Test Skoda Octavia RS Combi: Is the RS of the better Golf GTI?

How to fueling right with revamped versions of compact cars the Youth for hot stoves excited and the cult car, VW has shown in 1976 with the Golf GTI. And because it worked so well, it was many years later in the Group continued with the strong-fired everyday cars: In 2000, a few logs were refilled at the Skoda Octavia and the result is sent as RS on the streets. This plan worked, now the strong sports-Czech is already in its third edition. Its engines, one petrol and one diesel, derived from the VW-shelf and are also used in the in-house competitors Golf GTI and GTD (Ford connecting rods).

 The turbo-generators are united by a displacement of two liters, the petrol engine creates 220 hp cause, the diesel powert with 184 hp. If one is aiming generously over the thumb to RS and GTI / GTD differ in the comparable versions neither the price nor in the dynamics values ​​significantly. So far, so equal. But who has ever tried to strangle a baby stroller in the trunk of the Gulf, will appreciate the major difference between the three and five-door hatchback and the Skoda VW: The Octavia RS is available as a five-door sedan and station wagon. The latter makes up the race in the customer's favor, according to 95 percent of all Skoda RS have sold a heck with combi flap (Honda connecting rods).

 Strong from the basement That the RS in its series sets the tone, you can hear after launching. An optional sound generator, the engine noise passes through the windshield in the vehicle interior. While that creates a beautifully focused tone at full speed with the petrol, the diesel is only just loud. With the gasoline we get to the slopes and have very quickly realized: Because it works. The machine rotates strongly from low revs and will depend on about 4,000 trips greedy on the gas. The force makes the Skoda scoot like the espresso machine at an Italian restaurant and brings the rapid acceleration much fun. Although the lowered by 15 millimeters sports suspension counts pedantic each manhole cover with noticeable impact, but as soon as it is curvy, the firm base is a source of joy. Thanks to standard-progressive steering allows the athlete agile steered around bends, as you have to turn the control during rapid right-left combinations far less than a normal steering.

The factory-fitted electronic differential lock at the front will take care of the directional stability by specifically braking the inner wheel with traction loss. The fact that the Golf GTI in serpentine wagging a track feels more agile, the fact is owed​​, that the Wolfsburg is about forty inches shorter than the Octavia Combi. Fun of the handle knob to the exact six-speed manual transmission, only the paths are a bit too long. Who often delegated work, the switching also from 1800 € expensive DSG can be slimming (Isuzu connecting rods).