On 20 April 2007, the Škoda Auto plant in Mladá Boleslav produced the 500,000th Škoda Octavia, Škoda's best-selling model line at the moment. The 500,000th car is a silver Octavia RS with the powerful petrol engine 2.0 TFSI (147kW).

Commenting on the occasion, Horst Mühl, Škoda Auto BOD member responsible for production and logistics, said: “I wish to point out that besides Mladá Boleslav with 389,697 Octavias produced, those who have helped to achieve this milestone of 500,000 Octavias also include the plants in Vrchlabí and Aurangabad, India (105,080 and 5,223 vehicles, respectively). We needed 26 months to manufacture this number of vehicles – the very first vehicle was an Octavia produced on 3 February 2004 in Vrchlabí.”

The new-generation Škoda Octavia was launched in the spring of 2004. The Octavia Combi and Octavia Combi 4x4 followed in the autumn of the same year, in 2005 the model portfolio was extended with the Škoda Octavia RS and Škoda Octavia Combi RS, two “family sports cars”. This year Škoda has extended the Octavia line with the leisure-time Octavia Scout. The popularity of the Octavia is reflected in the Company's sales results, the technology is appreciated by industry experts.

The new-generation Škoda Octavia has become the car of the year in the Czech Republic, as well as in Finland, Great Britain, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, the Ukraine and Serbia & Monte Negro. The Škoda Octavia was also awarded the “Golden Steering Wheel” and the “Auto Trophy“ and won the “Most Beautiful Car” award in Italy and the “Most Beautiful Car of the Year 2005” award in the Czech Republic.