Being an attractive brand in Europe, Skoda still has no interest in entering the North American market. When you look at a Skoda, you will instantly notice its simplicity. That’s how the exterior looks. Deep inside, however, it’s actually a well engineered machine.
One example of Skoda worthy of your admiration is the all-electric Skoda Enyaq iV vRS, which has recently broken the record for the ‘Longest Continuous Vehicle Drift on Ice’. It scored the achievement by drifting around a course on a frozen lake in Sweden.
The crossover slid continuously on a 1.2-mile ice circuit for almost 16 minutes, thus covering 4.568 miles. Since it’s an electric car, it also smashes the record for the longest ice drift for an EV.
Going from 20 to 30 mph, the Enyaq iV vRS wasn’t really fast when doing its record-setting run. After all, what Skoda wanted to achieve was the longest ice drift in an EV instead of the fastest one.
The keys to the Enyaq iV vRS’s success in holding such a long drift were none other than its Däckprofssen studded tires. Behind the wheel, there was EVO magazine journalist Richard Meaden who helped the EV complete the run.
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