Skoda Rapid

Once the launch of the new Fabia by Skoda was released the head of the company Thomas Kuehl announced that this was not just going to be the only Skoda to be released this season.  It is also going to be that the company wanted to create a car that was going to be for all markets and while the Fabia did great for many of the world’s markets out there, there was one that did not do particularly great in.

That was why Skoda wanted to begin the creation of a car that was going to be a force on the Indian market; they wanted a car that was specifically designed for the car market in India and there was big speculation over what was going to be involved in this design.

It was said that the Skoda manufacturers wanted to call this the new Rapid; this is going to be a sedan which is going to be very similar to the Fabia platform.  However it is said to be in direct competition with many great cars already out on the market such as the Honda City, the Hyundai Verna, and the Vento by Volkswagen and the Linea by Fiat also.  It may be that the launch date is somewhere between September and October in 2011 so it is a nervy wait for the launch date.

It is thought that the Skoda Rapid will have a fantastic 1.6 litre petrol engine which comes from the Volkswagen make which makes the car a lot more stable and trustworthy of course.  Everyone knows that the Skoda Octavia is going to be designed for the Indian market – in fact it was designed to be put across the Indian market but with Rapid this is going to be one of the newest sedans.  This has been created for the Indian market in deed because there has been a big demand over this manufacturer to come up with something that can match the other cars on the market in India.

The Skoda Rapid is going to have a diesel engine that is equipped with a 1.6 litre engine though if the diesel version is not wanted then there is a petrol engine available.  There are similar versions of the Skoda that are going to have a few similar features from the car but the image of both the rear and front will be changed a little.

This Rapid is going to have a very new and conventional boot that is more expanded so there is a lot more room in the car for the diesel engines but with the basic petrol versions there might be an actual difference from the price.  That is going to be a lot more expensive going with the diesel version but it probably would not be a lot of thousands in the differences of price but be careful, sometimes the diesels are worth going for but so are the petrol’s, so take time when trying to make the choice.

The thinking over the price is going to be at least over ten thousand but every part of the Rapid is going to be imported and it has been made sure that only the highest quality of parts are bought and imported.

This latest Skoda is going to be an inspired actually by the Vision D design which was actually shown at the Auto show at Geneva.  This was really revealed better this year and was already thought to be one of the best on show that year and is expected to do better when the official release date.

With the new Skoda Rapid expected to be coming out later in the year, many people will believe that the car is really going to surpass itself when it comes to creating a newer frenzy for Skoda’s.  It is thought that the new Skoda is going to be the one type of car that will surpass every other competitor out there today.   No-one seriously thought that the Skoda was actually going to any competition to the likes of Ford, BMW and the Honda but this really is.

The Rapid is expected to be out definitely by the end of the year which hopefully by then, the many questions that everyone has asked will be answered.

Further Readings:

• Skoda Octavia Tour
• The New Skoda Superb At Geneva