Is Skoda Octavia too Expensive to Maintain

Congratulations.  Please do share your experience, and keep participating.

Congratulations Deep. The cedia is a very good car. Do post your dealer experience and the car review if possible so that other can benefit from the same. Also let us know about the accessories you managed to bag and the OTR price

See the feed back on Skoda on the Team BHP web site.Skoda service  is not only expensive but also extremely poor as per feed back there.Octavia has one of the lowest ground clearance and it will actually pose problems on bad roads as is  the case of Honda City even.So if you want to keep this car for showing to neighbours,buy Octavia,if you actually want to use it,buy SX4.SX4 has powerful performance with good overall economy

Nipun, the member has already purchased the lancer cedia. Please have a look at the earlier posts

Thanks guys..Yup Cedia truely looked to be a great car to drive as everyone knows moreover its features have been enhanceed recently.

Its the new Sports Edition uplifted recently by Mitsubishi.Features include ABS,Airbags,automatic Climate Control,6 inches Kenwood Touch screen DVD/MPS/CD/VCD Player, OZ Racing Alloy Wheels,MOMO Steering wheel,Full Leather Upholstry,Leather wrapped Gear Knob,Leather Steering wheel,Sporty kit all around exterior body..its simply awsome

I shall have my cedia with me by next week..will surely update you all on my dealer experience and proces as well once i get my car..Thanks a lot once again kudos!!

congrats deep,how much did it cost on road???

Hey Bala,

Cedia Sports Onroad Price in Hyderabad is 11.53Lakhs however the dealer gave me a flat discount of 1Lakh for a 10 day scheme and a corporate discount of 20k.so overall price was great

But i had to withdraw my booking today coz Axis bank did not approve more than 65% loan on the on road proce of the car.They said Cedia has a very low resale value and incase if I default they would grab my car and sell it off to recover their money.Because of low resale value they wont be able to recover their money if they aprrove higher percentage of loan on it.They just playing safe Cry . These guys asking me to make a downpayment of 3 lakhs which i cant n I wont.

moreover my father came with me to the showroom today and he didnt like the rear seat.He said its too low seating with No thigh support and width of the seat is also too less for them to sit on the back for long trips.So i had to make up my mind as well.I cant just pay 10lakhs for a car which is only good for the driver and not for the passengers.

The only option left with me now is SX4 ,have read on Team-BHP that Maruti has improved the new SX4 on following points:

1)Rear Seat middle Hump has been cut which used to very uncomfortable for teh middle person earlier

2)New Key with Embedded remote control(No more extra remote )

3)New improved speakers(earlier ones were not so good)

4)NEw improved Tyres (Earlier ones used to get punctured easily)

5)Changed rear headresets(earlier ones used to block the rear view for the driver)

Overall Maruti seems to be listening to its customer complaints.Though I am not so happy with SX4 coz i had a lot of liking for Cedia Sports but cant help it Cry

Sorry to know that you could not go ahead with the Cedia.  The SX4 is also a good car and with the changes that you have mentioned, i guess it should sell well.

SX4 is extremely user friendly car with powerful performance.I am getting 14.6 to 14. kmpl in city with ac on .You will not regret this decision.Prioir to my purchase of SX4 last year,I too was fascinated by Cedia and due to its poor resale value,thought about used Cedia.But the problem with Cedia is that it looks and feels smaller than it is.And the back seat is really very low and it has poor head room .SX4 is very good for family