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Skoda previews potent new Octavia RS 230 ahead of Geneva debut

Feb 24th 2015 at 8:01AM
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The biggest news that Škoda has to present at the Geneva Motor Show this year is undoubtedly the new Superb. But that's not the most exciting. No, that would be the one you're looking at here. It's the latest in a long and proud history of the Škoda Octavia RS. Only this one is the most powerful yet.

The Octavia, for those unfamiliar, is essentially the Czech version of the VW Jetta, and the letters RS (or vRS in the UK) denote the performance version. The existing model is available as a sedan or wagon with a 2.0-liter turbo four packing 197 horsepower or a 2.0-liter turbodiesel with 168 hp. While Škoda has yet to reveal it in full, it is telling us that the new RS 230 exceeds both with – you guessed it – 230 horsepower. (It's actually 227 hp after the conversion from metric, but you get the point.)

That may not be as much as the 280 we were expecting from the prototype we spotted testing last month, but with the power boost and an electronic differential, the Octavia RS 230 will run to 62 miles per hour in 6.7 seconds and top out at 155. That makes this "the fastest series-produced Octavia of all time," for those to whom such bragging rights are relevant. All we know is that it packs a stronger punch than the Jetta GLI we get here, and that makes us a little jealous.

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