Driving the world's fastest Skoda: 227mph Octavia vRS Bonneville special review | Auto Express

We strap into the record-breaking, 700bhp Skoda Octavia Bonneville special, to find out what it's like to drive a supercar-eating Skoda.
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Back in 2011, a small team of Skoda engineers were set an ambitious task. They were to take an Octavia vRS, and with some careful modifications, break the Bonneville land speed record for 2.0-litre, forced-induction production cars. To take the record, however, the Octavia would have to remain close to the standard model, so it used the engine block and gearbox from the road-going Octavia, but with one crucial difference. The engineers strapped a huge Garrett turbo to the motor, which boosted all the way to 700bhp. It was enough to decimate the record, with a 227mph run in the hands of Dickie Meaden 10 years ago. So buckle up, and let our man Yousuf Ashraf show you what it's like to grapple with the fastest Skoda on the planet.
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[@jryalls]

700BHP, FWD Like Usain Bolt running in Flip Flops.

[@themuffincat]

Usain Bolt on Crocs

[@sportzntouring]

Love it! Great story, well presented! What a noise that car makes!

[@Autoexpress]

Thank you! Earplugs definitely required...

[@abdulkam]

Great review 👏.
Calm and collective voice over vs joy and excitement when driving.

[@Autoexpress]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@F1YMS]

Live this upload, what a great story.

[@Autoexpress]

Thanks very much!

[@armeriafeldi6693]

Now, the quickest skoda ever

[@nicolasjurica230]

tak to je pohoda

[@julianroberts5407]

Get one of the silly old comedians from yesteryear to drive one. Their wig will soon fly out of the window!!!!!!!! Fantastic record breaking Skoda

[@davynsmith3277]

I wonder how “standard” the engine REALLY is. You don’t get 700HP just from putting on a massive turbo. Injector upgrade? Intake upgrade? Exhaust upgrade? ECU tuning?

[@ajworks5958]

They just mean internals ie forging

[@kalyaan123]

@@ajworks5958 and better injectors

[@jasoar1563]

obviously just the motor like he said, dum baas

[@jamiljafri4841]

This sounds utterly immense! Fantastic film 👏👏👏 Every second of this 👌 I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight

[@Autoexpress]

Thanks very much. Yousuf didn't get much sleep that night either!

[@88tmilko]

Loved my VRS with a Revo stage 1, this is something else!👍🏼👊🏼

[@ianhill20101]

Then one got tuned more and put in a golf mk2 and beat the world

[@pavan5204]

365kmph

[@vbkrjchannel6108]

Is it diesel or petrol ?

[@jcdenton166]

Petrol engine but mated to the diesel versions gearbox

[@jamiep61]

I enjoyed watching the Video

[@tattruckyt5522]

*_Check "Skoda 2.5" channel_*

[@jamessheehy4895]

Cool!

[@exploringwithwheels]

Nice love my vrs

[@SornGeorge]

Is this still a FWD car like the car it is based on?

[@MrAlfgren]

yes

[@Autoexpress]

It is indeed!

[@noelpereira8098]

Ugly but interesting. Who's the driver? No crash helmet?

[@trnavacV6T]

ugly? you are blind

[@vagscanetprogramation7239]

Nice its a RPG ☄

[@kaasimmir8971]

Sounds awful !

[@trnavacV6T]

sounds amazing for a 2 liter engine?

[@kaasimmir8971]

@@trnavacV6T I saw it in person. It sounds like a straight through exhaust. Ridiculously loud

[@jcdenton166]

Well, its not gonna make much power with the regular chokey exhaust system is it!???@@kaasimmir8971

[@brethren111]

Fast as fak boiii