Super TestCar reviews - Skoda - Octavia - 90TSISkoda modelsOverviewA turbo breathes new life into Skoda's small-engine Octavia27 Aug 2010 By LUC BRITTEN BETTER value, fuel economy and performance are the central pillars of changes to the entry-level Skoda Octavia, the Octavia 90TSI. The Octavia 90TSI replaces the Octavia 1.6 and leads a 2011 model-year Octavia line-up that also promises more efficient diesels and an automatic option for Octavia Scout. The Octavia 90TSI is the company’s most affordable car now that Roomster has gone, and one that Skoda hopes will increase the brand’s prominence in buyers’ minds with its medium class entrant now offered at a small-car price. Model release date: 1 August 2010 to 1 October 2013 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen Previous modelWHEN Skoda introduced a 1.6-litre naturally aspirated petrol model to lead the face-lifted Octavia range last year, it ignored a lesson others have learned from Australian automotive history, namely, don’t stick a small, low kilowatt engine into a medium car. Holden tried and failed with the Sunbird and then the VC Commodore four, and no car company with an instinct for long tenure in the market has been game to try the puny engine, big-car combo since. The 75kW/148Nm 1.6-litre engine, a two-valver borrowed from Golf V, enabled a robust move off the line but suffered from a lack of mid-range torque and wasn’t the smoothest mill, either. |
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