{"id":24469,"date":"2017-07-13T16:14:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T10:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/?p=24469"},"modified":"2017-07-13T16:14:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T10:44:40","slug":"skoda-rolls-new-octavia-starting-price-rs15-49-lakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/skoda-rolls-new-octavia-starting-price-rs15-49-lakh\/","title":{"rendered":"Skoda rolls out new Octavia at starting price of Rs15.49 lakh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/skoda-rolls-new-octavia-starting-price-rs15-49-lakh\/skodaoctavi-kdig-621x414livemint\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24470\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/skodaoctavi-kdIG-621x414@LiveMint.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/skodaoctavi-kdIG-621x414@LiveMint.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/skodaoctavi-kdIG-621x414@LiveMint-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Czech carmaker Skoda on Thursday launched an all-new version of its best selling sedan Octavia in India with price starting at Rs15.49 lakh (all India ex- showroom).<\/p>\n<p>The car will be available in both petrol and diesel engine options. The petrol version comes with two engine options of 1.4 litre and 1.8 litre, priced between Rs15.49-20.89 lakh. The Octavia diesel is powered by a 2-litre engine and priced between Rs16.9-22.89 lakh across four variants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Octavia is the heart of Skoda brand. Globally, it has sold over six million units in total. In India, it has sold over 90,000 units since 2001 when the company entered the market with the model,\u201d Skoda Auto India director sales, service and marketing Ashutosh Dixit told reporters in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>He said the new car will help further boost the company\u2019s sales, which has witnessed 15% growth in January-June. Skoda Auto India sold 7,576 units during the first half of this year. \u201cWe plan to grow our sales 30% this year on the back of new products and further consolidate our position in the premium segment,\u201d Dixit said.<\/p>\n<p>The new Octavia is equipped with features such as hands-free parking, iBuzz driver fatigue alert and eight safety airbags. \u201cWhile retaining its strong characteristics of space, all round comfort, safety and technology, the new Octavia will be a compelling proposition in its segment and will continue to drive Skoda\u2019s success in India,\u201d Dixit said. The new Octavia will take on Toyota\u2019s Corolla Altis in the segment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Czech carmaker Skoda on Thursday launched an all-new version of its best selling sedan Octavia in India with price starting at Rs15.49 lakh (all India ex- showroom). The car will be available in both petrol and diesel engine options. The petrol version comes with two engine options of 1.4 litre and 1.8 litre, priced between &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/skoda-rolls-new-octavia-starting-price-rs15-49-lakh\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skoda rolls out new Octavia at starting price of Rs15.49 lakh&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24472,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24469\/revisions\/24472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicky.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}