{"id":904756,"date":"2026-05-10T05:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/overdrive-tests-volkswagen-taigun-facelift-bmw-f-450-gs-skoda-octavia-rs\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T05:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:13:52","slug":"overdrive-tests-volkswagen-taigun-facelift-bmw-f-450-gs-skoda-octavia-rs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/overdrive-tests-volkswagen-taigun-facelift-bmw-f-450-gs-skoda-octavia-rs\/","title":{"rendered":"Overdrive tests Volkswagen Taigun Facelift, BMW F 450 GS, Skoda Octavia RS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-list-19902420\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p><a title=\"home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/\">Home<\/a><span><\/span><a title=\"Auto News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/auto\/\">Auto News<\/a><span><\/span><span>Overdrive tests Volkswagen Taigun Facelift, BMW F 450 GS, Skoda Octavia RS<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"art-entry-wrap\">\n<p><h2>This week on Overdrive, the team puts three exciting vehicles through real-world tests. The refreshed Volkswagen Taigun facelift is taken on a long highway drive to assess comfort, practicality and performance. BMW\u2019s new F 450 GS is tested to see if it can balance adventure riding with daily use. The iconic Skoda Octavia RS is also driven to understand why enthusiasts continue to love its mix of speed, handling and practicality.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>By <b>CNBCTV18<\/b><span>May 9, 2026, 2:49:16 PM IST (Updated)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video_container-19902420\">\n<p><img alt=\"CNBCTV18\" title=\"CNBCTV18\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/static\/images\/cnbc-new-logo\/cnbc-default-logo.svg?impolicy=website&#038;width=1280&#038;height=720\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>First Published:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>May 9, 2026 2:48 PM<\/p>\n<p> IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/videos\/auto\/overdrive-tests-volkswagen-taigun-facelift-bmw-f-450-gs-skoda-octavia-rs-19902420.htm\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Vrushali Sawant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Auto News Overdrive tests Volkswagen Taigun Facelift, BMW F 450 GS, Skoda Octavia RS This week on Overdrive, the team puts three exciting vehicles through real-world tests. The refreshed Volkswagen Taigun facelift is taken on a long highway drive to assess comfort, practicality and performance. BMW\u2019s new F 450 GS is tested to see<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":904757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97420,4665],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-904756","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-overdrive","8":"category-tests"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}