Skoda Octavia RS230 Promises New Tricks For Geneva Show

Skoda’s Octavia RS will follow its stablemate the Golf GTI into the realm of extra-special performance editions with the new RS 230 model.

As with the Golf GTI Performance, the RS 230 dials up the power of its 2.0 litre turbocharged engine from 162 to 169kW (torque is unchanged at 350Nm).

The real trick in both, however, is the addition of an electronically-controlled locking front differential.

The new system, which sends power to the outside wheel in corners, works together with the XDL system as it brakes the inside wheel.