With the arrival of the new year comes the promise of a new Skoda Octavia, as indicated in a recent teaser from the Czech brand. They shared a short video showing a preview of the updated vehicle and announced that they would unveil the mid-cycle update in February.
While the trailer doesn’t show much, we can at least see that the badge may be illuminated and that the headlights are being updated. The new DRLs seem to get bigger beyond the main headlight frame and up to the grille, much like fangs.
Previous spy photos suggest that the front end will get a few other changes, though they will be minor. A new vertical intake will bracket the bumper, and it appears that the grille will be tweaked, albeit only slightly.
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Those same spy photos showed that Skoda is hiding the rear end of the Octavia, suggesting that the back will also get some updates. However, so far it seems that those updates will be even more minor than the ones at the front.
Our spy photographers also lit up the interior, revealing that the updated Octavia will get a new infotainment screen. The VW Group is working to make its displays more consistent across brands and add more buttons, giving us an idea of what it will be. waiting in this car.
Under the hood, we aren’t expecting much to change. However, the Octavia will likely borrow the 1.0-liter turbocharged three-cylinder, 114 hp (85 kW / 116 PS) engine from the updated Kamiq. A 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine making 148 hp (110 kW / 150 PS) is also expected, as are an assortment of 2.0-liter engines. That last one will power the high-performance RS (vRS in the UK) version.
Reports imply that Skoda will also launch an all-electric edition of the Octavia, but this isn’t expected until the second half of the decade. This styling will still be on the MQB family platform, not the all-electric platform that VW refuses to upgrade engines to. However, the plug-in hybrid edition of the car is expected to remain in the range with the next update in February.