News

Video: Skoda vRS Bonneville shakedown

Richard Meaden meets the 600bhp Skoda Octavia vRS he'll be driving at the Bonneville Speed Week for the first time

by: EVO team

24 Jun 2011

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Watch as evo's Dickie Meaden meets the 600bhp Skoda Octavia vRS he'll be driving at the Bonneville Speed Week in August for the first time...

Read more about our Bonneville car's development here - and keep checking back for more updates!

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Group tests

Petrol v electric: Alpine's A290 faces the Mazda MX-5

Alpine’s A290 is under consideration by evo contributor Peter Tomalin as a replacement for his MX-5. A comparison is in order…

25 Oct 2026

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Opinion

Why this 300,000-mile Ford Mondeo felt more revolutionary than a Lamborghini

With one of the development parameters being the ‘perfection feeling’, the Mondeo was always going to be something special

22 Oct 2026

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News

New Toyota Celica – Japan’s secret Porsche rival is on the way

With the new race-proven G20E engine in the middle, what was thought to be the next MR2 may well be called ‘Celica’

26 Oct 2026