Skoda is celebrating 20 years of its vRS performance brand in the UK with a look-back at its value-driven range of high-speed models.

Twenty years on from the launch of the 180PS, £15,535 Octavia vRS Mk1, the Czech car maker’s range now features a 245PS plug-in hybrid and the seven-seat Kodiaq vRS SUV.

Here we take a quick look back at the birth of a badge and all that followed in pictures:

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