2018 Skoda Octavia vRS 245 UK Pricing Announced

The most powerful vRS car Skoda has ever made reaches the shores of Blighty in July with a starting price of £27,595. The 2018 Skoda Octavia vRS 245 comes in both hatchback and estate guises and a choice of a six-speed manual or a new seven-speed DSG transmission.

The heart of the Skoda Octavia vRS 245 is a 2.0 TSI four cylinder vRS powerplant with 245 horsepower, hence the name, coupled with a VAQ limited-slip differential. With the standard six-speed manual this bad boy can sprint from 0 to 62 mph in 6.6 seconds for the hatchback and 6.7 seconds for the estate. With the DSG, which costs considerably more, those figures drop to 6.4 and 6.5 seconds respectively.

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The 2018 Skoda Octavia vRS 245 also looks the part, at lest for a performance car in this price range, what with the 19-inch ‘Xtreme’ gloss black alloy wheels, gloss black front grille, door mirror housings and exhaust tailpipes. Inside, the vRS 245’s cabin features heated and electrically adjustable vRS sports seats trimmed in Alcantara and decorative trim panels finished in gloss black.

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Other equipment highlights shared with the standard vRS range include Amundsen satellite navigation with eight-inch display and integrated Wi-Fi, full LED headlights with adaptive front light system and LED daytime running lights, LED interior light pack (10 colours) and a Super sport three-spoke leather multi-function steering wheel with vRS logo and paddles for DSG-equipped models.

• Octavia vRS 245 Hatchback manual £27,595.00
• Octavia vRS 245 Hatchback DSG £28,985.00
• Octavia vRS 245 Estate manual £28,795.00
• Octavia vRS 245 Estate DSG £30,185.00

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