{"id":49654,"date":"2023-10-05T12:19:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highwaytale.com\/?p=49654"},"modified":"2023-10-05T12:19:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:19:28","slug":"new-skoda-kodiaq-vrs-hot-suv-to-shun-electric-with-turbo-petrol-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highwaytale.com\/car-reviews\/new-skoda-kodiaq-vrs-hot-suv-to-shun-electric-with-turbo-petrol-power\/","title":{"rendered":"New Skoda Kodiaq vRS hot SUV to shun electric with turbo petrol power"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skoda will be giving its new Kodiaq the vRS performance treatment but not with the aid of an electrified powertrain<\/h2>\n


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A brand-new Skoda Kodiaq vRS will launch in the second half of 2024, delivering what\u2019s likely to be one of the final combustion-engined cars to be created by the Czech brand\u2019s performance sub-division.<\/p>\n

The newly launched second-generation Kodiaq is longer and heavier than the model it replaces. But bosses believe that even with toughening targets on CO2 emissions, and Skoda\u2019s push towards an all-electric future in Europe, there\u2019s enough demand from customers for sporty derivatives to justify a Mk2 Kodiaq vRS. By the second half of the decade, it could sit alongside faster versions of not only the facelifted Enyaq, but also the zero-emissions Elroq and Skoda\u2019s forthcoming seven-seat EV.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s board member for technical development, Joannes Neft, confirmed to Auto Express at the Kodiaq\u2019s global reveal that a faster version of the car is in the works. \u201cWe are playing with something already,\u201d Neft said. \u201cWe had a vRS before, and it was very successful, so we will get a new vRS too.\u201d<\/p>\n