2025 Skoda Octavia RS has made its debut in the UAE car market. The sporty iteration of the Octavia sedan features a sporty design, revamped interiors, and a powerful engine.
Read the complete details of the Octavia RS in our report below.
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2025 Skoda Octavia RS - Design
The Octavia RS is based on the regular Octavia sedan, but it features special design cues of the iconic vRS livery from the brand.
Portraying the racing pedigree, the Octavia RS gets a special green exterior colour, new sporty bumpers with piano black highlights, a vRS-spec front grille, and vRS 19-inch machine-cut alloy wheels.
Other key highlights include the Matrix LED headlamps, LED taillights, boot-mounted spoiler, vRS badges on the front grille and boot, and dual exhaust tips.
Cabin and features
On the inside, the Octavia vRS features an all-black leather upholstery with Alcantara touch on the dashboard, door pads, and seats.
It also gets the vRS badge on the three-spoke steering wheel with a flat bottom and red stitching, vRS logo embedded on the seats with red stitching, and aluminium race pedals.
Feature-wise, it is equipped with a 13-inch floating infotainment screen that supports wireless phone connectivity, voice commands, and other latest wireless features.
It also gets a 10.25-inch digital console with race-inspired graphics that change with driving modes, ambient lighting with mood colours, a panoramic sunroof, a dual-zone climate control, an electric tailgate, and more.
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Safety
The Octavia vRS is a solid car with high chassis strength. It also comes loaded with Level 2 ADAS autonomous safety features, which include adaptive cruise control, lane monitoring, lane keep assist, blind spot monitor, a 360-degree camera, and anti-front collision avoidance assist.
Along with these, it is also equipped with ABS+ESP, hill hold and hill descent control, and 10 airbags.
2025 Skoda Octavia RS - Engine and performance
The new-gen Octavia vRS is all about performance. It is equipped with a powerful 2.0-litre turbo-petrol, four-cylinder engine, which is mated to a 7-speed DSG automatic transmission.
It combined, generates 265 bhp and 370 Nm of peak power and torque, respectively.
The Octavia vRS can sprint from 0-100 km/h in 6.6 seconds. Meanwhile, its top speed is electronically limited to 250 km/h.
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Our verdict
The new Octavia vRS in the UAE will offer strong competition to the direct rival, the Honda City Type R. It is a perfect combination between a family sedan and an everyday sports car.
