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Written by Ollie Kew
Now Skoda is no longer the punchline of a Christmas cracker joke, it wants you to change your thinking again. It wants you to think phwoar" when you look at a Skoda. And fast". Which is why the 2018 Paris motor show won"t play host to a new crossover concept or sensible estate car from Czechia. Skoda"s going all out to reinvent its styling into something altogether angrier, and drape it over a hybrid hot hatchback. The Vision RS previews a new hatchback from Skoda that"ll ratchet up the kerb appeal versus the nice-but-beige Octavia and turn the trickle of plug-in hybrid Skodas into a torrent. The Vision RS relies on the VW Group"s 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbo engine, which puts out 148bhp. Not much, huh? Ah, but the future won"t depend on old-fashioned cylinders banging up and down. So, the Vision RS adds a 100bhp dollop of electric squirt, which drops the 0-62mph sprint down to 7.1 seconds. Skoda says total system power is 242bhp.
Date written: 1 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13516
Now Skoda is no longer the punchline of a Christmas cracker joke, it wants you to change your thinking again. It wants you to think phwoar" when you look at a Skoda. And fast". Which is why the 2018 Paris motor show won"t play host to a new crossover concept or sensible estate car from Czechia. Skoda"s going all out to reinvent its styling into something altogether angrier, and drape it over a hybrid hot hatchback. The Vision RS previews a new hatchback from Skoda that"ll ratchet up the kerb appeal versus the nice-but-beige Octavia and turn the trickle of plug-in hybrid Skodas into a torrent. The Vision RS relies on the VW Group"s 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbo engine, which puts out 148bhp. Not much, huh? Ah, but the future won"t depend on old-fashioned cylinders banging up and down. So, the Vision RS adds a 100bhp dollop of electric squirt, which drops the 0-62mph sprint down to 7.1 seconds. Skoda says total system power is 242bhp.
Date written: 1 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13516