Performance

✅ APR Stage 1
✅ Racingline enlarged turbo inlet
✅ Racingline R600 Evo sports intake

The fourth-generation Octavia differs a lot from the third in its looks, overall build quality and materials, but not so much in the engines on offer and their outputs. The new RS also kept a petrol two-litre under the bonnet, albeit a reworked one, offering 180 kW with a DSG automatic gearbox and front-wheel drive. As with its predecessor, the performance potential goes much further, and with this generation you can reach even higher outputs!

In this particular case the owner, Martin, chose the more moderate APR Stage 1 with reduced torque. Using the map for 95 octane petrol, the result is 336 hp and 485 Nm. APR Stage 1 can, however, reach up to 345 hp and 548 Nm using the map for 98 octane petrol without a torque limit.

As a bonus, APR reverses the behaviour of the start/stop button and changes the throttle pedal mapping, which becomes more linear and easier to judge overall.

Stage 1 is not the only option for this generation of engines. For those who want more, we offer APR Stage 2, which after a few further upgrades can reach up to 358 hp and 548 Nm.

For the most demanding, we have Stage 3 with the turbocharger replaced by a more powerful Continental unit, for example from the Golf 8R.

We then also fitted Martin's car with a sports intake with enlarged air routing throughout, taking the whole upgrade to Stage 1+.

Exhaust

✅ DTH homologated valved system

If any system for the current generation of VW Group two-litre engines can be considered unbeatable, it is the product from the German company DTH Exhaust. Three-inch piping with patented double valve technology, connected directly to the car. Although the RS has no valves from the factory, this gives it valve control via the selected drive mode and, for those who want more, for use off public roads (wink wink), the option of manual control. In automatic mode it meets strict homologation limits and has TÜV certification.

Have a listen yourself, although sound through a microphone and speakers definitely does not sound the same as in real life:

We are the exclusive importer of DTH exhausts for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. See the full range in our e-shop.

Wheels and tyres

✅ Tomason TN29 wheel set
✅ Continental SportContact 7 tyres
✅ Ceramic wheel coating

We spent a really long time choosing the wheels with Martin, and in the end we agreed on Tomason TN29s. To go with a white car with black accents we chose the gloss black version.

We also chose wheels that would genuinely benefit the car. Until then Martin had been running the original 19" wheels, each weighing over 14 kg. The Tomasons we supplied, although wider, weigh 8.37 kg. An absolutely brilliant weight that helps the handling by reducing unsprung weight. Room for 4-piston brake calipers was also important: only a few aftermarket and original wheels fit over them without spacers, but these do.

We also supplied the tyres, had the wheels fitted with them and had a professional certified ceramic coating applied by our partner DreamDetail.