The petrol-heads at Skoda have seemingly been let loose in recent times, what with their assault on the Intercontinental Rally Championship, their intended return to British Touring cars and now they have brought an Octavia to the salt flats at Bonneville for Speed Week. The occasion was the tenth anniversary of the automaker's vRS performance brand, their target – breaching 200 miles per hour.
The world's fastest Škoda achieved an official run of 202.15 mph. The Octavia vRS with which they did it was aerodynamically optimized, dropped closer to the ground, reinforced with a roll cage and other safety equipment and fitted with a larger turbocharger and intercooler. Otherwise, however, it's the same Octavia vRS available from your dealership.
Far from calling it a day and heading back to the Czech Republic, Škoda's Bonneville team are sticking around in pursuit of the 2.0-litre production car land speed record, which currently stands at 216 mph.
