Octavia vRS Mk3 Pics - They're finally here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jake02]

Yup, the new vRS is power capped - the GTi has an additional 7kW......similar to what it is now - 147 vs 155.
One has tune A, the other tune B.

The GTI Performance does, which VW Aus hasn't even confirmed if they're bringing here. I think they'd be mad not to, to be honest! But I do wish Skoda would do an RS Performance pack.

[Rooboy]

Love the white wagon... especially with those wheels Now if it was with the haldex 4wd I would consider dropping the Yoda...

[Antiplastix]

Yup, the new vRS is power capped - the GTi has an additional 7kW......similar to what it is now - 147 vs 155.
One has tune A, the other tune B.

BTW.....That link provides a good read on the new vRS.

Its all bragging rights, a Skoda cant appear to have more than a VW. I m sure if you put them on a Dyno they d be the same.

[Mysticality]

Its all bragging rights, a Skoda cant appear to have more than a VW. I m sure if you put them on a Dyno they d be the same.

My TDI125 pulls 136kW/361Nm on the dyno...
Excuse me Mr Mk3 vRS TDI

[dArK5HaD0w]

Its all bragging rights, a Skoda cant appear to have more than a VW. I m sure if you put them on a Dyno they d be the same.

true, skoda can't be seeing have the same, or better figures, than vw - hence the different ecu tunes

they'll dyno different.
the GTI has the CCZB.
the vRS has the CCZA.
u'll c this on the build plate & engine identification.

the A & B in the CCZ define what software tune the ECU gets.
A = 147 kW
B = 155 kW

but because both have the same engine, performing a ecu tune will see both end up having the same figures.
for eg, with an apr stg 1 tune, both the GTi & the vRS will end up having 189kW, and the same torque.



back on the mk3 vRS, now we sit and wait to see how skodavw australia will spec as standard, and options we'll get.
last i heard, november this year we should c it on our shores.

[VRS-Vic]

Love the white wagon... especially with those wheels Now if it was with the haldex 4wd I would consider dropping the Yoda...

The wheels remind me of a Holden Clubsport wagon and the body like an Audi.

Desperate for one!!

[cbay]

The wheels remind me of a Holden Clubsport wagon and the body like an Audi.

Desperate for one!!

I'm with you on that!!!

[dArK5HaD0w]

more pics from a Czech dealer....


















in the last two pics, it looks too high!!! probably cause its on 17s and still has the transport blocks.

even more pics here.

[FSI 220]

Can't work out whether those seats look futuristic or retro...

Needs the fancy wheels at the start of the thread....

Once again, (in case anyone from SkodOZ are lurking)...

The wagon, in that blue, with the lifback wheels in a 4mo manual....

[K1W1]

Does not thrill me.
I like the feature set but I'll wait till I see one in the flesh and see how they are specified for Australia before I decide. The body somehow looks cheap to me with those square edges particularly the bonnet area, the front grill looks too much like the current Kia grill and the wheels apart from looking like they came from HSV left over parts look like they will suffer badly if they get anywhere near a kerb.
Overall at this stage rather than keep me in the Skoda camp I'm thinking Audi or VW may get my next lot of money.

In the photos the wagon appears to have had the front lowered to make it look like a US low rider (WTF do that?). It would fail Australian design rule requirements in the form that it has been photographed. Maybe Skoda want to appeal to the 20 something yo late night curb crawler set with these photos but if they think a vehicle that will ground it's undercarriage on any speed hump in the real world is a seller then good luck to them. I wish they would photograph the car as it really is rather than stylised with artificially adjusted suspension.

[Transporter]

more pics from a Czech dealer....

in the last two pics, it looks too high!!! probably cause its on 17s and still has the transport blocks.

even more pics here.

It looks more like a Croatian dealer than Czech.

http://new.skoda-auto.com/en/models/new-octavia-rs/entry

http://new.skoda-auto.com/en/experience/concepts/pages/rapid-sport.aspx

Here is CZ site http://new.skoda-auto.com/en/Pages/homepage.aspx

[dArK5HaD0w]

It looks more like a Croatian dealer than Czech.

that it is.

some more pics.....unfortunately new vRS doesn't excite me in these pics

[team_v]

I agree, the new vRS looks really odd, especailly with all the jagged edges everywhere (especially above the fog lamps)

[K1W1]

And there was me expecting post after post from the fan boys telling me what a traitor to the cause I am.
This thing is bland in a big way. It may go alright and it will be reliable and no doubt well equipped for the price but a performance car looker it is not.

BTW compare the front wheel arches and overall front end height in the pics above the the artificially lowered white wagon on the earlier pages in this thread. This is what you will be driving not the low rider white wagon.

[Makk]

Hmmm, the grey vRS estate in the photo doesn't have roof rails...is that a new option?
I guess the extra chiselling at the front bumper is to give it a "sharper" nose compared to the standard Octavia...

But I agree, the ride height and also the choice of wheels are not the most flattering in these pics!
Looks quite ordinary...but I suppose VW can't have the new Skoda looking meaner than the new Golf