Skoda Octavia RS Returns With Just 50 Units: Buy Fast Or Miss Out Again
Skoda India has opened bookings for a second batch of the Octavia RS, this time capped at just 50 units, half the size of the first allocation that sold out last year. Deliveries are slated for the upcoming festive season, and the car will continue to arrive in India as a full import.
What was announced
Skoda India has confirmed a second batch of the Octavia RS for the Indian market, twelve months after the first allocation of 100 units was fully booked. The second batch is smaller, at 50 units, and deliveries are expected to begin around the 2026 festive season. The car remains a completely built-up import, so pricing will stay steep; the first batch was priced upwards of Rs 55 lakh ex-showroom.
Fifty units against 350 pending bookings means the RS sells out on the phone. If you want one, put the money down today.
Existing customers from last year who did not receive an allocation will be honoured first. Skoda brand director Ashish Gupta had told Autocar India last year that the brand had amassed close to 350 bookings against the original 100-unit allocation, and that he was actively working to secure more cars. The second batch is the direct result of that follow-up.
Mechanically nothing changes. The Octavia RS continues with the EA888 2.0-litre turbo-petrol producing 265hp, paired to a 7-speed DSG driving the front wheels. Three exterior colours will be offered for the new batch. The car is imported from Skoda's Kvasiny plant in the Czech Republic and lands in India via the CBU route, which is why it carries the price it does despite sharing much of its hardware with the Volkswagen Golf GTI sold overseas.
The Car Jury verdict
Skoda is playing this exactly right. There are 350-odd bookings on file and only 50 cars coming, which means the RS will sell out on the phone before any showroom sees a demo unit. If you want one, put the money down today; the third batch, if it happens, will cost more.
The wider point is that Skoda's India story no longer depends on halo imports. Faisal Khan of FasBeam says Skoda has "nailed it with the pricing of the Slavia," and that is where the volume lives. Our Slavia, Kushaq and Kylaq reviews all land on BUY. The Octavia RS is a collector's toy for the faithful, not a rational purchase, and Skoda knows it. Fifty units, festive delivery, full-import sticker: it will be gone by Diwali.
