A Skoda Octavia vRS to 325 km/h? Only at Bonneville
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To celebrate the anniversary of the signing decidmo vRS, the British Division of Skoda decided to prepare a Skoda Octavia vRS to try to join the prestigious club of vehicles exceeding 200 miles per hour in the salt desert of Salt Lake City, Utah, where these days is held the bonneville speed week.
At 13: 24 from Monday 15th, the Skoda vRS Boneville Special (so nicknamed as well), broke the barrier of 200 miles with journalist Richard Meaden at the wheel, to reach 202,15 mph, which translates to 325 km/h. Not content with this, they will continue trying to beat the record for production cars with engines of 2 liters of displacement, which is located at 216 mph (347 km/h).
Surprisingly, the vRS Boneville Special is not any vRS. The REVO Technik specialist has conducted a series of modifications to make it capable of such speeds. For starters, it has been necessary to improve aerodynamics, which includes a reduction in the height of the bodywork of a 80 mm.
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To win in terms of benefits also had to get their hands to the 2.0 TSI of the factory model. Basically, replaced the turbo series by a larger Garrett. This, along with a high-octane racing fuel, is that the power of the Bonneville Special vRS exceed 507 HP and torque 450 nm.