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A stronger 1289 cc engine fitted with a five-speed manual gearbox was mounted on the Škoda Rapid 130, producing 58 PS (43 kW; 57 hp) at 5000 rpm and 72 lb⋅ft (98 N⋅m) at 2850 rpm. Top speed was 95 mph (152.9 km/h) and the car could accelerate from standstill to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 16.5 seconds.
1978 Škoda 120 GLS. In the early 1970s, Škoda had originally intended to produce their successor to the S100/110 as a front-engined front-wheel drive model. However, because of the lack of funding (Škoda had even applied for license in Moscow to produce their new car with a front-engine and front-wheel drive), Škoda was refused a licence and was forced to update the earlier S100/110 saloon ...
By 2005, Škoda was selling over 30,000 cars a year in the UK, a market share over 1%. For the first time in its UK history, a waiting list developed for deliveries from Škoda. UK owners have consistently ranked the brand at or near the top of customer-satisfaction surveys since the late 1990s.
Škoda 130 RS: 1977–1982: 65 Cultural references. In the 1988 film The Unbearable Lightness of Being, protagonist Tomas drives an S 100.
Introduced in 2003, the Fabia RS (vRS in the UK), while not the first diesel hot hatch, was the first exclusively diesel hot hatch, having no petrol equivalent. The engine is Volkswagen Group's 1.9-litre Pumpe-Düse Turbocharged Direct Injection diesel engine , producing 96 kW (130 PS ) and 310 N⋅m (229 lb⋅ft) at 1900 rpm, with a six-speed ...
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"New 2.7 TDI model boosts Audi A6 in the UK" (Press release). Audi UK. 23 November 2004. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. "Compacted Vermicular Cast Iron (GJV) for the Audi V6 diesel engine". ATZonline.com. GWV Fachverlage GmbH. October 2004
The top-of-the-line GLX model was equipped with Volkswagen's 2.8 L VR6, which produced 174 hp (130 kW). The VR6 engine, with its narrow 15-degree Vee design, was unique to Volkswagen. This engine is shorter and lighter (featuring a single cylinder head) than other V6 engines.