Škoda Octavia Combi lettering – your field-sales car as a business card

In Switzerland, the Octavia Combi is a widespread fleet car for field staff. It is lettered by Spitex home care and nursing services, property and insurance advisers, IT and customer service technicians, driving schools, security services and sales teams. The question here is less whether to letter it than how boldly:

• Subtle: Logo on the front doors, website on the tailgate. Ideal when the car is parked outside the homes of customers who value discretion – in care or advisory services, for example.
• Medium: Company name across both doors on one side, contact details at the rear. The standard for service companies.
• Eye-catching: Digitally printed colour panels, slogan, large logo. For driving schools or businesses that actively advertise with the car.

On the Octavia Combi, the side area is split across two doors; the gap between them and the handles determine where lettering can go.

• Front and rear doors: Logo at the front, services or website at the rear. We position a long line of lettering across both doors so that the gap falls between two words.
• Rear wings: A small, calm area above the rear wheel – good for a phone number or QR code.
• Tailgate: Below the rear window there is room for website and phone on one line; the number plate and model badge stay clear.
• Rear side windows and rear window: Cut vinyl lettering along the edge of the glass is possible. The windscreen and front side windows always stay clear for visibility.
• Bonnet: A logo on the bonnet is seen in the rear-view mirror of the car in front – more of an option for eye-catching designs.

The Octavia has a sharply drawn character line at door-handle height and a second, softer edge further down; in between, the doors curve slightly inwards.

• Text between the lines: The area between the upper edge and the lower swage line is the best zone for lettering. Letters across a sharp edge look broken when the light hits them.
• Handles: The vinyl is cut out around the door handles, so plan logos slightly in front of or behind them.
• Smaller areas: A car has less surface than a van. What is 25 cm high on a Sprinter will be more like 8–12 cm on the Octavia.
• Paint colour: Fleet cars are often white, silver or grey. On silver, lettering needs a strong, dark shade for enough contrast.

On an estate car, lettering works best when it follows the vehicle’s side line: horizontal, one main line, clear spacing from gaps and handles.

• Website instead of a long contact list: On a vehicle length of 4.69 m, a short domain is the most effective element.
• Consistent across the fleet: Same position, same size on every car – it looks organised and, thanks to the volume discount, lowers the price per vehicle.
• Think about private use: If your employee also drives the car privately, a subtle version is usually more welcome. For purely temporary use there are magnetic signs from CHF 29.–.
• Leasing fleets: Vinyl is removable and protects the paint – an advantage over a respray when the car goes back.

Compare variations directly in the Octavia Combi designer.

Logo and contact details on around 1 m² of cut vinyl cost approx. CHF 400.– including fitting and VAT – on an estate car that already means clearly visible lettering on the doors and rear. The guide price packages above show what larger options cost. After your request you receive a binding quote.

We also letter the Octavia saloon, the facelifted model from 2024 or other estate cars such as the Superb or Passat based on photos. For several vehicles you get 5 % (from 2), 10 % (from 5) or 15 % (from 10) off.