Skoda Octavia Scout 2007-2009 | the BEST review you'll watch!! 3MIN

Skoda Octavia Scout 2007-2009 | the BEST review you'll watch!! 3MIN
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If you're having trouble deciding between an estate car and a 4x4 for your next family vehicle, Skoda's Octavia Scout could be manna from heaven or a family-sized fly in the ointment. It depends on you point of view. Mixing and matching the sensible qualities of the good old-fashioned estate car with elements of compact 4x4 design, this Octavia at once brings yet another layer of choice to baffled buyers and represents a handy compromise for the undecided. That's the concept anyway. How does it shape up in reality?
History
The Octavia on which the Scout is based was launched in 2004, with the Estate version unveiled at the Paris Motorshow in September of that year. From the word go, there were 4x4 versions of the Octavia Estate but these are not Octavia Scouts. Oh no.
The Scout didn't put in an appearance until 2007, hitting Skoda showrooms in March. The Octavia 4x4 models continued to be sold alongside it but the Scout was clearly a different proposition with increased ground clearance, big plastic bumpers with aluminium skid trays peeping out underneath and body mouldings for yet more protection. The Scout also had a Hill Hold function built into its ESP stability control and was only available with two of the Octavia's more powerful engines. There was a 2.0-litre FSI petrol unit and a 2.0-litre TDI direct injection diesel.
The Scout was basically just an Octavia trim level. Offered only on the estate models, it sat above the 4x4 models which have the same Haldex 4x4 system but look just like a conventional estate. The Scout brought a little bit of the rugged image that was proving so popular in the expanding compact 4x4 market to a Skoda range that lacked a bona fide compact 4x4 at that stage. Scout versions of the smaller Fabia and the Roomster models were to follow, employing very similar themes to the Octavia based car.
In early 2009, the Octavia was facelifted gaining bigger door mirrors and headlights as well as some new engines and a noticeably higher quality interior. Initially, the Scout versions only received the interior and engine modifications. It wasn't until a few months later that the exterior styling revisions filtered through. These post-facelift Scouts come with either a 1.8-litre TSI turbocharged petrol engine or the 2.0-litre TDI direct injection diesel. By the end of 2009, the compact 4x4 shaped gap in the Skoda range had been plugged by the Yeti and the Octavia Scout lost some of its importance in the brand's product mix.
Writer - Jonathan Crouch
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