{"id":635,"date":"2025-12-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:33:42","slug":"200-mph-skoda-octavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micksgarageblog.org\/200-mph-skoda-octavia\/","title":{"rendered":"200 Mph Skoda Octavia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">The&nbsp;petrol-heads&nbsp;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&#8217;s vRS performance brand, their target \u2013 breaching 200 miles per hour.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0BO9E8zqxUI\/T_bVc2LK6MI\/AAAAAAAAApU\/yOlhdMhP68w\/s1600\/skoda-octavia-ice01.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0BO9E8zqxUI\/T_bVc2LK6MI\/AAAAAAAAApU\/yOlhdMhP68w\/s320\/skoda-octavia-ice01.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">The world&#8217;s fastest \u0160koda 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&#8217;s the same Octavia vRS available from your dealership.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-axN2Syh-SaY\/T_bVdSnw5EI\/AAAAAAAAApc\/bDM8QkxHwNo\/s1600\/skoda-octavia-ice02.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-axN2Syh-SaY\/T_bVdSnw5EI\/AAAAAAAAApc\/bDM8QkxHwNo\/s320\/skoda-octavia-ice02.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Far from calling it a day and heading back to the Czech Republic, \u0160koda&#8217;s Bonneville team are sticking around in pursuit of the 2.0-litre production car land speed record, which currently stands at 216 mph.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>200 Mph Skoda Octavia!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1901],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motoring-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>200 Mph Skoda Octavia! 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