Report: Skoda planning attractive Octavia RS with 280 PS

Czech media is reporting Skoda is presently developing a a lot of powerful version of the Octavia RS set for a 2015 unleash.

Next year Skoda can celebrate the fortieth day of its most significant rally automotive, the 130 RS, and that they might bang by introducing a edition Octavia RS packing 280 ps (206 kW). Output can probably be provided by a Golf R-sourced two.0-liter 4-cylinder turbocharged engine however detuned by twenty ps (15 kW).

Unlike the range-topping AWD Golf, the Octavia RS 280 is predicted to retain the front-wheel drive layout and can additionally in all probability feature a stiffer suspension setup and customised alloy wheels.

It will probably be in-built restricted numbers and will be dearer than the Octavia RS however still cheaper than the Volkswagen Golf R rather like all Skoda models area unit compared to the equivalent VW.