Tuesday 16th August 2011

Meet the 200mph Skoda Octavia

Skoda Octavia vRS breaks 200mph barrier at Bonneville Speed Week

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Celebrating a decade of the Skoda vRS performance sub-brand, a 500bhp version of the current Octavia and dubbed the vRS Bonneville Special, has cracked the 200mph barrier.

With motoring scribbler Richard Meaden at the wheel, the car recorded a run of 202.15mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah yesterday.

The car itself is a production Octavia vRS, with a few choice aerodynamic modifications, which include making it 80mm lower to the ground. There's also a new sub-frame, which houses a race-prepared intercooler.

The 2.0-litre four-cylinder TSI petrol engine remains, but with a larger Garrett turbo fitted. Generating more than 500bhp, and producing 30+ PSI of boost pressure, the Bonneville Octavia vRS also runs on bespoke high-octane race fuel (with water-methanol mix) rather than unleaded petrol.

The car has also been built to Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) safety regs, which means a reinforced roll cage, parachute, fire extinguishers and window cage.

[bridgland]

Great effort by the team. Does this clinch the record, and if so what record(s) are they gunning for?

[Riggers]

bridgland said:

Great effort by the team. Does this clinch the record, and if so what record(s) are they gunning for?

Well it's definitely the fastest Skoda ever, but other than that I'm not sure it broke any of yer actual records...

[Rawwr]

This article makes me happy.

[samuelellis]

I know its not a stock engine as it has had tweeks and a big turbo bolted on but to get a 2ltr car to do 200mph is bloody impressive

[y2blade]

Riggers said:

bridgland said:

Great effort by the team. Does this clinch the record, and if so what record(s) are they gunning for?

Well it's definitely the fastest Skoda ever, but other than that I'm not sure it broke any of yer actual records...

spoil sport if it was a more "PH" car you'd be gushing all over it


My thoughts are= great work by all involved

[Dr G]

Really interesting project; get the impression it could have gone even faster with the right gearing. Seems the only real difficulty they had was throwing enough fuel into it (no big injectors available yet).

Apparently the blower doesn't hit full boost until 5.5 O_o

[Riggers]

y2blade said:

Riggers said:

bridgland said:

Great effort by the team. Does this clinch the record, and if so what record(s) are they gunning for?

Well it's definitely the fastest Skoda ever, but other than that I'm not sure it broke any of yer actual records...

spoil sport if it was a more "PH" car you'd be gushing all over it


My thoughts are= great work by all involved

Hold on now, we definitely like the Octavia vRS, I give you this: Our review of the Octavia vRS

Just not sure if it broke any records...

[ZOLLAR]

Impressive, good work skoda



christ that's a sentence I never thought I'd say

[bob1179]

I think that is a brilliant achievement. I have really got a soft spot for Skodas, especially after knocking around in several different Fabias over the past couple of years. They all seem to have a nice bit of character, something that is missing from most modern mainstream cars.

[Ibizahoo2]

Awesome effort by the team there! no doubt richard meaden will be scribbling in next months Evo about that!

[y2blade]

Imagine the uproar if he overtook a slow moving convoy of supercars

[ZOLLAR]

y2blade said:

Imagine the uproar if he overtook a slow moving convoy of supercars

:snort:

[y2blade]

ZOLLAR said:

y2blade said:

Imagine the uproar if he overtook a slow moving convoy of supercars

:snort:

I had to say it

[Ikemi]

y2blade said:

ZOLLAR said:

y2blade said:

Imagine the uproar if he overtook a slow moving convoy of supercars

:snort:

I had to say it

[BoRED S2upid]

Good effort, been following this build in Evo.

[Mavican]

They changed the gearbox to the Diesel Octavia's because it had a longer final gear.

[WorAl]

Mavican said:

They changed the gearbox to the Diesel Octavia's because it had a longer final gear.

This is something I don't understand about car manufacturers, why don't they use their diseasle car gearboxes in the petrol cars, they are longer in all gears, it would make sense, surely?

Good work Skoda, 200+ mph out of 500 BHP in a brick is quite impressive.

[300bhp/ton]

samuelellis said:

I know its not a stock engine as it has had tweeks and a big turbo bolted on but to get a 2ltr car to do 200mph is bloody impressive

Yes and no.

Really it's a 500bhp power car that clocked 200mph. Which sounds less impressive as a BMW M5 with similar power will do the same.

And that lil 2.0 litre isn't really 2000cc displacement. It has a turbo pushing 30psi into it. Which is really forcing over 3 times the amount of air into the engine as normal, i.e. 3 times the displacement. So that 500hp motor has an effective or dynamic displacement of near 6 litres capacity.

500hp from 6 litre suddenly sounds not quite as staggering.

[y2blade]

WorAl said:

Mavican said:

They changed the gearbox to the Diesel Octavia's because it had a longer final gear.

This is something I don't understand about car manufacturers, why don't they use their diseasle car gearboxes in the petrol cars, they are longer in all gears, it would make sense, surely?

Good work Skoda, 200+ mph out of 500 BHP in a brick is quite impressive.

yep especially on Salt...(with a lot more drag on the wheels)

[Mr Gear]

Is it just me that thinks moondic hub-caps look good on ALL cars?