Skoda has completed the new fourth-generation Octavia vRS line-up in the UK by introducing the third as well as final variant: the vRS diesel, which is on sale in Britain now.
It joins the petrol powered vRS as well as the very first ever plug-in hybrid version of the brand’s performance halo car, mirroring the hot trio of Golfs now offered by Volkswagen (GTI, GTD as well as GTE.)
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The petrol powered Octavia vRS TSI is priced from £30,605, with an estate version from £31,835. It is utilizes the Volkswagen Group’s familiar turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, which is likewise discovered in the latest Golf GTI. It has an output of 247bhp as well as 370Nm of torque – enough, states Skoda, for a 0–62mph time of 6.7 seconds as well as a top speed of 155mph.
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Buyers can select between a six-speed handbook gearbox or seven-speed automatic, without any fuel economic climate or CO2 discrepancy between the transmissions. The estate bodystyle is somewhat heavier though, so its 40.2mpg as well as 159g/km CO2 figures are somewhat down on the 40.8mpg as well as 157g/km numbers declared by hatchback versions of the vRS TSI.
The plug-in hybrid Octavia vRS iV is powered by a 1.4-litre four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine as well as a 113bhp electric motor. like the GTI’s unit, the vRS shares this with a hot Golf – in this situation the GTE – as well as establishes 242bhp as well as 400Nm.
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Skoda declares that the Octavia iV can go from 0–62mph in 7.3 seconds as well as reach a top speed of 139mph. From a full fee of its battery, it offers a 37-mile variety on electric power alone. Both petrol as well as electric drive is sent to the front axle only, via a six-speed DSG gearbox that can be managed utilizing paddle-shifters discovered on the back of the steering wheel. fuel economic climate as well as emissions for the hatchback are declared at 249.9mpg as well as 26g/km, with the vRS iV Estate design returning 233.3mpg as well as 27g/km based on WLTP testing.