SKODA OCTAVIA vRS

[Guest Touareg]

Details of the next-generation Skoda Octavia vRS have leaked out, courtesy of the Czech company itself. These photos of a vRS-style model appeared as thumbnails on the company’s European website, despite Skoda’s official line being that a vRS model doesn’t yet exist.

However, senior insiders have confirmed plans to replace the current version. It will become Skoda’s most powerful road car when it arrives in early 2006, and these pictures reveal that the typical vRS styling cues will be carried over from both the current Octavia and Fabia vRS models.

These include oval exhaust pipe, vertical shafts in the front air intake, a rear bumper without rubber strips and all-new bumper designs front and back. A small boot spoiler completes the subtle but purposeful sporting makeover, while the interior will get the usual vRS-specific changes such as two-tone seats and chrome-rimmed dials.

Under the bonnet, the second-generation Octavia vRS should get a power increase over the current car’s 180bhp from the ubiquitous 1.8-litre turbo engine currently used across the VW group. Insiders suggest it will use the 200bhp 2.0 FSi turbo engine bolted into the VW Golf GTi concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year.

Skoda may also follow up last year’s diesel-only Fabia vRS, amid talk of a new 2.5-litre V6 VW engine pumping out 180bhp.

Skoda will drop the ride height, as it did by 15mm with the current vRS, and is also expected to upgrade the brakes, dampers, springs and anti-roll bars.

The standard Octavia hatchback hits UK showrooms in June; the estate will arrive early next year, around eight months after the hatchback’s launch. Along with the vRS, the full Octavia family will be completed by the addition of 4x4 models, both saloon and hatch, in 2006.

[Guest Touareg]

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[fm03]

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[Guest 126/131]

AH!!! MOLTO BELLA MI PIACE DI PIU'

anche a me 8)

[Guest Touareg]

AH!!! MOLTO BELLA MI PIACE DI PIU'

È trappana

non è vero!!

QUESTA SI CHE LO è

[Sonata_Arctica]

E' BELLISSIMA!!!!!!! Speriamo che continui a costare poco come la serie precedente, sarebbe la vera arma vincente di Skoda!

[carrera4]

anche se per ora è solo un kit della linea accessori Škoda

For Škoda genuine accessories, the optical tuning package is bound to get your attention. The elegant rear bumper spoiler has large reflection glasses in its lower section that will give your car a distinctly personal look. A boot spoiler and decorative muffler create a unique feature for the rear of your new Octavia.

The front spoiler Let the lines speak for themselves, let them add a touch of aggression, robustness and power such is the purpose of optical tuning, particularly with the front spoiler that most effectively underlines the vehicle's excellent aerodynamic properties.

http://www.skoda-auto.com/newoctavia/exterierback.aspx?language=GBR

[Giulio]

Il frontale di questa Octavia fa ritornare alla mente quello spoporzionato col resto della vettura e discusso nel segmento di questa macchina:

Adesso, col nuovo restyling, è tutt'altra cosa!

Ma perchè la concorrenza imita persino gli aspetti negativi di un design italiano, famoso al mondo per essere il punto di riferimento?

[carrera4]

Il frontale di questa Octavia fa ritornare alla mente quello spoporzionato col resto della vettura e discusso nel segmento di questa macchina: