill a blood road in the European market where "hatchbacks are king" and win no.1, what kind of strength does this car have?
Recognized by the automotive industry at home and abroad, it has won fruitful awards
Although in November 2019, the fourth generation of ŠKODA Made its global debut in Europe, in fact, for it, from 2020 onwards, it is its main battlefield.
From 2020 onwards, the new generation of Octavia in Europe can be described as sweeping the major authoritative lists and countless word-of-mouth lists, five-star recommendations abound, and winning the grand prize is soft. Auto Zeitung, a well-known German automobile magazine, named it the "Most Popular Imported Compact Model" in 2020, ranking first in the same class with a vote rate of 15.4%, and becoming the most popular compact model in Germany for the eighth time.
Not only that, the new generation of Octavia also won the 65th Red Dot Design Award, it is worth noting that this is the third time that Octavia, which has a history of four generations, has won the Red Dot Design Award, and its strength can be seen.
Not only in Europe, the new Octavia PRO has also been recognized by the domestic automotive industry after its domestic listing and has received fruitful awards. Not only with its good user reputation, it has won the 2021 Market Attention Car of the Chinese Automotive Industry User Satisfaction Index (CACSI) issued by the China Association for Quality, but also won many annual model awards including the annual cutting-edge car, the annual focus joint venture car, the most anticipated intermediate car of the year, the annual intermediate car and so on.
Compared with European models, the new Octavia PRO understands Chinese users better
In the European market, Skoda occupies a place in the market with more space and high cost performance than its peers. However, in the domestic market, because most of the joint venture brands will choose to extend the wheelbase on the basis of overseas models to meet the preferences of domestic users for "large" space, Skoda's advantage in space is not obvious. The new Octavia PRO breaks ŠKODA's domestic practice of not lengthening, with a wheelbase length of 44mm to 2730mm, providing space in the front and rear rows comparable to B-Class cars.
At the same time, in terms of design, the new Octavia PRO did not simply copy the overseas version of the model, but on this basis, it was optimized to be more in line with domestic consumers. Its flow crystal fine carving details, RS sports style personality kit, suspended streamer surround cockpit and other design elements, shaping a new flow crystal exquisite aesthetic, making the design more youthful, dynamic, full of passion, more in line with the aesthetic needs of domestic young users.
The biggest enhancement of the new Octavia PRO is reflected in digitalization, as the first model of the Skoda brand based on the new MQB EVO digital intelligent architecture, its perception and computing power have been greatly improved. The vehicle has 15 radars and 5 cameras, and the platform communication speed has been increased from 500K to 2M.
At the same time, W-HUD front windshield head-up display, 10.3-inch FPK digital LCD instrument, 12.1-inch multi-touch LCD central control screen, Top View 360 ° panoramic image, wireless mobile phone charging panel and other fashionable configurations have also appeared on the new car. It is worth mentioning that the new car also adopts a new generation of Skoda intelligent car connection system, with buttons, touch, gestures, natural voice control and other human-computer interaction methods, and has wireless intelligent connection (wireless CarPlay, CarLife) and other functions.
With outstanding comprehensive strength, accumulate good user reputation
Octavia has opened the door to the Chinese market for Skoda, a large-space, hatchback tailgate family sedan that has maintained a high degree of popularity in China for more than a decade, with more than 1.4 million delivered to Chinese consumers out of more than 7 million deliveries worldwide.
It is precisely because of the market foundation and good reputation for more than ten years that the new Octavia PRO has received continuous praise from users. Spicy Car also interviewed his colleague "Teacher Cheng", a car editor who has been deeply involved with every model of Skoda and the owner of the new Octavia PRO.
Teacher Cheng said: "I always feel that the earliest Octavia, especially the batch of Octavia equipped with 1.8TSI engines, is the ceiling, at that time, whether it is configuration or driving, it is the same level of impeccable existence." Every car after that is always a little bit less interesting, but after seeing the new Octavia PRO, I found that the Skoda was back, and even this generation of models made people have the urge to have it. ”
He also said that many people always have a "regret period" after buying a new car, but he is not like this, he believes that if he is given another chance to choose, he will still choose the new Octavia PRO.
In the new Octavia PRO, he found the shadow of the earliest PQ platform Octavia, and saw the details of the Octavia that played a good reputation in the market, such as: excellent power, solid control, spacious space, rich configuration, and digital innovation that conforms to the times, so he is more willing to describe the new Octavia PRO as the best domestic Skoda, which is a car that is really built from the user's point of view.