The new generation of the OCTAVIA, ŠKODA’s top-selling car, is celebrating its world première today. To make the time pass faster as you wait for the livestream of the official première at 7 o’clock CET, five original stories about people whose lives have been influenced by the OCTAVIA will be published here one by one as the day progresses. This is a car that has won drivers’ hearts with its practicality, endurance, generous roominess, and wide range of derivatives, such as the RS and the SCOUT. These interesting stories will give you some idea of the model’s entire 60-year history and prime you for the high point of the evening, the world première.