Europe is not any match for the flamboyant police automotive fleet of the UAE and even Australia. Nonetheless, sometimes, we come throughout one thing extra thrilling than the usually mundane police automobile that roams the streets of the Outdated Continent. Skoda presents a devoted lineup of automobiles transformed for emergency companies—not only for police squads but in addition for medical groups, hearth departments, and rescue models. Within the UK, the new Octavia RS studies for obligation.

Simply so we’re clear, the Czech automaker doesn’t deal with the conversions itself. As a substitute, the extra sensible counterpart to the Volkswagen Golf GTI is modified by authorised companions which have Skoda’s blessing. This service is described as a “one-stop store conversion bundle” designed to make it as simple as potential for authorities to order specialised automobiles for numerous functions.

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2025 Skoda Octavia RS police automotive

Photograph by: Skoda

2025 Skoda Octavia RS police automotive

The Octavia RS proven right here relies on the fourth-generation mannequin, which underwent a mid-cycle facelift a few 12 months in the past. Echoing the Golf GTI, it packs extra punch than earlier than. The turbocharged 2.0-liter gasoline engine has been massaged to ship 261 hp, a 20-hp enhance. Torque remained unchanged, at a GTI-matching 272 pound-feet (370 Newton-meters).

Whereas the GTI comes solely as a hatch, the Octavia RS will also be ordered as a extra sensible wagon. VW nonetheless comes out on high by providing a Golf R Variant with effectively over 300 hp and all-wheel drive. However I digress. The Skoda is offered solely with a seven-speed, dual-clutch automated transmission and hits 62 mph (100 km/h) in 6.4 seconds. The marginally heavier wagon takes an additional tenth of a second to get the job finished.

This isn’t the primary Skoda RS to obtain the police automotive therapy within the UK. Again in 2019, the Kodiaq RS–nonetheless holding the document for the quickest seven-seat SUV across the Nürburgring–was outfitted with emergency lights and livery. A 12 months later, the high-performance SUV was repurposed as a part of an air ambulance service, responding to emergencies through the night time when helicopters weren’t in operation.

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Skoda even has a devoted web page on its official web site about specialised automobiles. The Kodiaq has been reworked right into a cell pen for transporting four-legged members of the police pressure. The massive SUV options two separate, air-conditioned packing containers within the again. Past Octavias and Kodiaqs, the Fabia supermini, smaller Fast sedan, Karoq compact crossover, electrical Enyaq SUV, and the flagship Very good have all morphed into police vehicles.