Skoda Australia will not convey the beforehand confirmed Octavia 140TSI Sportline right here in spite of everything, as an alternative selecting to give attention to the 110TSI Fashion and flagship RS.
There are not any plans to introduce a brand new 140TSI variant.
Octavia orders are break up evenly between the 110TSI Fashion and RS in Australia, and CarExpert understands the Sportline was scuttled as it might have butted up in opposition to its higher-performance sibling by way of its positioning.
The 110TSI Fashion prices $40,990 drive-away in liftback guise and $42,490 drive-away as a wagon, whereas the RS prices $55,990 and $57,490 drive-away in liftback and wagon guises, respectively.
Octavia supply has freed up after the mannequin was affected by the identical concern afflicting the associated Volkswagen Golf: an absence of semiconductor chips for the reversing digital camera.
Skoda now says Octavias are available, though in case you’re after a selected specification you might be taking a look at a wait of as much as three months.
First introduced in 2021, the Sportline was set to become a permanent member of the native Octavia household in 2022, serving to to bridge the hole between the 110kW/250Nm 110TSI and 180kW/370Nm RS.
It wears a gloss black entrance spoiler, grille body and rear diffuser, in addition to distinctive alloy wheels, and contains a sports activities steering wheel inside plus sports activities seats upholstered in ThermoFlux trim.
In Europe, it is also obtainable with adaptive suspension, though the trim stage is not supplied with the 140kW/320Nm engine. As a substitute, it is supplied with 110kW/250Nm turbo-petrol and 110kW/360Nm turbo-diesel engines.
The Sportline’s now canceled launch was preceded by the introduction of a stopgap 140TSI Restricted Version earlier in 2021. That mannequin has now been faraway from native tariffs together with the 110TSI Ambition.
A facelifted Octavia is due here in 2024 alongside up to date variations of the Scala and Kamiq.
Skoda offered 377 Octavias within the first quarter of this yr, making it the model’s third best-seller behind solely the Kamiq and Karoq.
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