NEW vs OLD Skoda Octavia vRS – the best car in the world?

Think about it. What's the best car in the world, really? We're not talking about a Rolls-Royce or Ferrari, but the best car you might actually be able to afford one day. We think it could be the Skoda Octavia vRS, so for the first of our fresh 'new versus old' series, Jordan Katsianis finds out where the vRS legend began by pitching the original 2001 model against its modern counterpart!

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00:00 Intro
00:29 Octavia
00:39 Uncool?
00:50 vRS: a history
01:15 Ambition
01:24 Skoda: a history
01:40 the odd years
01:55 Skoda's VW age
02:28 Mk1 Octavia vRS
03:04 Mk1 driving impressions
04:00 Mk1 design
04:26 Mk4 Octavia vRS
04:56 Mk4 practicality
05:09 Mk4 engines
06:33 Octavia vRS good points