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There’s no reason a one-trick pony can’t be an entertaining success - you’ve just really got to like that one trick. And while we’re not saying that the new offerings from Škoda](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/skoda/) are one-dimensional, we are saying that it’s a good thing we like the Czech brand’s new design language; line up the new Octavia next to the Rapid and you’ll need to know the details or the sizing chart to tell them apart.
The Octavia is the compact segment offering, but this larger third-generation comes packed with lots of new features. It is 90 millimeters longer and 45 mm wider than the previous car, with a wheelbase 108 mm longer, so it offers what Škoda says is more interior length, knee room and rear headroom than any other car in the segment. The hatchback opening at the rear hides a trunk that can hold 590 liters. For all that, it is up to 225 pounds lighter than the second-generation Octavia.
Four gasoline and four diesel engines will litter the options sheet, the most powerful of them the 1.8 TSI with 177 horsepower, the most frugal among them the 1.6 TDI GreenLine with 109 hp that gets 69 miles per gallon. All but the entry-level engines can be fitted with stop/start and brake regeneration, and a natural gas powerplant will be coming later. A hotted-up Octavia RS is also down the line.
Brand new features include adaptive cruise control, automatic high-beam switching, a panoramic sliding and tilting sunroof and the next generation of infotainment systems. From next year an emergency braking function will be available, as well as traffic-sign recognition. Have a read of the presser below for more details.Continue reading New Skoda Octavia, cast in the same mold, arrives full of new features
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