Refreshed Skoda Octavia Drops By With Subtle Design Updates and 261-HP vRS Wagon
14 Feb 2024, 10:32 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / After the recent update of the Volkswagen Golf, it was only a matter of time - as teased - before we saw the larger Czech cousin come out refreshed, as well
Skoda Enyaq iV vRS Has a Quirky Name, Also Same 295 EV Ponies as the Coupe RS iV
25 Oct 2022, 08:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The Mladá Boleslav-based Czech automaker is trying to confuse us, or its employees got confounded during the pre-launch briefing for this new EV version
Witness How Skoda Handles a Trip Through the Wrong Neighborhood With This Fun Commercial
1 Oct 2022, 13:18 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This commercial from back in 2013 tried to entice future owners by placing the Octavia vRS at the top of the family car food chain. It seems to have worked
Skoda Celebrates 25 Years Since the Launch of the Octavia Estate, It's an Ongoing Success
22 Sep 2022, 14:44 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / The Skoda Octavia is still the Czech company's best seller to this date. The Estate version was introduced 25 years ago and will still go on into the future
2019 Skoda Kodiaq RS Leaked Fully Ahead of Paris Debut
1 Oct 2018, 10:44 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Looking at the final product, we feel that the RS is not different enough from the Kodiaq SportLine. It even has the same seats
Skoda Kodiaq Performance Variant Comes Closer To Reality
20 Nov 2016, 15:42 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Skoda has admitted considering the development of a performance version of its larger models, the Superb and Kodiaq. The latter seems more likely these days
Skoda Trademarks vRS Logo in America After Registering Yeti, Octavia and Superb
30 Jul 2016, 02:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In case you are American and don't know what all those names are, we prepared photos of all the cars. But the vRS is the one to get excited for
Skoda Considering Developing Hot vRS Versions of Kodiaq And Superb
8 Jul 2016, 10:03 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Skoda's latest product, the Kodiaq SUV, is being considered for a performance version. Its flagship sedan, the Superb, might also get a variant with a vRS badge
Skoda Celebrates 15 Years of vRS Models in the UK
16 Jun 2016, 18:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The first Skoda vRS model arrived 15 years ago in the form of an Octavia sedan with a 1.8-liter turbocharged engine making 180 hp
Skoda Won't Build a Superb vRS, But a Sporty Model Will Be Offered
9 Jan 2015, 15:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A recent report from Simpsons Skoda, a UK website, seems to suggest the Czech automaker wants the new Superb sedan to go fast, but not super-fast. The company's CEO, Winfried Vahland, has ap...
Hardcore Skoda Octavia vRS with 280 HP Spied for the First Time
30 Jun 2014, 08:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The MQB platform it's based on gives Skoda's one and only sports model, the Octavia RS, access to some of the hottest turbocharged engines around. This is why Skoda is currently working on...
Skoda Rapid RS Rendering
29 May 2013, 08:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Based on the recently revealed Rapid Sport Concept shown at the Worthersee, our friend Theophilus Chin has rendered a production Rapid RS model. It's a little over the top in places, but this o...
Skoda Denies Sports Car Plans
23 Sep 2011, 17:34 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Here’s a new episode of the sports-cars-don’t-make-money never-ending story: Skoda has recently made it clear that it will not build an affordable sports car and will instead continue t...
Skoda Octavia vRS Hits 202.15 MPH at Bonneville Flats
16 Aug 2011, 12:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We here at autoevolution think that Skoda’s go-fast products are making a lot of sense. You have all the reliable Volkswagen components mixed in with a lot more practicality and then offered f...
Skoda Unveils 600 HP Octavia vRS for Bonneville Speed Week
9 Jun 2011, 14:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Skoda UK wants to celebrate 10 years of the iconic vRS performance badge in a big way with the unveiling of a 600 hp version of the Octavia vRS that will try to be the first Skoda ever to break 200 ...
Skoda Announced UK Limited Edition Octavia vRS
22 Jan 2009, 12:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Skoda today introduced the new Limited Edition Octavia vRS in UK, an all-new series that is said to provide more value at almost the same money offered for a stock Octavia. The 500-unit Limited Seri...