Tuesday 25th October 2022

299hp Skoda Enyaq iV joins vRS range

Family-friendly Enyaq follows coupe, still with much green

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That a regular Enyaq vRS would follow the Coupe version was almost certain. There was already a VW ID.5 GTX and ID.4 equivalent, and Skoda remains the practical, value-led brand in the portfolio; keeping the Enyaq vRS range to just the £54,370 coupe wouldn’t have been right.

So here’s the regular Enyaq iV vRS, complete with the same 299hp, dual-motor set-up as found in the Coupe and the equivalent VWs. The 82kWh battery can charge at 135kW, the maximum range is said to be more than 310 miles (helped by a drag co-efficient of 0.265Cd), and the big bus can scoot to 62mph in 6.5 seconds. This vRS is just as fast as the Coupe, in fact, so buyers will lose nothing in performance stakes in opting for the moderately more practical body. (There are 15 more litres of boot space now, at 585 litres, extendable to 1,710 with the seats down.)

Standard vRS kit includes sports suspension that drops the Enyaq 15mm at the front and 10mm at the rear, 20-inch aero-optimised wheels, black accents, and a glut of vRS badges. The Hyper Green paint seen here can only be had on vRS Enyaqs. The interior is upgraded with ‘the sporty ambience typical of the vRS series’, which here includes carbon effect trim, aluminium design pedal covers and sports seats with lime contrast piping. A more mellow leather with grey stitching is available as an option.

With the original iV vRS not being quite as sporty as might be hoped for a car with ‘coupe’ in the name, perhaps the 299hp upgrade in a standard Enyaq will sit more comfortably with the traditional vRS attributes of performance, practicality and relative affordability. There isn’t any word yet on UK pricing or availability, but we’d expect it to nestle somewhere between the 265hp, £51,765 80x Sportline Plus and the aforementioned vRS Coupe. And don’t be surprised if it’s popular - Skoda reckons the 100,000th Enyaq, without this vRS in production, will roll down the line any day now…

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• 2022 Skoda Enyaq vRS Coupe | PH Review
• Skoda Octavia vRS Bonneville | PH Heroes

[ArnageWRC]

All these vRS cars from Skoda, yet the car they use in rallying, the Fabia, still doesn't have a vRS variant. Bizarre......

[GranpaB]

I think it did have a VRS version in the early days?

Anyhoo, i do like the look of that tbf, and 6.5s to 60 isnt too shabby either.

[M3_Simon_Fr]

Looks like they've hired BMW's chief design officer...

[fantheman80]

GranpaB said:

I think it did have a VRS version in the early days?

Anyhoo, i do like the look of that tbf, and 6.5s to 60 isnt too shabby either.

this is the ID4 GTX thread all over again, but I think 6.5 isn't great for a 300 bhp 4wd instant torque flagship performance model. The USP of a leccy is acceleration vs petrol equivalents but this doesn't quite cut it for those looking for that

[kambites]

fantheman80 said:

this is the ID4 GTX thread all over again, but I think 6.5 isn't great for a 300 bhp 4wd instant torque flagship performance model. The USP of a leccy is acceleration vs petrol equivalents but this doesn't quite cut it for those looking for that

I think the problem is the price. vRSs have always been cheapish, fast-ish, hugely practical family cars; I think this is fast enough for the brand (it's probably the fastest vRS to 60 ever, in fact?) and practical enough, but is it cheap enough compared to equally practical, faster cars from other brands?

[ScoobyChris]

M3_Simon_Fr said:

Looks like they've hired BMW's chief design officer...

Excellent news for BMW fans!

Chris

[M1C]

I think it looks very good - but i prefer the coupe version, that looks really good.

[ChrisCh86]

Is it me or does the Enyaq outsell the ID4 by a significant margin?

[fantheman80]

kambites said:

fantheman80 said:

this is the ID4 GTX thread all over again, but I think 6.5 isn't great for a 300 bhp 4wd instant torque flagship performance model. The USP of a leccy is acceleration vs petrol equivalents but this doesn't quite cut it for those looking for that

I think the problem is the price. vRSs have always been cheapish, fast-ish, hugely practical family cars; I think this is fast enough for the brand (it's probably the fastest vRS to 60 ever, in fact?) and practical enough, but is it cheap enough compared to equally practical, faster cars from other brands?

Fair points, and yes the quickest vrs on paper by 0.1 of a second (octavia at 6.6)....but not as quick as the non Vrs branded Superb 280 at 5.6...

[satfinal]

those doors look so fking tall

EVs be interested in reducing aerodynamic inefficiency from the wheel design and then go designing wheels that probably weigh more than 17inch steelies and ride like fred flinstones rock wheels

Edited by satfinal on Tuesday 25th October 12:14

[Silvanus]

Looking at the price and specs of this makes me think MG are going to sell and awful lot of their new MG4 EV Trophy and the upcoming next gen crossovers.

[Mercury00]

SKODA said:

The new Enyaq VRS - now with added Orinoco flow

[kambites]

satfinal said:

those doors look so fking tall
EVs be interested in reducing aerodynamic inefficiency from the wheel design and then go designing wheels that probably weigh more than 17inch steelies and ride like fred flinstones rock wheels

That's something of a vRS tradition; the wheels on our mk2 Octavia vRS are laughably heavy.

[nismo48]

Mercury00 said:

SKODA said:

The new Enyaq VRS - now with added Orinoco flow

[CrippsCorner]

Those seats look fantastic, but I can't really say that about any of part of it

[gravitygravy]

That's a good looking car, would be at the top of my list if I had £50k and a need for an EV.

[J4CKO]

M3_Simon_Fr said:

Looks like they've hired BMW's chief design officer...

Hmm, my first thought was similar, it looks more like a BMW than BMWs do nowadays.

[What The Deuces]

Yep think these are nice. Not sure Skoda have traded on bro g good value for a while now, just good cars in their own right. If I was spending that much it’s would definitely be a contender. Looks really nice to me ( former Skoda owner anyway )

[VR6 Eug]

Looks similar to a one series from the front.

[Mr Tidy]

Another minging crossover!

My 2005 BMW 330i has a claimed 0-62mph time of 6.3 seconds with just 258 PS - how is this progress?