http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/211159-227-mph-skoda-octavia-vrs-breaks-landspeed-record-at-bonneville/

Well done SUK.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/211159-227-mph-skoda-octavia-vrs-breaks-landspeed-record-at-bonneville/

Well done SUK.

Very impressing!

Now, how fast is the fastest Yeti ?

I have 172 km/h on GPS, the speedo said almost 180 :-)

But I guess on the German Autobahn or other fast roads

the Yeti should be able to do 20-30 km/h more?

Mine is a 140 HP 4x4 DSG with no remapping or tuning ( yet )

cheers

otto

You'll find it covered twice already on here :

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/210592-skoda-octavia-vrs-hits-200-mph-at-bonneville/

and

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/204020-200mph-octavia-announced-600-horsepower/

"Modified" is the key word here. Pointless in the real world but good publicity for the company and a chance for the engineers to play. Presumably they can now also tour this car around various car shows.

"Modified" is the key word here. Pointless in the real world but good publicity for the company and a chance for the engineers to play. Presumably they can now also tour this car around various car shows.

I have been watching this for a few days now. Good effort Skoda UK et al. It is surprisingly fairly standard compared to most machines out there - standard block etc. I know it has 8 injectors and a very large turbo and a greenline gearbox.....etc etc.

That VW block is really quite a tough old unit.

You'll find it covered twice already on here :

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/210592-skoda-octavia-vrs-hits-200-mph-at-bonneville/

and

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/204020-200mph-octavia-announced-600-horsepower/

I know, johann, that's where I got it from.

Thought I would post it in this forum to highlight it as many do not browse the other forums :p

I know, johann, that's where I got it from.

Thought I would post it in this forum to highlight it as many do not browse the other forums :p

Thats right....they google Yeti and come up with us and often don't venture off the Yeti forum.

Wow! And now the new record is 227mph!!!!!!!

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/23/skoda-tops-227-mph-claims-2-0-liter-production-speed-record-at/

Wow! And now the new record is 227mph!!!!!!!

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/08/23/skoda-tops-227-mph-claims-2-0-liter-production-speed-record-at/

You'll find that figure quoted in the link in my original post I think. :p

You'll find that figure quoted in the link in my original post I think. :p

Oops. When I did the original post it had only done 202mph. And the 227 one only just now came up in my RSS feed.

Oops. When I did the original post it had only done 202mph. And the 227 one only just now came up in my RSS feed.

Back pedalling only works on a fixed wheel bicycle

From the original press release....

On Friday 19 August at 07:45am, a ŠKODA Octavia vRS officially became the world's fastest 2.0-litre supercharged production car in the world when the 600 bhp ‘salt spec’ racer – built to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iconic vRS performance flagship badge – registered a Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) sanctioned speed of 227.070 mph on Utah’s legendary Bonneville Salt Flat

:giggle:

Technology can be a wonderful thing.

Very impressing!

Now, how fast is the fastest Yeti ?

I have 172 km/h on GPS, the speedo said almost 180 :-)

But I guess on the German Autobahn or other fast roads

the Yeti should be able to do 20-30 km/h more?

Mine is a 140 HP 4x4 DSG with no remapping or tuning ( yet )

cheers

otto

195 km/hr on Garmin GPS - 210 on speedo, but not at the same time. Both in Germany on little travelled Autobahn in dry weather. At the 210, Snehvide seemed to want to keep on going - but I had enuf.