One million third-generation Skoda Octavias produced

Skoda Auto has announced that they have reached the milestone of producing one million third-generation Octavias in total. The Octavia has been the most successful model for the Czech brand and is considered as the ‘heart of the brand’ by the company. The one millionth Octavia rolled off the company’s main factory in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. The model was first introduced by Škoda back in 1996 and since then the carmaker has produced five million Octavias in totality.

The third generation Škoda Octavia has been built on the MQB platform which offers larger dimensions while being lighter on the weighing scale. As per Škoda, the Octavia is the largest, safest, most practical car amongst its class. Apart from the front-wheel drive variant offered in India, the Octavia is also available with all-wheel drive internationally. For the spirited class of drivers, Škoda also has the ‘RS’ variant which is the fastest series-production Octavia by the company.

When compared to the other models produced by Škoda, the Octavia solely symbolises the rapid rise of the brand in a period of two decades since its introduction. Along with the production of the Octavia at the main factory in Czech Republic, Škoda also carries out assembly of the sedan in China, Russia, India and Kazakhstan.

In terms of figures, Škoda had managed to sell 4,32,300 units of the Octavia in 2015 with 11 per cent hike as compared to its previous year. For the present year, Škoda has successfully delivered 70,500 units of the Octavia to its customers in two months.