Skoda VRS hits 227 mph

[Hideous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVuMckcwy_o&feature=aso
"On Friday 19 August at 07:45am, a ŠKODA Octavia vRS officially became the world's fastest 2.0-litre supercharged production car when the 600 bhp 'salt spec' racer -- built to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iconic vRS performance flagship badge -- registered a Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) sanctioned speed of 227.070 mph on Utah's legendary Bonneville Salt Flat"

[Big-Pete]

Still wouldn't want one, Its just a glorified VW, and ive never been a fan of those either

[Vauxhall Thru & Thru]

I don't get it. It's been totally stripped out and has racing spec surely?

[accveccysriturbo]

Cool. Not much of the production car left though lol

[soulman]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...ed-record.html


fastest was over 228mph

[bobssignum]

There is a 9 page article about this skoda in the latest EVO magazine written by the driver for this speed run . the only thing that was original from the production car was the body shell and the bulk of the engine everything else has been changed at some point

[spoons]

I think its great... like Skoda's

[JohnSH8892]

Was it being pushed by superman with Harry Potters cloak of invisability??

Well in saying that Skoda used to have their engines made by Porche, many eons ago!

[Hideous]

http://www.skoda.co.uk/gbr/contactus...onneville.aspx
quote OfficialFabiaRS: "The car is a factory-fresh production Octavia vRS, with some changes made to improve aerodynamics and performance. It meets all the specifications for the fastest 2.0-litre supercharged production car record."

I guess the point is to show what can be achieved with the engine if you want to get into modifying cars for serious performance -- and evidently it is the best 2.0T tuning platform available at the moment.

[snapsnap]

Use of the word 'production' is totally misleading IMO.

How many skoda dealers have these in stock, or could even get one for you....err...zero!