ŠKODA Auto company highly particularly respects quality and reliability of its products, that is why it had ŠKODA genuine brake pads for Octavia model again tested in TÜV independent test laboratory of The Institute for vehicle Research. Available brake pads from non-genuine spare part dealers were tested as well.

In order to increase the awareness of its customers, ŠKODA Auto had the parameters of Škoda genuine brakepads and brake pads available in the network of independent suppliers offering other than ŠKODA  genuine parts, objectively examined in an independent testing laboratory of the Institute for Researching Motor Vehicles. Testing was carried out on the brake pads used in the ŠKODA Octavia Tour, the ŠKODA Fabia and the ŠKODA Felicia.

ŠKODA Auto asked an independent expert institute to compare the parameters of ŠKODA genuine exhaust silencers with the exhaust silencers sold by independent Czech dealers offering parts other than ŠKODA genuine parts. Testing was carried out on the exhaust silencers used in the ŠKODA Octavia Tour, the ŠKODA Fabia and the ŠKODA Felicia. 

ŠKODA Auto took ŠKODA genuine air and oil filters and an additional three samples of air and oil filters from other manufacturers that are available from the Czech network of independent suppliers. The tests were verified objectively by the DEKRA Testing & Inspection GmbH independent testing institute.

ŠKODA AUTO had the quality of selected ŠKODA genuine parts and parts from other suppliers verified by an independent testing laboratory of the Institute for Researching Motor Vehicles. The most frequently replaced parts – the engine bonnet, the front bumper and the front wing for the ŠKODA Octavia Tour and the ŠKODA Felicia – were subjected to testing.