Frederic Manby drives the new-look Skoda Octavia vRS hatch – in a rather eye-catching and traffic-stopping Hyper Green – and ...

Perhaps more significantly for the load-lugging estate car market, Skoda continues to offer the Octavia Estate with a 2.0-litre motor in two states of tune, 114bhp and 148bhp.

Prices for the Octavia vRS kick off from £37,935 for the hatchback and £39,040 for the estate – figures that almost mirror a Ford Focus ST, one of the few hot hatches still available as a wagon.

Perhaps more significantly for the load-lugging estate car market, Skoda continues to offer the Octavia Estate with a 2.0-litre motor in two states of tune, 114bhp and 148bhp.