Worlds Fastest Skoda goes over 200mph at bonneville salt flats
At 365 kilometres per hour, the Octavia vRS Bonneville Special model achieved the new record in the course of high-speed drives in the American salt desert at Bonneville in the USA. The previous record by a 2-litre engine had been 347 km/h, which had stood since 1988.
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