Text/Su Jin Ji
Skoda is a utility-oriented car brand, which has always taken a low-key route, so its models are easily overlooked, but the brand has maintained a good reputation. As the sales pillar of the family, Octavia is also a best-seller in China, and even in 2020, Octavia PRO swept the European market and ranked at the top of the compact list.
And this model has also become a generation of "god car", now, 2022 Octavia has quietly arrived, this time the 2022 model provides four configurations, low-end models and low-end models are manual comfort version and automatic comfort version, and high-end models and top models are PRO premium version and PRO luxury version.
Skoda understands the design needs of young Chinese consumers for models, so Octavia has added many trend elements. The two PRO models offer two bright colors to choose from in terms of color matching, Nebula Blue and Energy Orange, and as the color scheme changes, the overall tonality of the model will change differently.
However, the model continues the family design style, the front grille adopts a narrow design with a more complex edge profile, the middle mesh adopts the distribution of straight waterfalls, and at the same time adopts a chrome coating, it also uses a black color scheme. The lower part of the front face is a blackened kit with a delicate texture to enhance the overall motion effect.
Its length is 4675mm, and the wheelbase is 2686mm, but the side body still looks relatively symmetrical. The B-pillar of the model has been blackened, and the window outline is coated with metal chrome, which has a clear brightening effect. The wheel hub of the model has the shape design of the tomahawk, and belongs to the two-color combination of chrome + black, which is also a design way to show the use of elements.
The movement characteristics at the rear of the car will be more obvious, especially in its rear bumper, the matte bracket has some restraining effect, but this bumper adopts the design of the imitation diffuser, the two sides are imitation exhaust outlets, and the bracket also has a red reflective sticker that runs through it, which improves the visual aesthetics.
In addition to being a compact family car, the new Octavia is also a hatchback model. Its tail box opening angle is very impressive, and the hatchback structure design also makes the height of the trunk space in the car not too limited. And the rear trunk space reservation of this model has sufficient depth, coupled with the folding ability of the rear seat backrest, further enhances the storage potential of the tailbox space.
Although the storage space of the model is very good, the rear seating space can only be regarded as decent, and the user reserves less than two punches in the rear leg space, although it will not feel very cramped, but it will not be very generous. The head space will not feel too depressed, basically maintained at a punch or so, daily travel use is basically no problem.
With the difference in versions, the power of the model also provides two kinds, the power of the two PRO models is obviously better than the manual comfort version and the automatic comfort version, which still uses the common power system of the Volkswagen family. The PRO model is equipped with a 1.4T turbocharged engine with a power of 150Ps +250N·m, while the remaining two models are equipped with a 1.5L self-priming engine with a power of 113Ps+145N·m.
summary:
With the blessing of volkswagen's MQB platform, Skoda Octavia has added a lot of sporty features, and the technological configuration of the model also has a new German quality. This model is more suitable for daily travel in the city, and its auxiliary driving function is easier to use, and it is more convenient to use in the city. The carrying capacity of the model is relatively strong, such as driving, and the tail box can also hold more luggage items. Although the power of the model is not very good, but it has the German chassis gene, so the control of this model is relatively stable, for the small ditch and small ridge also has a good filter effect, and the fuel consumption of the model is not high, increasing the economy of travel, but also reduce the user's car pressure in the later stage.