Arguably more than any other brand in the VW empire, diesel suited Skoda. This applied to their performance products, too. Buyers considered them pragmatic, efficient and unassuming - which chimed ...

The VW Group companies have begun rolling out the new batch of hot hatches and wagons. Just weeks after the Golf GTI, Skoda UK has announced pricing for the 2021 Octavia vRS, which will hit ...

Can a diesel performance car with four-wheel drive be worth more that a faster one with a petrol motor? With four-wheel drive and a diesel engine; does that make the Skoda Octavia vRS finer than ever?

Fittingly, even this seems a little counter-intuitive. While the vRS may surreptitiously flaunt its relationship with the VW Golf GTI underneath, the car’s volume is founded on the diesel model – a ...

The Skoda Octavia vRS is getting its most powerful diesel engine ever in the form of a 197 hp 2.0-liter TDI. The diesel joins the gas and a hybrid versions and is about 15 hp more powerful than its ...

The 2.0 TDI turbo engine with 184 horsepower from VW Group is very interesting from an application point of you. You see, it's available across a wide selection of models. While on the Audi TT it's ...

Hold that thought, because there is a catch. Yes, Skoda will sell you all-wheel drive in the vRS, but no, you can’t have it with just any model. Not with the latest 227bhp variant, or with either of ...

The Skoda Octavia vRS has long presented a compelling budget alternative to the more established hot hatchbacks and performance saloons on the market, but that isn’t to detract from its undeniable ...

Hot hatches and diesel engines have always combined with varying degrees of success and that remains the case with the latest Octavia vRS TDI. It’s a very competent all-rounder delivering ...

I'VE enjoyed my week with the Octavia VRs much more than I ever imagined. Not that I wasn't looking forward to it, I was. Skoda has come a long way in a relatively short time and its models are ...

Arguably more than any other brand in the VW empire, diesel suited Skoda. This applied to their performance products, too. Buyers considered them pragmatic, efficient and unassuming - which chimed ...

It has this going for it – that weird new headlight arrangement actually works quite well on the more aggressive vRS Octavia. And of course it has everything else going for it that you’d expect to ...