The following-generation Skoda Octavia has been teased through the Imaginative and prescient O idea, which reveals the ‘Fashionable Stable’ design language the Czech automaker will apply throughout a ‘new period’ of fashions because it commits to creating ‘Combi’ wagons.
The Bohemian model launched a single, dimly lit side-profile picture – and an accompanying 13-second social media clip – of the Imaginative and prescient O, teasing the modern silhouette of the sizeable wagon idea it should present in full at subsequent month’s Munich motor present in Germany.
“The Octavia Combi [wagon] is presently in its fourth era and stays a long-time bestseller – even topping the best-selling property automobile charts in lots of markets,” mentioned the Volkswagen Floor model in a press release.
“It’s no shock, then, that Skoda is dedicated to persevering with the property bodywork legacy into the long run.”
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Earlier feedback from Skoda CEO, Klaus Zellemer, recommend the Imaginative and prescient O will preview the next-generation battery-electric Octavia, which is due for launch by the top of this decade. It is going to be underpinned by the devoted electrical SSP (Scalable Techniques Platform) that can even underpin the Vokswgane ID Golf, which is due on sale by 2030, too.
“In September in Munich, we’re going to have an idea automobile that offers a sign of what the brand new design language can be for the Octavia and what the expertise in that automobile will have the ability to ship,” Mr Zellemer mentioned.
The Skoda CEO didn’t reference the Octavia within the teaser publish on social media and press channels, however he underlined the present wagon’s position in introducing the automaker’s recent design language.
“The Skoda Imaginative and prescient O design research will spotlight the long run trajectory of property fashions below the affect of recent applied sciences, sustainability, and the deep expertise of Skoda Auto on this section,” mentioned Mr Zellemer.
“This can be considered one of our most vital steps in creating and evolving our design language even additional for this era of transition within the automotive business.
“It should place us to stay a significant participant within the property section, the place Skoda Auto has been engaged because the Twenties. We’re excited to current this idea to the world in early September 2025, marking a brand new period for Skoda Auto.”
Skoda offered 509,400 automobiles globally within the first six months of 2025, a year-on-year achieve of 13.6 per cent, to develop into the third-best promoting model throughout the EU27 nations for the primary time.
The Octavia accounted for 97,500 of all Skoda gross sales to stay its best-seller, adopted by the Kodiaq (64,800) and the Kamiq (64,100).
A couple of-fifth (22.8 per cent) of all Skoda automobiles offered had been EVs or hybrids, pushed by the Enyaq mid-size electrical SUV and the brand new Elroq small electrical SUV that’s due on sale in Australia in September.
In Australia, the place the fourth-generation Excellent was launched earlier this 12 months, Skoda gross sales are down virtually 27 per cent this 12 months to the top of June, when the Kodiaq giant SUV was the model’s greatest performer forward of the Kamiq small SUV and the mid-size Octavia sedan and wagon.
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