Skoda updates Octavia RS range

Following on from the rest of the facelifted Skoda Octavia range is the RS line-up of halo models

if there was one car that didn’t need a designer’s daring aesthetic flourish apportioned to it, the Skoda Octavia was arguably it
The new Skoda Octavia RS Combi TDI is deeply impressive

A criticism that can be levelled at car manufacturers these days is that they don’t do enough to differentiate the facelifted version of a car to that which has gone before. Sometimes, these mid-cycle model updates can visually be next to impossible to spot. Skoda, then, should be commended for making the 2017 model year Octavia look suitably different to its immediate predecessor. But if ...