Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Wagon, Europe, UK, Skoda, Design/Style
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/2013-skoda-octavia-vrs-628.jpgWe’ve been led to expect good things out of the third-generation Škoda Octavia](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/skoda+octavia/), Volkswagen’s new Czech-badged C-segment entrant that rides atop the company’s MQB architecture along with the new Audi A3 and VW Golf. We liked what we saw of the handsome - if conservative - standard model when it was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March, and now the recipe looks to be getting a bit more interesting with this new vRS model.
Set to debut at the UK’s Goodwood Festival Of Speed on July 10, this racier Škoda](http://www.autoblog.com/tag/skoda/) will be available in both sedan and wagon bodystyles, complete with a unique nose that includes a more aggressive fascia, honeycomb air intakes and bi-xenon headlamps with LED running lamps. Out back, the vRS receives a blacked-out rear diffuser, chrome rectangular exhaust pipes, LED taillamps and a rear spoiler. Naturally, the whole package snugs 12- to 13-millimeters closer to the ground thanks to a firmer sport suspension that rides atop any number of flashy new wheel patterns.
Inside, changes are limited to the institution of new sport seats, a leather-wrapped three-spoke steering wheel with matching gearchange lever and handbrake, ambient lighting, stainless-steel pedals and sill plates, along with the inevitable smattering of vRS emblems.
The Škoda Octavia vRS will race into European showrooms shortly after its Goodwood introduction, but you can learn more about it in the official press release below.Continue reading Skoda Octavia vRS set to storm into Goodwood
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