The first all-electric Skoda vRS has arrived. Is it worthy of the badge?
I have quite a soft spot for Skodas. This is born of the long held notion that the Czechs keep nipping over to Wolfsburg in the dead of night to pinch VW oily bits so that they might be turned into something no-nonsense and affordable. It means that Skodas generally feel fit for purpose, when a lot of similarly priced cars don't. Less so the vRS models, which don't tend to be that sporty and shed too much value.
Of course, a massive chunk of that is from the 82kWh battery that comes with the latest ME3 software to improve the battery management and optimise its temperature control. This helps the battery's efficiency, reduces the charging time and improves the range that, on the WLTP scale, is 312 miles. That's pretty much bang on the same as the Kia EV6 GT-Line but just shy of the 331 miles the Tesla Model Y Long Range officially achieves.
Sport mode also helps sure things up when you're zipping along. The extra stability means it settles reasonably quickly over shorter, sharper shocks, although there are times when you hit a series of low-frequency undulations that the vRS gets into a mildly unnerving rhythm - as though it were teetering on the edge of failing to cope with its gathering mass.
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