Skoda has slid into the document books but once more with its newest publicity stunt to advertise the recently-revealed Enyaq RS iV electrical SUV.
On January 19, 2023, motoring journalist Richard Meaden took a largely unmodified Skoda Enyaq RS iV and drifted repeatedly for a Guinness World File-breaking 7.351 kilometers.
It beat the earlier document set in China throughout 2022 by over 1.1 kilometers.
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This record-breaking feat was performed on a round monitor measuring 188.496 meters in circumference on the frozen Stortjärgen lake close to Östersund, Sweden.
The Enyaq RS iV set a brand new Guinness World Data title for the “longest steady car drift on ice”, in addition to the “longest steady drift on ice (electrical automotive)”.
Guinness World Data adjudicator and worldwide drifting choose David Kalas witnessed the drift, and the outcomes have now been formally verified.
A complete of 18 hours of drifting was put in throughout 5 full days in sub-zero temperatures.
Skoda set the document on its fourth day on location following quite a lot of apply runs with totally different tire mixtures.
The record-breaking mixture had been 20-inch alloy wheels wrapped in Däckproffsen 245/35 R240 ‘occasion tires’ on the entrance with 600 5mm studs, and Nokian Hakkapelitta 255/45 R20 tires on the rear with 300 2mm studs.
It took the Enyaq RS iV 15 minutes and 58 seconds to finish the record-breaking drift, with it going across the round monitor 39 occasions.
These two newest Guinness World Data carry the Skoda RS nameplate again to the limelight, as in 2011 Mr Meaden took an Octavia RS and achieved a Southern Californian Timing Affiliation (SCTA) land velocity document for a 2.0-liter forced-induction manufacturing automotive of 365.45km/h.
The Skoda Enyaq RS iV is the model’s second all-electric RS-branded car and follows the sleeker-looking Enyaq Coupe RS iV.
It is based mostly on the Volkswagen Group’s modular MEB structure and is powered by a dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain producing complete system outputs of 220kW of energy and 460Nm of torque.
Skoda claims it may well do the 0-100km/h dash in 6.5 seconds, and flat out you will be doing 180km/h.
That is mated to an 82kWh battery pack with a claimed vary of over 500km in keeping with an undisclosed testing normal.
Thanks partially to the lowered chassis (15mm on the entrance and 10mm on the rear), the Enyaq RS iV has a drag coefficient of 0.265, in comparison with 0.248 for the coupe SUV model.
Skoda in March 2022 confirmed it plans to carry the SUV and coupe SUV Enyaq iV vary to Australia, however manufacturing shortages imply it will not be ready to start taking orders until the second half of 2023.
Primarily based on the present timeline, deliveries in all probability will not begin till 2024.
It is nonetheless unclear if Skoda plans to carry the high-performance RS variants.
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