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China-Made 2017 Skoda Octavia Facelift Has Superb Taillights

Skoda sometimes mentions that China is it's biggest market, and we know most models are produced locally. The Rapid is very popular there, but today we've discovered that the Octavia facelift looks even worse when it leaves Chinese factories than it does Czech ones.
China-Made 2017 Skoda Octavia Facelift Has Superb Taillights 7 photos
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Local magazine Auto Ifeng has just published photos of the updated Xavoda Octavia, which they understand will be on sale later this year. The Shanghai Auto Show is coming up next month, and that's where we bet it will be revealed, along with the re-named VW Arteon.

Of the two body styles, the China-made Scout looks the worst. It's riding on what look like 16-inch wheels with equally small tires. What's more, the dual headlight design is even uglier when you take out all the LED magic and install regular xenon projectors. The Scout is also missing its roof rack.

Still, it's the Octavia sedan that surprised us the most, as it features a totally different taillight design that looks remarkably similar to that of the bigger Superb, borrowing even the 3D cut.

We made a little collage so that you guys can spot the increased width more easily. It's said that the sedan will be offered with an 116 hp 1.2-liter or a 150 hp 1.4-liter turbo. The wagon will have the latter too, but its base engine will be a naturally-aspirated 110 hp 1.6-liter.

During the press days at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, Skoda CEO Bernhard Maier announced that the new Kodiaq SUV will be produced in China. The Czech carmaker will use the firm partnership between the Volkswagen Group and the local SAIC Motor. It's already yielded tremendous sales with the Yeti SUV.

The Czech brand aims to double its sales volume in China to 300,000 units at the end of 2016 to 600,000 vehicles by 2021, and the Octavia is a core model. Too bad it looks so weird!
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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