Audi R8 V10 vs Skoda Octavia 1.4 by autocar.co.uk

[XtrAMassivE]

we want second opinion, bring on the Stig!

[7urb0m4n]

I like how that talking guy thinks that nobody take notice that he is not driving those cars on exterior camera :D

[spidercho]

you know what pajero means :-) mr jurnalist

[C3ByAx]

WTF!!! The man on the screen not the team racer in the car

[4TaktRollerNeinDanke]

They are Brits, so what do you expect from people who drive on the wrong side of the road? xD

[BestLeheL]

@4TaktRollerNeinDanke :)) that's wright lol

[warlook102]

it is a moron. when a shot from the cabin so the helmet does not multiply but when shot from outside so she wears

[Nikechagias]

Που πας ρε Καραμήτρο χαχαχα!!!

[amerigoromano]

I'd take the Octavia.

[thestoryteller612]

hahahahaha.. i love how these people founded a proper comparison for the world's most shitty and gayly supercar! well done autocar!

[broboter56]

i want my 5 minutes of life back

[scrokostas]

what is the point of this video??

[UNNICAL]

stupid test



[Fernagts]

like James May said in the last Top Gear, the supercars today are made to make a fast lap in the nurburgring. not in a lower length track even wet...

[CottnCandy01]

i live in alabama so its hot,cold,rainy,and snowy if 2-4 months each

happens every year

[CottnCandy01]

i live in alabama so its hot,cold,rainy,and snowy if 2-4 months each

[carzrok987]

I live in the UK... better take the skoda then ;)

[MrStefan4o]

what are you comparing a elephant with ant ???

comon men dont be funny...

[theodoro89]

I live in Greece so it's always dry. So i choose the r8 :D lol

[RAZVYBAROS]

im have a question you are retard omg noob 5.2l vs 1.4l very noob

[Anoush13]

This was retarded.

[scoot24925]

@Anoush13 you are a retard,Skoda is much better you douche.

[Foolercze]

debil

[VsIFresh]

2:40 ahahaha look at his serious face, like he is driving for a time :)

[FlameThrash900]

or a car like a chev caprice (holden caprice or statemans) is no better then a holden/chevy cruze :D

[phewyl]

Why did the presenter have a helmet on when not talking and when he talked, you could see a condom?

[a1rs0ftman]

give it to stig, he will show you a proper lap

[dellorto33]

@a1rs0ftman nonsense. This is an excellent review. Very objective. R8 is the super car yeah, like what he said, practical potential in very real road scenarios. So a daily car is more applicable in some ways, it is a fact. Deal with it. Want to hear only godlike things about super cars? Go watch their commercials. 

[warwickstingray]

I love these videos its all so irrelevant in a country thats spends most of its time sat in traffic. Where the hell can you even go fast enough on a public road to worry about grip and you wouldn't pick the skoda as a track car!

[number1raider1993]

is the r8 all wheel drive?

[EastCoastPride33]

@number1raider1993 yea, quattro means all-wheel drive

[number1raider1993]

@EastCoastPride33 im italian and quattro means 4 not all wheel drive... im not trying to be rude im just saying

[dunti21]

@number1raider1993 Quattro is the name of the all wheel drive system Audi uses. Meaning that all 4 (quattro) wheels are being powered...

[number1raider1993]

@EastCoastPride33 i kno what your sayn though

[jordanclarkson2010]

@number1raider1993 Yes it is :)

[Breznak]

I'm not sure, but the Octavia sems to be a 4x4 (4th generation Torsen, i think) version because it's rather high - more than a standard one. And that would make a BIG difference!

[NecrisCZ]

@Breznak 1.4 TSI is only available with front wheel drive. Octavia with latest generation of haldex clutch is only available in SCOUT version, which is very different by look.

[Breznak]

@NecrisCZ Máš samozřejmě pravdu. Jsem blbec. Navic jsem napsal torsen misto haldex %)

You are right of course!

[NecrisCZ]

@Breznak Ale úvaha to nebylo špatná. Mě to docvaklo až poté cos to napsal a zrovna tam říkal co to má za oktávii ;)

[ganster044]

no prostě octacia super česke auto

[tomis180]

this is wet surface.if he pushed the r8 to the limits he would go off the track smartasses.the octavia just has better grip and handling in wet surface.wet doesn't need 500horsepower.122 bhp with turbo is enough and you saw it.if the octavia had 500horsepower it would lose over an other car with 122bhp.

[DjSokYchannel]

Why did they pick Octavia with 1,4TSI ? :DD Omg octavias have much better engines than this shit

[zeinbrug]

@DjSokYchannel I can understand what your point is, thow it woulhd depend more on what type of octavia. and how a R8V10 octavia woulhd be bulit discently or diffrent from a skoda octavia.

[tri400]

which tyres did they have? maybe the Skoda had winter tyres

[Raikara]

@tri400 Winter tyres are better when its COLD (the rubber used for the tyres is of a different combination of materials, so that when its colder, the rubber stays flexible), and has a specific profile to create more grip on icy/snow covered roads, not more grip on watery roads. But of course, its the tyres that make the difference (the skoda's are much smaller for example: hence more pressure / surface area (kg/m^2, in SI-units) = less chance of slipping.

[Dante1969]

Octavia is faster than this audi, it reaches 199 kmh , and audi only 196 mph. ah ah

[UDM81D]

They're both crappy vw's, one with a big engine and another with a (very) small one.

[Kubas0n]

@UDM81D well it's true, because VW wanted Skodas as family cars, they would really have potentional otherwise, see for example Skoda Tudor

[Peytl]

@UDM81D ur asshole you mothafucka.. škoda is da best car in da world.. its not vw.. the vw may buy company but not czech hearts.. škoda is and always will be the best.. ever!!

[arielatom03]

he wasnt driving the r8 as fast as he culd. this video is faker than your gfs orgasm.

[muhammedamar21]

One can not compare but the audi R8 with a skoda ...

[coolstuffplus]

those 2 cars could be good combo .-) Skoda for real life and Audi for real fun

[reddexred]

Okay it might be better but lets hear your Skoda make that sound 4:47

[reddexred]

yeah lets hear your scoda make this sound 4:47... XD

[Hummers222]

ill take a dodge challenger over these anyday!

[TERRANOTALLMAN]

well i just bought one of those octavias and its surprise me that it can beat 1600 and 1800 cc cars also some 2000 cc non turbo(it produse 141bhp not 122 and 22.5 torgue) .......... also i think the handling its one of the kind for this category....

[SkodaLove]

Fallait mettre la RS (vRS) TSI 200...

R8 5.2 V10 versus Octavia RS TSI lool

[OOLWprufKW]

could at least put the helmet on, or not giving it to real driver for that matter

[Yenihan]

cuz YOU cant drive in a R8 V10. wet or not youre gone with the audi in any seconds.

[xronisxronis]

smal n wet track..

a cart could be faster so what???

[christosswc]

Darn, there goes the extra money I spent on the 1.8 Octavia over the 1.4.

[4TaktRollerNeinDanke]

Octavia rules! : ) Such a compare can only be done by britains! xD But wherefor do britains need a 500 HP Audi R8? You aren't allowed to drive fast on the motorway... :D This is why i'm proud of our german Autobahn! :P

[MysteriousPavel]

Some young people (maybe Audi patriots) are spat on performance chassis Skoda Octavia TSI ... Please, this video does not say that your Audi R8, which have in the garage is worse. This is a typical example of running characteristics of the water. That is: horses under the hood, you can not replace the feeling of the steering wheel ...

[107miro]

debil

[Morfe88]

Skoda Octavia 1.4TSI best car)))

[throwmaner]

skoda octavia is normal car but audi r8 is supersport so it's impossible to compare them...i think it's stupid compare them

[streettraining]

makes perfect sense! I test drove the r8 v10 spyder yesterday... beautiful car, but even with 4WD, in really wet conditions, any powerful car on low profile, wide tyres will be a little edgey!

[AVIV222]

its sucks that audi r8 dont have turbo

[ZtuneGtr]

hahaha, what a noob!

[tehrealkamikaziii]

WTF XD AHAHHAH!!!! he says i feel more grip on the skoda because it's two wheel drive ahahahahahhahaha xD

the R8 it's 4 WHEEL DRIVE !! XD HOW THE FUCK COUL ANYONE SAY THAT 2 WHEEL DRIVE HAS MORE GRIP THEN 4'??? XD ONLY IF YOU AAVE PLASTIC TYRES ON XD

[ksakbk]

@tehrealkamikaziii  because, when you have more power, the car always wants to break traction, where as a less powerful is not as likely to break traction so you can go faster on low grip surfaces NOTE: that it is only on a low grip surface, and sometimes on a high grip surface (but its rare to have that)

:)

[tehrealkamikaziii]

@ksakbk

well taht's good for me :D

[GreenDayRulz4Life100]

Fucks sake this was done deliberately!!You people have disgraced the legend that is the R8 as well as every V10 engiene that has ever been made!!

[7l3v1n]

who win :) ?

[censurato]

horsepower matters a lot in a straight line, but around a twisty circuit it accounts for much less, in fact a well designed chassis with excellent grip and good suspension will kill some old car musclecar with leafsprings and ancient brakes

besides have you missed the fact that it's WET?? having extra wide tyres means they aquaplan and lose grip more easily as the speed rises in the wet

you FAIL at basic physics, and won't even accept facts when it's shown to you

[MvP1707]

what a bullshit. comparing a 500+ hp with a 125 hp sedan. i wonder why they didn`t compared a bugatti veyron against trabant 601S. or bugatti veyron vs an army truck.

[animal33213]

what a stupid comparison/race. Hey Autocar, what happens if you race a an oven and a cheeseburger? Please tell us.

[Loop44]

@animal33213 the cheeseburger will get badly burnt

[spidercho]

poor video for poor people by poor people :-)

[spidercho]

poor video by poor people :-)

[aleksandarfriscic]

this is stupid...not only because of helmet bug...its stupid because of race....i mean 122 hp vs 518 hp and result is 1.7 sec of difference ??? BULLSHIT!!!!!!

[SteveSpicerPortsmuth]

no you're full of bullshit

horsepower matters a lot in a straight line, but around a twisty circuit it accounts for much less, in fact a well designed chassis with excellent grip and good suspension will kill some old car musclecar with leafsprings and ancient brakes

besides have you missed the fact that it's WET?? having extra wide tyres means they aquaplan and lose grip more easily as the speed rises in the wet

you FAIL at basic physics, and won't even accept facts when it's shown to you

[SteveSpicerPortsmuth]

and before you think you're all smart I didn't mean the R8 is an old musclecar

also do you realize WEIGHT matters too? I guess you think a 8 ton heavy Volvo truck with 700hp can beat a Yamaha R1 with 180hp? Not even close because the superbike is 40 times lighter. 200kilos vs 8000kilos.

Your country is full of ignorant, narrowminded twits like yourself, so therefore it's hardly suprising you're going nowhere and are the laughing stock of that entire godfarsaken region called the Balkans.

[aleksandarfriscic]

@SteveSpicerPortsmuth i got your point,but you have no idea about cars.....and balkan is awful place to live...only our optimistic mind keep us alive...

[Negroxc]

great ending xD

[harmankardonbose]

if the R8 hadn´t enough performance was because the tyres weren´t for wet conditions

[hasbeo]

Great lack of professionalim.

The onboard images filmed with the show guest, bur when is filmed from exterior you can see the pilot inside with helmet...

I don't like what i see...

[Negroxc]

@hasbeo

top gear rules ;)

[reaperathardware]

oh man ihr mit euerm kleinen Hubraum :D

meiner: Golf 3 Variant 1.9 TDI 110hp

[TheDIGGY93]

What a stupid test, he wasnt even pushing the audi to its limit so whats the point?? A waste of time :(

[Skicary]

I'm sooo happy that I chose 1,4TSI for my Octavia ;)

[NDanielCristianAlina]

@Skicary  i'm happy too for my chois.. sirocco 1,4 tsi 160 HP :x

[MazelTHC]

stupid commercial :(

[oldienea]

Next they will compare a paraglider and a fighter jet. What a waist of time wachting this crap.

[analmunkey]

go get back in your civic you vaginal yeast infection

[thomasberger007]

lets compare cargospace... for example.......

[thomasberger007]

what was this piece of cr;p about???

the skoda is better for that money....

[nigeemac999]

wheres his helmet

[CJAEY]

Come on now... The R8 is on the wet and its AWD. It should be ripping those corners like an EVO or STi

[PhantomEagle454]

1:35. Watch the water bounce off that beauty.

[gazdadjok]

nice commercial from skoda.

[m42rus]

@un121 True, how gay :-)

[NatBorKilla]

so this video proves that my skoda octavia tdi is much better than a veyron?

[Shift4g]

In the heavy wet and and especially in the snow, yes. ;)

[faiqmasimov]

@NatBorKilla lool

[homobohemicus]

@NatBorKilla in certain things it might be as shown

[bubaaaack]

@NatBorKilla isn it?

[lookiSVK]

@NatBorKilla no it presents that in rainy weather is power and traction of sport cars limited.......

[TheEuroperules]

@NatBorKilla Yes fucker !

[pssecho]

@NatBorKilla EXACTLY! =D 

[ONDETONATi]

@NatBorKilla HAHAHAHAHHAHA :D

[un121]

presenter not even driving

the drivers got a helmet on

haha!!!!

[albalchikkk]

@un121 pleease help me to find that song which is in start

[shkodranpuro]

@un121

yeah thAts riGHT, hahahahahahaa

[derbigpr500]

@un121 Its not same video tape, smartass

[999kav]

@un121 He´s maybe just wearing a helmet for timed laps and then no heltmet for talking to the camera

[mostpropably]

@un121 Yea, they can´t let him drive r8 ;-)

[mostpropably]

@un121 Yea, they can´t let him drive r8 ;-)

Well he must be really bad driver... :-D Lolz

[henrikolofjohannes]

audi is just a rebadged skoda. skoda is better!

[camelbros16]

@henrikolofjohannes lol skoda sucks ass dude :D you're funny

[Imahappylittlewhore]

yeah probably ....

i fell sorry for you

[F1Oversteer]

Lol, do they do a 2litre 4WD version of this Octavia would beat the Audi lol

[p10gt]

im not skoda fan, but stupid comments here by kids... you really dont get the point of the video. Its sad.

[Marine475]

Sad truth is Skoda is one of oldest car producers in the world and if it wasn't for germans and then russians occupying czech republic it would probably be Skoda R8 super car vs cheap german knock off

[kse6063]

wtf was the point of comparing those?

[MObar]

its not really a comparison, they're trying to prove a point

[Kiwi111222333]

pointless test taken too seriously

[nikoletoss]

if you 0:32 the 458 italia is first

[CaptainSlowE92]

@nikoletoss It's actually the Ferrari 430 Scuderia that is the quickest ;)

[4play699]

how dare you compare Skoda to Audi.

how dare you compare Skoda to any other car? :O

[Asestar]

@4play699

I guess they ran out of horse carts to compare Skodas too.. No need to get all worked up!

[moyadapne]

Yes, you are so right. It's just a shame your opinion doesn't really matter.

[moyadapne]

Watta loada shit. He says 2 seconds difference. It's actually 10 seconds. Audi..1min 09.8 (almost 1 sec), and Skoda 1min 11.5 secs.

[ShaBel89]

09.8 not 0.98 you retard, learn math

[levoyageuroriginal]

"1min 09.8 (almost 1 sec)"?? Retard! 1min 09.8 = almost 10 secs

[kse6063]

it would be 0.98 not 09.8

[gvi341984]

Helmet mind fuck xD

[PolakPotrafi72]

R8 vs Octavia LOL

[cherneda]

Hey, what was last "behind scene" words?))

[moyadapne]

@cherneda  'going the other way now'.

[kasztan2008]

It's funny how when he is testing Audi his head is changing from having a Helmet or Not having a helmet :D

[dtkcrew]

Yea, I noticed that too :)

[classicczech]

The same in the Skoda. Bad editing!

[sspope]

A RWD supercar vs 4x4 SKODA Octavia would be much more interesting comparison in wet conditions.

[ablair37]

the r8 is four wheel drive what you think quattro means knob jockey

[sspope]

Huh? I off course know. What I don't know is what your point is, smartass.

[phantomloita]

Dude the Skoda Octavia is just a Audi A4 B7 with different clothes and has the Haladex awd of the S3.

[ablair37]

no its not its a vw jetta the supurb and seat exeo are old a4

[phantomloita]

my mistake they look similar well look ugly similarly if u know what i mean.

[J4KEH4M]

"similarly ugly" or "ugly in a similar way" or "both the same kind of ugly" is what i think you mean

I totally dissagree though, the R8 looks great & the Octavia looks... well, like a washing machine. A very nice washing machine...

[classicczech]

@ablair37 : The Superb has an all new chassis. Seat Exeo is indeed old A4.

[felix911turbo]

Skoda Octavia is a cheap car, one of the cheapest cars on the market and it's not an a4 b7. It doesn't use expensive parts like the audi a4. Audi A4 is a premium sedan with expensive suspension, more powerfull engines, better quality, better craftsmanship. How can you compare a shitty octavia with an audi a4? Even a 10 year old A4 is better than a new skoda. The only thing they share is the low end engines like 1.9 tdi, 2.0 tdi and 1.6. Besides that, they have nothing in common.

[felix911turbo]

Audi A4 B7 is a totally different car. They have almost nothing in common besides the low end engines - 1.9 tdi, 2.0 tdi and 1.6. Audi A4 is a premium sedan with longitudinally mounted engine and torsen based four wheel drive, with powerfull engines and high-end craftsmanshit and quality. Skoda Octavia is a cheap low end car with cheap technical solutions, with transversely mounted engines and limited performance, comfort and luxury and low price. Also the S3 haldex has different settings.

[rafalmorawski]

Audi is a premium brand. As a new car is expensive. Not everyone can buy a new Audi. Skoda is cheap. People which choose Skoda have a different expextations from car than Audi owners. Czech brand is perfect for someone who use car as a tool to move from point A to point B. Nothing else. Do 10 years old A4 have a warranty? No. It's simply. Skoda is cheaper in use than Audi. If You have money and You like cars you will chose Audi, if car is for you only tool you will chose Skoda. Simply.

[henrikolofjohannes]

Skoda and Audi is the same thing. If you want quality you buy a Saab or Volvo

[2thermal]

OMG NO DONT BUY SAAB ahahaha

[felix911turbo]

If you want heritage, top performance and the best quality buy audi. If you want a cheap, reliable, decent performance car buy a skoda. If you want a rebadged opel, buy a saab. If you want a rebadged ford buy a volvo.

[SoulSkater24]

hahahahahaha saab is the biggest piece of shit on this earth

[felix911turbo]

Sorry if my comment was agressive but i was disagreeing pahantomloita's opinion about Audi. I know Skoda is a cheap car(this applies only to some models, because there are some pretty expensive octavias and superbs, that are very decent cars). Skoda has one of the best models available in the most important segments( B segment - Fabia, C segment - Octavia, D segment - Superb).

[felix911turbo]

You get a lot of things for the money and high reliability so Skoda is much better than rivals like peugeot, kia, hyundai, citroen, opel (affordable cars) but therefore cannot be compared to Audi, which is a premium brand.

[theRS4driver]

quite possibly one of the worst comparisons i have ever seen. Complete waste of time making the video, not to mention actually showing the video to the public. Obviously the car made for everyday driving on all season tires, will do as well as a summer car with summer tires, if not better. thanks for wasting 5 mins of my time.

[prizrak420]

Audi is likely running summer performance tires with a 255 AT Least width and the Skoda is on all seasons. Hmm wonder which will have more grip....

[logwind]

I like Autocar, but this Jamie guy is one of the most boring presenters I've ever seen.

[bishop4142]

What happened to his helmet after he went through the turns?

[donmacedone]

So, what's the point of this comparison?

[nismo007]

Seriously man these guys are losing the plot,

Come on Autocar, get a comparison people WANT to see

458 Italia vs Sls Amg vs Lexus Lf-a vs lp 550 Balboni

test the new hot hatch backs, i wanna see how good the new rs megane 250 is against the mk 6 gti.

S4 vs 335i

stop testing pointless on road suvs and this rubbish.

[heffeque]

The point is that sometimes stretched tires are better than thicker ones.

You don't seem very bright if you haven't thought that one out.

[GTCHAMPION1]

this video is so fake, Im reporting this

[vkgiotis]

great video!

[ross46x]

Helmet????!!!!! No helmet???!!! Which is it?

[dem1275]

What a load of crap!!

[pallus]

jaja hacen como si conduciera el? y cuando enfocan desde fuera sale uno con casco...que cutre.

[methaman1]

Who the hell pays those guys for these stupid tests? Is this why I subscribed to autocar?!

LAME

[rhysini]

All he's proved is the Skoda is easier to drive, a pro could get alot more out of the Audi I think.

[Towelman20]

i'm really suprised with these test resaults but then again autocar used a car journalist to test the cars on the track in stead of a real profesional and i dont find that stupid cause i see it as an example of how an average person will handle different cars when trying to get the best out of em in conditions that arent always perfect

[jcadlols]

@Towelman20 that is true, but a pro driver won't differ the outcome by much. If you fitted the audi with skinnier tyres and a a lot softer suspension is would be a lot quicker in the wet, but crap in the dry. :)

[ferguswong77]

wtf?

when the video only has the guy in it, he's just driving, but when its a panning/ far shot, the guy has a helmet.

this proves that he can't drive.

[tomriley123]

the Skoda Octavia is basically a VW Jetta same plateform since VW owns Skoda. So basically once you think about how VW owns Audi there related good German engenering even thought it is Swedish it's still has German parts and engenering.