Czech Tank - The Skoda Octavia WRC Story
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- The Skoda Octavia WRC was a peculiar car in the WRC. It was big, technologically unsophisticated, and not particularly fast. But it did have one major benefit. After solving the initial reliability issues in 1999, the car became the strongest thing on the planet.
Intro 0:00
History of the Octavia WRC 2:27
Monte Carlo 1999 6:25
GB 1999 8:47
Monte Carlo 2001 11:45
Fire Truck crash 13:17
Safari Rally Kenya 2001 15:27
After 2001 24:17
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Part 2 about the Fabia is out now!
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i wonder if you vet these videos befor you post them so many repeated voice lines very anoying. What othere mistakes are in these vids
"Petter Solberg was fast, BUT... his front right wheel was even faster!" Killed me :D
I was looking for this comment.
"Given the performance loss from not having a front right wheel, Solberg retired."
"But the wheel did set the 7th fastest stage time."
My favourite part of the video is when the Skoda say ‘it’s Skoda time’ and he Skoded all over everyone
Can’t beat a good Skodaing ❤️
That was definitely the best thing I've seen all year!
One of the cars of all time.
Do you know what Škoda means in czech? It can have two meanings - damage or pity.:D
That's what I'm going to call the reek out of a fabia vrs.
That shot of the Monte Carlo with the Octavia teetering on the brink of oblivion, only being held up by an old telegraph pole still lives rent-free in my head.
Imagine one fitted with the Plaid 700bhp rear motors and with a 60kw battery.... and the body kit of the WRC and wheels...
@@kylereese4822 meh
@@kylereese4822would be a cool matchbox for kids to toy around in at home :D
@@kylereese4822 boooooring.
@@kylereese4822 imagine one fitted with a 600hp+ twincharged I4 from the Delta S4. Pure electric may be quick with instant torque, but batteries are heavy and combustion engines screaming through the gears are so much more exciting to spectate.
When my parents were car shopping in 2000 they discovered that for the same money as bought a half decent second hand car, they could get a brand new Octavia with a full warranty, with more interior space and a much bigger boot than just about anything else they'd looked at. Also 4 electric windows was a huge thing at the time as most cars got electric front windows and manual rear ones if they were electric at all. The worst thing about that car was the Blaupunkt stereo which wouldn't read CD's at all. A few years later I bought a Mk2 Octavia when I was looking for a car and then moved on to a Superb Kombi (Estate). The Skoda Superb is so well regarded that they're selling second hand at higher prices than similar spec and mileage Passats where I live. The real surprise is that for cars build from the same chassis and from the same parts bin as the rest of the VW group, they somehow score better on reliability.
There is an idiom roughly translated to "golden czech hands". We have always been known to do the things we care about very well, the issue is getting us to do anything else really. This is why we have the best beer in the world and among the most dated justice systems. Thankfully newer generations are much more business savvy and want to prove their worth, so my best guess is that soon enough there will be a large boom in succesful Czech businesses in the future, it just needs that push to start us rolling.
The best decision you will ever make in the car market.
i mean skodas are everywhere, thats why theyre cheap, you can get mk1 octavia for less than 2k dolars with no big issues
I think that Dacia is the new Skoda, when I look around a lot of people driving around in new Dacia cars… Have to say that I really like the new logo and restyling
@@lkrnpk Last I looked Dacias scored quite badly on crash safety though (Not 1 star Jeep badly, but more like 3 when similar cars from other manufacturers, including Renault, who own them, were getting 5).
Even the first Skodas under VW ownership were very good in this regard. The problem now is that Euro NCAP ratings have so much weight added to the score for driver assistance systems that are more annoying than useful, that it's hard to know whether modern cars are mechanically better on impact than 10 years ago.
As a Canadian, Skoda was that one car company that was always a big sponsor for all the big International Ice Hockey Championships. Now that I live in Germany and saw this, I kinda want one 😅
Fabiz RS tdi shoulld be your dream car)
Fun fact: Octavias are one of the least depreciating cars in the Central European Car market. Its hilarious how well built these cars are, to the point that even old ones are still holding their value rather well. The only thing that Skoda is missing is an enthusiast car, but as the peoples car brand theyve succeeded in conquering a large portion of the car market in rather a short time.
What do you mean missing enthusiast car? They've got plenty of VRS stuff with a ton of HP.
@@GoodOlTazzy Power figures do not make an enthusiast car. Handling above all makes an enthusiast car. And sadly due to most modern Skodas being FWD, with some models using AWD Haldex - which has issues during heavy load due to overheating and also being unable to send more than 50% power to the rear wheels at any given point- their cars really dont have very good handling, since they suffer from p massive understeer. This is not helped by the fact that Skoda cars are all front engined with most of their weight around the front of the car. But we have had FA and FR or even FF cars that have been regarded as enthusiast cars, like the Acura Integra for example as representation of the FF cars. But those cars were specifically tuned to handle like FR cars by Honda, and VW group at large does not tune their cars for that sort of handling. As such, there hasnt really been a car with such sharp handling as for example the Integra or the Civic Type R released by Skoda, except for the homologation special rallye cars based on the Fabia hothatch - which are not really attainable by most enthusiasts.
In my opinion, the VRS badge is just a performance package and not an actual enthusiast car trim based on production cars. And thats fine, I dont think the market for enthusiast cars is big enough for SKoda to be worth spending incredible modey developing an all new car solely for that purpose. But is is very sad given the fact that I genuinely believe if Skoda pivoted their efforts to creating a sports car, they would see such success as they have seen and are seeing in WRC. But with the decision for VW group to go all electric by 2030 or smth I sincerely doubt Skoda has creating a car like this on their list of priorities. So I guess the best I can hope for is that another manufacturer sees the untapped potential and releases an enthusiast car. One of the few companies I could see doing that would be Praga, who have already created a hypercar with some truly impressive numbers and results in prototype racing. But of course that same car was in the million figures of EUR so no way that any enthusiast will be able to afford anything they make anytime soon.
@@cronoz-sensei4259someone has been watching too much American RUclips lol
Imagine if they pulled a Renault/Alpine and released a mid-engine sports car styled like their old RR cars.
@@llmkursk8254 Would be v fun, sadly in today's market there's no room for it. And tbf the homologation special Skoda Motorsport Fabia is an absolute monster, I wouldn't at all mind having that one. But it's not really an enthusiast car due to how much it costs and how little of them are made. An enthusiast car is something you can afford working a normal job for a few years. And atm, the only solution for this is ig to take an old Civic and get a kit car like the k1 attack kit to convert it into a mid engined enthusiast car. But that's a whole lot of work.
Ah yes, one of my personal favorite WRC cars. One funny fact about this car is that when Dirtfish was making a voting competition about everyone favorite WRC cars. The Octavia came first by a landslide with the second place vote being the Subaru Impreza (tho it's probably rigged).
I may or may not have had something to do with that DirtFish result 🤭🤭🤭
@failedracers4452 I believe in the Skoda supremacy so I see this as an absolute win.
The gravel crew group has a slight obsession with the octavia that's all I need to say
Even the late Craig Breen also voted for the Octavia in that poll
Skoda ftw
Funny thing is that Škoda has made actual tanks during WW2 and after, so you’re can’t be wrong in saying an Octavia or any other Škoda has the heritage
Not to sound 🤓 but they started from ww1 with some prototype tanks for the austrian empire
LT vz. 38 or PzKpfw 38(t) co-produced by Škoda was the best light tank of its time
That's actually a different Škoda. The original on, which was a massive engineering and weapons factory based in Plzeň. Czech Vickers, basically. There the tanks were bult. In 1925 this company bought a car manufacturer Laurin & Klement in Mladá Boleslav, which was then rebranded as Škoda too. This subsidiary became independent after the war but kept the name and logo. Now the Plzeň factory is split into several smaller ones like Škoda Transportation (railway) and Doosan Škoda Power (industrial steam turbines etc.).
As a Mk1 Octavia VRS owner and half Kenyan I approve this video 🙂✅
Barry?
These Octavias are truly tanks, nothing but reliable. You know what sector loves reliable cars? Taxi drivers.
As a taxi driver on his later years, my father had 3 taxis. A 2006 Nissan Primera that caught fire due to an electrical failure, a 2010 Octavia and lastly a Toyota Prius+ (due to hefty discounts and bonuses for hybrid cars, had it until retirement when he sold it). The Octavia was my favorite Taxi he ever had, and 2nd favorite car he ever owned.
Even when 2nd gen Octavias were around, some 1st gen Octavias were still being used as vehicles for the taxi industry in my country, and popular among them for being nothing but durable. One of my uncles had a 1st gen Octavia that lasted him until death, years before my father took on being a taxi driver himself. Getting to 500.000km without major issues for most Octavia taxi owners is a regular thing, and it was atound that mark (5 years later) when the big mechanical issues started for him.
I remember seeing a lot of taxi Octavias in my city before hybrid cars were made popular and almost everyone drove a Prius, I remember getting in one once with my parent and the ride was pretty good. My father is also a taxi driver whose first taxi car was a Seat Altea with automatic transmission that came with his licence. He changed into a Prius+ in a couple of years driving the Altea and now he's waiting for his Nissan Ariya to arrive, his first EV although he has driven the EV version of the Nissan Leaf before and a couple of Teslas.
Best taxi cars:
1.Skoda Octavia
2.Peugeot 406
3.Toyota Prius
I remember Armins driving in Monte 2001 was very impressive, he was in a dogfight with Delecour in the much more nimble Focus for the 3rd place. On a good day it could be fast, but overcoming the 'giants' of its day would obviously be a big ask. I miss this era of rallying
I've said it many times. Armins 01 Monte was probably one of his best performances of all time. He was battling in the top 6 all rally long.
Wow.
What a healthy championship it was back then.
And how lovely that they still did the absolute mad Safari rally on open roads.
Epic story with the slow but robust car coming through to that podium!
I love Skoda motorsport!❤
Armin Schwarz in Czech tank are such a great memories!!!
I am a rally fan from the Czech Republic and this made my day. Very nice, thanks
The cage on the front of the skodas in Kenya is such a cool looking detail, it works so well with the Octavia front end
Big nostalgic memories. I was a 10 year old kid when Škoda entered the WRC. And because I am Czech and a big car enthusiast since the day I learned to speak it was a big thing for me. I watched most of the races on TV and hoped for better results. It´s a pity (or škoda in czech) that Škoda left WRC. Fortunately nowadays Fabia R5 dominates the WRC2, Škoda has returned to lower class and it is again one of the best at it. Sry about my english, I know it´s not perfect:D
Škoda also means pity/shame/harm in Croatian, so I always found the name a bit funny
@@jogurt5577 it means same thing in slovak and czech :D :D
It reminds me of my granny here in Latvia who was was watching some lotto on TV and my aunt asked her if somebody had won anything and she replied in our local dialect that it was either harm (Skoda) or pussy (Peugeot). In regular Latvian they are really that close but in our dialect “škode” and “peža” means those things :D
@@lkrnpk it´s almost the same in czech language - "škoda" and "píča".:D
@@jogurt5577 even funnier is they originaly made artyllery and tanks
I have managed to buy 2010 mk1 Octavia with only 34000km driven 2 years ago and I love that car. My father had one, so it was always my dream car. In my opinion, the facelifted MK1 Octavia is timeless design....I suppose that this is the most Czech comment ever written?😂
Also there's original Octavian WRC EVO2 Safari really spec in Škoda Muzeu in Mladá Boleslav. Absolutely beautiful car.
My father had one too, I remember walking back from school as a kid and telling my friends how one day I'd have one just like it but modified... 20 years later I do! The mk4 golf was the worst mk4 golf based car, the Octavia and Leon were (and are) much better.
Nah it and other late 90s and early 2000s VAG group cars have aged very well.
"Czech tank"
*excited LT vz. 38 noises*
Amazing cars. Have had a Skoda Octavia mk1 for the past 5 years in Kenya. Love it.
There are pieces here in czech republic with over 1 000 000 kilometers on odometer, you will never have anything this reliable ever again. The 1.9tdi engine proved to be bulletproof platform.
20:34 Look at the pace of that tyre, the true star of the video
I have a Felicia from 1999. I got it from my great-uncle and only took it quite gingerly as I never had a Škoda before and even though I'm Czech, Škoda was always looked down at in my family. (My father, who designed Tatra trucks, never liked them.) But I was very pleasantly surprised. I quickly understood why the Kit Car was so successful. The car has (from today's perspective) a bit weird, old-school geometry but it behaves unexpectedly well on road. It's very hard to force it into a skid, it sits down incredibly well (I've got the version with front torque bar stabiliser). I sometimes amuse myself on wet, curvy roads like that---despite the pretty weak 1.3 engine, it's a very entertaining car to drive.
Oh and yes, 25 years old, original state, nobody ever had to touch the engine. It's so simple a car that I did most of the necessary repairs myself, in front of the house (that includes replacing right half axle, to give you the idea).
This video has popped out in my recommendations out of nowhere. I'm no rally fan, but I'm a sucker for a good underdog story. Great video!
Seriously my favorite rally car of all time. Made me a Skoda fan. I actually rebranded my Versa with Skoda badges since we don't have Skoda in the States.
This video was amazing!! Please do more rally content, I’ll be here for it! I didn’t know the fact about Rally Kenya back then still used roads open to the public, that is pretty insane.
Thank you for putting the music in the description :)
Skoda and Ford, while laughed at for a long time around here, just started building some of the best cars you can buy for a fair amount of money.
Having a Octavia RS as daily and my beloved Ford Ranger as work Truck for years now.
The ford ranger is the biggest pile of shit ever to grace 4 wheels
Ford just stopped making cars though.
Love the dedication ur gonna blow up
What was the phonk song called?
The phonk song is this
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I never knew stages where not closed for local traffic during the Safari.
Pretty incredible this was allowed until 2001.
This was just a great video from start to finish.
Thanks for uploading. I was most informative and entertaining.
I remember the turn of the century. I had just started driving taxis in Scotland. I rented a a 1.9TDI from my company. This was the famous 'bullet proof' engine, and a great car all round.
I then bought an SDI (no turbo, which was one less component to worry about and i was never bothered about pace, although it wasn't as slow as you would think.
I sold that car when the water pump broke after around 250,000 miles. A decision I have regretted since.
The car was solid and never gave me any problems or major maintenance issues.
I will always remember the Skoda Felicia from the old game International Rally Championship.
I'm completely surprised you don't currently have a larger following. Really good info
Just a word of advice from a fellow youtuber. You don't want drastic decreases or increases in volume throughout your video as it can catch the user off guard. Not saying they will skip the vid , but they will be taken aback quite a bit. Now as a fellow petrolhead and rally enjoyer I thought your video was very informative and entertaining. In my country Skoda Octavias and Fabias are a very common sight and although a Hyundai Accent user myself , I'd definitely go down the Skoda route if I needed a new car!
Thank you for this video! My favourite old school WRC car!
Its such a handsome car
A friendly and helpful random person on the internet, recommended by RUclips, just subscribed. Please lower the music volume. Other than that, everything is top notch. The how you tell the story, the jokes are all top notch.
I wish you the best on future projects. I will be waiting for more automotive stories.
When I imagine a car, I imagine an Octavia. It looks like a car and it does car things with as few bells and whistles as possible. Nothing more, nothing less. So for me it’s the carest car ever made, the most default car I would say. And yeah, I’m Czech.
The fire truck be rallying! 🔥🔥🔥
I don't know why, but Skodas are just cool. In general.
Hi! Great to have YT recommend something refreshing and educational! This was truly a intresting listen!
Awesome video and great history lesson. Also enjoyed going back to what I consider the golden era of rally, late 90’s to early 00’s
Have to love this video as Czech rally fan.
Great video! The editing is amazing, can’t wait to see you grow ❤
Skodas seem so fucking cool I wish we had them in America!
We still have these skoda as active and reserve duty police cars. Very reliable and handle quite well in pursuits.
Awesome music! Together with that narration creates a great experience. Well done!
I have a diesel Gen 1 felicia, and its just a blast do drive on narrow backwater roads!
it handles surprisingly good and very preditable driving even when push hard. I will never give it up.
Brilliant video, reminds me of the old WRC tapes from the 2000s. Keep it going, awesome production and channel!
Great video, awesome information base honestly. I would suggest however that you get a pop filter for your mic and smoothen your transitions between clips. Other than that your videos are really well structured! Keep up the good work.
i was a kid in that time, growing up in germany. thx for that history lesson!
Man, keep up the good work. Quality content for sure 💪🏿
Love this car we had a very nice ones in the hungarian rally!
I love skoda history! They are amazing the classic underdog story... My favorite era was the rear engined rally era were they had basicaly zero budget but always competitive and had a lot of succes ...
Seeing those live when younger is what clued me in to Skoda not being the joke they were made out to be. Then I really wanted a Favorit when they started those, and currently own '98 Felicia, still going strong to this day.
Skoda before soviet times where one of the best vehicles around.
2:15 thanks for the warning, that was very thoughful
I have a 1st gen Octavia with the 1.9 TDI, got it as my first car after getting my license couple years back. Before me, it was my moms daily driver, and before that it was my uncles. At the moment the car is sitting at around 430 thousand km. Still drives like a charm. Yeah it is showing signs of its age, but most of it is either visual (light surface rust due to me having to park outside) or electrical (atm the dashboard keeps showing my door is open even if its firmly closed and locked). But pretty much all the important features are still in perfect order. Cruise control works, AC works, hell it even has heated seats. It does require mechanical repairs from time to time, mainly to pass the MOT, for instance i had to get my front wheel ball joints replaced, but as far as the engine goes, it's in perfectly good condition.
I love this video. Your story telling really keeps me interested throughout the video. If you're looking for video ideas, maybe you could do one on Didier Auriol. I feel like nobody talks about him and is usually an overlooked driver who had very high ups but also very low downs in his rallying career.
There's a reason Skoda is my favourite brand.
The Superb is my second favourite car.
We almost got an Octavia, twice actually.
The Fabia was my favourite in the PSP game FIA WRC 2005.
They somehow make Volkswagen's stuff more reliable and do it for cheaper.
It is more reliable just because they use the parts that Volkswagen have tested for many years, and they don't include the most advanced technology that Volkswagen is still testing. So if you quit the uknkown reliability parts and you select the older but well tested equipment you get an increase in reliability.
Already your videos are fantastic keep it up love seeing such genuinely good content about rally!
I loved this tank on one of the original WRC games on PS2 👍
I had genuinely thought this was posted by a channel with at least 100k subs, definitely subscribed
Fantastic video. Glad it was recommended. Gained a new subscriber!
Amazing video very in depth and easy to understand for a rally noob like me. You deserve more than 2k subs that was beautifully put together
Bold music choice
Thank you for the video, you did pretty good job.
My mom had the normal Octavia and i loved it. In some alternate universe the octavia WRC caught on more and there is a three way battle between the evo wrx sti and octavia wrc
Hi there...I'm very impressed by the quality of your video and the depth your knowledge for rally content that only officianados would know and enjoy.
Nice to see a video on one of my favorite rally cars
I might be completely biased as I am Czech and thus a Škoda fan boy, but oh boy, I still think the Octavia is the best looking WRC car there ever was. I would love to drive it just for the looks even if it wasn't the most competitive car. If I ever have the opportunity to rally myself and buy one, I'll do it. One day, maybe..
nice video man, you have got a new subscriber, im from czechia and i didnt even know that skoda was bad. nice facts you deserve more views
this guy is so underrated
Škoda auto has one of the oldest rally teams in the world, after the fall of the regime, the quality and intelligence of the Škoda people was confirmed
Brilliant job and video mate! ;)
great video
Love the contents and witty script just need sound insulation wherever you record to up the quality, good vid tho. I subbed
Love the early internet vibes on this video. Low bitrate
I have no idea about two things:
1, Why Skoda decided to build a WRC from the Octavia, instead of the Fabia in 1999?
2, Why do I remember the name of Toni Gardemeister?! I literally haven't heard about him for 20 years!
This was nice to watch. :)
For some reason Gardemeister is also a familiar name for me, despite never hearing it before lol
Very well made video.
Amazing video❤❤❤
Great video 👍
Thanks for the volume-warnnig :)
My highschool friend's brother is owning the chassis nr 14 and still uses it, he has owned the car since 2006
Wow! That's so cool!
Škodas are great. Really great, even the older ones.
i read an article where Armin was saying he had to constantly complain to management for upgrades. Management back then were holding back on spending
Amazing video and so glad The Algorithm has picked this up. Your narrative is really great and the editing is quite good, especially for such a new channel. As you gain experience I'm sure the audio will get a bit more polished, but really the largest problem I have with the channel is that not enough people have subscribed (~240k channel views over 5 full videos as of posting with only 3.44k subs).
ŠKODA 120S, 200RS, 130RS, 130LR, 130 L/A, Favorit 136L/A, Felicia Kit Car, Octavia Kit Car, Octavia WRC, Fabia WRC, Fabia Super2000, Fabia R5, Fabia Rally2...💚💪👍
I just love how it looks like an audi and a bmw at the same time
23:24 was cold
THIS is why i love Škoda, especialy the 1U2/MK1 🙌
I was a kid at that time, and all I can remember about octavia WRC was a small note in a 2003 auto mag mentioning that the last octavia rally didn't go well because both Auriol and Gardemeister failed to finish the Cyprus rally
Informative and funny, good video
im pretty sure you are aware of the mic quality issues, but i just wanted to leave a comment for algorythm and all the efford you put in, keep the good work up!
The Octavia’s last wrc event was at the Cyprus rally 2003 and that ended with two DNFs
And the last time they scored was the New Zealand rally 2003 with Gardemeister finished 5th and auriol finished 8th his last points scoring position before retiring from the sport
Always Loved the Octavia WRC and it's iconic white and green livery.
Beside some audio issues a nice video
you make some pretty great videos in clipchamp!
man your editing is all over the place
This is one of my favorite rally cars, if I was ever in a position to afford an ex wrc car I'd probably pick the Octavia. I can't imagine it being as expensive as a wrc Evo, Impreza, 206 and Focus. The Seat is the only one that could be more affordable.
Used to play WRC2; we called the Octavia the Taxicab. It wasn't the fastest car, but it seemed to survive
This makes me wanna get a first gen Octavia with a WRC wing on it. Man, what a car!
My God do I love rallye