Facelifted Octy, Cheaper Laura EDIT : Laura Elegance

ajmat · 6th September 2006, 15:11

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...0602710300.htm

Octy to get a mild facelift - am not sure if it wouldbe enough

Cheaper Laura on the way - Elegance model - chopping the sunroof, 4 airbags and some other gimos - makes sense but why bother with an octy L&K

Proxima · 6th September 2006, 15:33

Thats nice to see...
Any price cut on the Octy?

jkdas · 6th September 2006, 15:56

expected launch of thse products by march 2007! can someone wake up these guys?

tsk1979 · 6th September 2006, 16:17

this is a great move. More people will be able to afford lauras. But since laura is in short supply due to high demand, is skoda planning to make more lauras to offset the projected incease in demand?
They also have the deal with the alleged issue of defective lauras.

LandCruiser · 6th September 2006, 17:19

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Originally Posted by jkdas

expected launch of thse products by march 2007! can someone wake up these guys?

Civic makes every other car maker feel the pinch. But minor facelifts wont help. I believe the Civic is as big and powerful as the Laura for a cheaper price. Anyone? No one expected that the Civic will sell 2400 in the first month. Now time to react.

Have to compare specs. I was a big Skoda fan but they are turning out to be too lazy and too greedy in the indian market.

sx1 · 6th September 2006, 18:33

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Originally Posted by LandCruiser

I was a big Skoda fan but they are turning out to be too lazy and too greedy in the indian market.

Have to agree on that

lurker · 6th September 2006, 18:40

Well...I hope they can stop production of the Octavia Combi based on the old Octavia platform and engines and introduce an Octavia Combi for 2007 with 4X4 on the 'New Octavia' (nah me friends, you won't catch me saying 'L****') platform with 'pump dishum' engines !!

yeis · 6th September 2006, 20:09

So, Skoda is planning to phase out Octy? After this price reduction in Laura, it will reach close to Octy. Now in this scenario if given chance who will buy Octy when you can buy Laura in similar price range.

lurker · 6th September 2006, 20:24

It means that they are going to slowly phase out the 'old octy', but then.....they could also go the Toyota way and derive inspiration and affinity towards the taxi crowd.

Insane Devil · 7th September 2006, 01:36

A proper and outright Accord beater now in the horizon! A Laura at Accord's price wud be jus great! and even after the gizmo cuts, am sure it will still be more equipped than the Accord!

Sahil · 7th September 2006, 03:02

Skoda needs to act NOW.....March 2007 is gonna get too late.

maxbhp · 7th September 2006, 06:55

Infact laura at 16.5 is only around 2 lacs dearer to a similarly speced Octavia , How can some one call it absurdly expensive . I had heard many say the same about it and I took time and convinced them and believe me most of them changed their opinion about it wonder why Skoda never put it that way . Yes, If it had done that Oct's sale could have been affected to some extent .

sandeep108 · 7th September 2006, 10:57

New Accord is just around the corner. While engine/gbox/other mech. may not be changed much, body and gizmos are sure to abound. That will throw another spanner in skoda strategy. Octy will go toyota way and cater to taxi crowd? With Laura competing with both civic and accord? Maybe stripped down corolla may attract optra/NHC market?

It will be interesting to see how the market actually shapes up and which models succeed.

GTO · 7th September 2006, 12:43

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Cheaper Laura on the way - Elegance model - chopping the sunroof, 4 airbags and some other gimos - makes sense but why bother with an octy L&K

Nice, nice, nice. Just what the doc ordered (or what the Civic forced everyone to do). A Laura without all the unnecessary bells and whistles will probably see a 2 lac price cut (the same difference between Octavia L&K and Elegance)?

Also....how much longer are they going to flog the Octavia?

ajmat · 7th September 2006, 13:15

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Originally Posted by GTO

Also....how much longer are they going to flog the Octavia?

Now and then I walk in to drool at an RS - look at the drab interior and styling which is same league as the OHC vtec and think...so what

Secondhand..........hmmmmm

Parts and service back up - ah...I walk out

6th September 2006, 15:11	#1
ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 14,858 Thanked: 27,925 Times View My Garage	Facelifted Octy, Cheaper Laura EDIT : Laura Elegance http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...0602710300.htm Octy to get a mild facelift - am not sure if it wouldbe enough Cheaper Laura on the way - Elegance model - chopping the sunroof, 4 airbags and some other gimos - makes sense but why bother with an octy L&K
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6th September 2006, 15:33	#2
Proxima BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chennai Posts: 909 Thanked: 298 Times	Thats nice to see... Any price cut on the Octy?
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6th September 2006, 15:56	#3
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	expected launch of thse products by march 2007! can someone wake up these guys?
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6th September 2006, 16:17	#4
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,811 Times View My Garage	this is a great move. More people will be able to afford lauras. But since laura is in short supply due to high demand, is skoda planning to make more lauras to offset the projected incease in demand? They also have the deal with the alleged issue of defective lauras.
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6th September 2006, 18:40	#7
lurker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tura Posts: 1,592 Thanked: 1,420 Times	Well...I hope they can stop production of the Octavia Combi based on the old Octavia platform and engines and introduce an Octavia Combi for 2007 with 4X4 on the 'New Octavia' (nah me friends, you won't catch me saying 'L**') platform with 'pump dishum' engines !!
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6th September 2006, 20:09	#8
yeis BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 238 Thanked: 4 Times	So, Skoda is planning to phase out Octy? After this price reduction in Laura, it will reach close to Octy. Now in this scenario if given chance who will buy Octy when you can buy Laura in similar price range.
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6th September 2006, 20:24	#9
lurker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tura Posts: 1,592 Thanked: 1,420 Times	It means that they are going to slowly phase out the 'old octy', but then.....they could also go the Toyota way and derive inspiration and affinity towards the taxi crowd.
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7th September 2006, 01:36	#10
Insane Devil BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 987 Thanked: 173 Times View My Garage	A proper and outright Accord beater now in the horizon! A Laura at Accord's price wud be jus great! and even after the gizmo cuts, am sure it will still be more equipped than the Accord!
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7th September 2006, 03:02	#11
Sahil Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 6,292 Thanked: 7,605 Times	Skoda needs to act NOW.....March 2007 is gonna get too late.
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7th September 2006, 06:55	#12
maxbhp Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: C C K Posts: 1,382 Thanked: 89 Times View My Garage	Infact laura at 16.5 is only around 2 lacs dearer to a similarly speced Octavia , How can some one call it absurdly expensive . I had heard many say the same about it and I took time and convinced them and believe me most of them changed their opinion about it wonder why Skoda never put it that way . Yes, If it had done that Oct's sale could have been affected to some extent .
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7th September 2006, 10:57	#13
sandeep108 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,050 Thanked: 302 Times	New Accord is just around the corner. While engine/gbox/other mech. may not be changed much, body and gizmos are sure to abound. That will throw another spanner in skoda strategy. Octy will go toyota way and cater to taxi crowd? With Laura competing with both civic and accord? Maybe stripped down corolla may attract optra/NHC market? It will be interesting to see how the market actually shapes up and which models succeed.
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