Skoda to unveil its first MQB car, Skoda Octavia on August 9th in India.The new Octavia is much bigger than the Laura. The cost of new Octavia’s top end version will be much higher than the Laura. The 1.8 liter turbo petrol engine can produce maximum power of 180bhp and torque of 350Nm. It also gets two diesel variants which features the same 2.0-litre TDI engine and produce the maximum power of 120bhp and 150bhp respectively. It will also get 105bhp 1.6 diesel variant and a 200-plus-bhp petrol vRS version.
It gets new safety features like lane assistance, automatic braking system, fatigue detection system and nine air bags. It also get s an adaptive cruise control, traffic sign recognition and an intelligent light assistant that switches automatically between low and high beams.