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… but the infotainment system was glitchy and frustratingThis time we’re looking at the petrol-powered 245hp version of the fourth-generation Octavia vRS, which was announced by Skoda in late 2019 for deliveries in the second half of 2020 .
As noted at the start, we’re concentrating on the 245hp/273lb ft TSI 2.0 TSI petrol models here. A 200hp 2.0 TDI diesel vRS was available. That had the option of all-wheel drive, which put it on a 6.7-second par with the 245hp petrol car over the 0-62mph run, but the petrols were exclusively front-drive. In the old days 273lb ft from 1,600rpm would definitely have caused rowdiness in a front-driver but the gen-four vRS had a traction-boosting electronic VAQ differential as standard.
The DSG box was predictably excellent, delivering upshifts more or less instantaneously on the paddles and with only a slight delay on downshifts. The car’s stop-start system was able to sense when the vehicle ahead was moving away and in response smartly start your engine for a timely departure. That was in addition to the normal throttle-activated restart.
Lane-keeping assistance was part of the standard spec. You couldn’t turn that off permanently. As with the fake sound, you had to disable it at the start of every drive. If you forgot to do so and went to change lanes without indicating the steering would yank you unceremoniously back into your lane. That was no different to any other car fitted with a similar system.
Which brings us to the Apple/Android compatible infotainment system. Well, infotainment was only a part of what it did, and that was arguably part of its downfall. Although Skoda did retain some physical shortcut buttons for climate and driving modes the touchscreen still played too big a part in everyday driving.
The gen-four Octavia was the first Skoda to come with a head-up display. Other standard vRS features were keyless entry and all-round parking sensors with manoeuvre assist, which detected obstacles and could put the brakes on if you were for some unaccountable reason ignoring the warnings.
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