Just like at the end of the last year in the case of the
Skoda Octavia RS, the Czech automaker mistakenly (or not) leaked a new model in
its online car configuration utility, allowing everyone to see a lot of details
of a yet to be announced model. This time we are talking about the new Skoda
Rapid Spaceback which showed up in the online car configuration utility on the
Dutch version of the Skoda website. Thus, everyone could get a good look at the
new break model of the Czech automaker.
The Skoda Rapid Spaceback looks quite a lot like the Audi A3
Sportback (hence the name similarity Sportback – Spaceback). Still, we must
keep in mind that the name shown on the website could just be a prototype
version of the name and the official stage name to be different.
The Skoda Rapid Spaceback will use the same platform as the
Volkswagen Polo, only longer, with a couple of borrowed elements from the MQB
which is the new platform of Volkswagen. The MQB platform was the base for a
lot of new models from the German automaker like the Audi A3, Volkswagen Golf,
Seat Leon and the Skoda Octavia.
There are no official technical details yet, but it is
expected that the Skoda Rapid Spaceback will have the same engine options as
the sedan version. More details will most likely be revealed at the
International Auto Saloon in Frankfurt which
will take place later this year, in the autumn.
Photos via: autoforum.cz
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