Skoda has launched a fully loaded special edition of its Octavia vRS hot family car, called the vRS Challenge.
The new version of the hot family car features a claimed £4535 worth of extra equipment over the standard vRS while costing just £2460 more. It's available in both hatchback and estate forms.
The extra features are mostly aesthetic, with the vRS Challenge featuring the same 242bhp 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine featured in the vRS 245 DSG. This means the Challenge will crack 0-62mph in around 6.6sec in hatchback form and puts out 273lb ft of torque.
That being said, the vRS Challenge does come with a motorsport-inspired VAQ limited-slip differential, which is capable of transferring increased engine power to whichever front wheel has the most grip under cornering. The vRS Challenge also comes with dynamic chassis control (DCC), which is an £850 option on the standard model. Customers can choose between a six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox.
Visual changes are mostly to the exterior, including 19in Xtreme black alloy wheels, a black-trimmed sports exhaust, black folding door mirrors and black vRS badging.
Inside, the vRS Challenge is fitted with electronically adjustable figure-hugging Alcantara seats that are also heated in the front. There’s also keyless entry and start and a trip computer complete with a lap timer. Otherwise, equipment such as sat-nav, wi-fi and LED interior lighting are shared with the standard vRS.
The vRS Challenge is available from today at Skoda dealers, priced from £30,085 for the hatchback and £31,285 for the estate.
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Looks nice....?
Why hasn’t VW done this.....?
Peter Cavellini wrote:
Oh pretty petey, they have...are you not aware that Skoda, is a WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY of the VW group?. If you actually mean the Volkswagen brand, given the approximate VW model equivalent of the Octavia, is the Golf, are you actually suggesting that a Golf estate GTi Performance edition is produced, notwithstanding that the Golf estate, caters for a completely different market from the above?. You have been posting ludicrous, uninformed, pointless questions for YEARS, only to be rebuked by MANY others...and STILL, you learn NOTHING. Still, you do provide a modicum of trivial entertainment, so keep it up. You just show that beauty and brains ARE mutually exclusive.
FMS wrote:
Enough now, leave it out. If you have something to say on the car, say it. If you wish to challenge Peter on his views, leave the personal insults out of it.
FMS - Again
FM8 you're being to polite but maybe I've a better idea.
FMS you've never wrote an original post and only ever seem to insult other members opinions and the grammer, you act as the Oracle of the car world so why don't you spent 12 months away from the internet and write a book.
xxxx wrote:
I have been impolite too, sadly, to no avail. I have asked to meet him in real life, outside this forum to discuss his issues, he bottled out. I can understand if he is just a troll taking the piss, but some of the posts go too far and are bullying, rather than humourous. Funniest part of it is, he tries to take the high ground 'rebuking' others on spelling, grammar and content of their posts, yet HE makes regular mistakes and is clearly clueless himself on many of the matters.
At least it comes with the
At least it comes with the adaptive dampers that Autocar say are essential. Hardly any used cars have them.
Could be a bit of a gem, this one.
Skoda Octavia vRS Challenge
A lot of car for the money,only problem I can see it keeping that black paintwork clean