SKODA OCTAVIA vRS iV ESTATE
Our vRS has changed its ways after a filling station fracas
MILEAGE 5815
WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT
To explore the breadth of the Octavia range and see how it fares as a family car
Truth be told, our vRS was involved in a ridiculously low-speed glancing prang at a fuel station. Not the finest moment, and made worse because the owner of the Range Rover, whose bumper was grazed but whose vehicle barely moved, is making an injury claim.
The only upside is that while Skoda kindly fixes the vRS diesel, I have the opportunity to try the newest addition to the vRS line-up for a few weeks – the iV plug-in hybrid.
At first glance, there’s not much difference: the iV has a slightly classier red paint (a £975 option) and, of course, there’s a charging port on the front nearside of the car as well as the normal fuel cap. The car’s list price is £3345 more at £36,875.