The Skoda Octavia vRS is now officially the fastest 2.0 litre supercharged production car in the world, with the 600hp ‘salt spec’ model having achieved an official top speed 227.070 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flat in Utah.

The model is a modified version of the production Skoda Octavia vRS hatch, having been prepared by Skoda UK, the team spent the week leading up to Speed Week putting the car through a rigorous dyno programme, supported by performance software and tuning outfit specialist REVO Technik.

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The Skoda Octavia Greenline II has been named Top Green Small Family Car in the Next Green Car Awards 2011.

The Skoda Octavia Greenline II is available as hatchback and estate form, powered by a 1.6 TDI CR 105PS engine with common rail technology. On the combined cycle, fuel consumption returns 74.3mpg for the hatch and 67.3mph for the estate and CO2 emissions are 99g/km for the hatch and 109g/km for the estate. Tax for the first year is £0 for the Skoda Octavia Greenline II, with a £20 charge for the estate from year two.
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Skoda has been presented with four awards at the 2011 Auto Express new Car Awards 2011. Taking awards were the Skoda Yeti, Superb and Superb Estate with Skoda being awarded with the Driver Power customer satisfaction award.

Whilst no other manufacturer was presented with four awards, this is second year in a row that Skoda has been presented with four award in the same four categories.
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