This is the new Skoda Octavia, and among a slew of Really Important Updates like new lights, a new grille and some colourways - be still thine beating heart! - the range-topping vRS has been gifted ...

Click above to view the Skoda Octavia vRS Limited Edition in high resolution Called, predictably enough, the Octavia vRS Limited Edition, it comes in either 200 horsepower 2.0-liter TFSI or 170 hp 2.0 ...

Justin Cupler has been a member of the TopSpeed team since 2012. Justin's love for cars started back when he was just five years old, helping his dad work on his 1957 Chevy Bell Air and then his 1966 ...

The 2024 Octavia RS (vRS in the UK) is half a year old, yet Skoda took its time to bring it to the United Kingdom. The sporty model will launch tomorrow (August 14, 2024), joined by the SportLine ...

Six years since we last ran a Skoda Octavia vRS, we're welcoming the latest generation model to the HJ fleet. Following on from the Audi RS4 Avant and Volvo V60 Polestar Engineered I’ve run over the ...

Is the Skoda Octavia vRS a storied enough nameplate to have what you might call pedigree? Perhaps not. But Skoda is trying to convince us that it has; its PR folk are leaning heavily on the sportier ...

Not many enthusiasts know this, but back in 2011, on August 19, Skoda set a new land speed record at Bonneville, in Utah, USA, with a heavily modded Octavia RS (vRS in the UK). The car in question ...

The latest Octavia has won plenty of plaudits for its blend of quality and functionality. Now it’s the turn of the vRS variant to impress James Foxall has worked as a motoring journalist for more than ...

This is the same Skoda Octavia vRS we know and (if not quite love) admire, with an extra pair of driven wheels. Skoda sells more compact all-wheel drive vehicles than any other company in Europe and ...

Škoda released three exterior design sketches of the upcoming top of the range, 4th generation Octavia: the Škoda Octavia vRS iV, which happens to be a plug-in hybrid. This new model, shown in both a ...

His automotive adventure started reporting on various motorsport events as a sports writer before moving onto a full-time auto career with various sites, including This Week In Motors and ...

The warmed-up, vRS-badged Skoda Octavia has been a stalwart of the ‘everyday performance’ landscape for more than two decades and during that time has been offered in several flavours, including ...