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Skoda Rapid...official pics

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    #32
    Brian?
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    voojeq wrote: »
    guys the first rapid wasn't rapid either with 1.3 engine and 60 hp underneath

    800px-Skoda_rapid_001.jpg

    i think that word "rapid" appeals to the look of the car not the performance as most of us may think

    the back may look awful but it reminds me the old rapid and i think this was the case for skoda engineers

    800px-Skodarapidback.JPG

    Now that's a handsome car. I'm deadly serious.

    Wasn't it real wheel drive as well? Looks like a mini Capri.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #33
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,384 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    It was rear wheel drive, the engine's in the back.


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    #34
    mike65
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    The old Rapid was the working unemployed mans Porsche 911, actually pondered buying one briefly in the early 90s (also thought about a Citroen GS so I was clearly thinking outside the box back then).


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    #35
    kona
    Registered Users Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    Horrific looking thing.


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    #36
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Looks like a late 90s hatch IMO. It's not bad until you get to the rear when it seems smaller than it should be.

    Also, the picture from the rear looks altered. Either that or the rear wheel has been changed for a bigger/wider model. In saying that I would like to see an rs model. If. The pricing was right it could work as a cheap city rocket.


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    #37
    Brian?
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    colm_mcm wrote: »
    It was rear wheel drive, the engine's in the back.

    A communist Porsche 911. :)

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #38
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,141 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Judging on how much a flop the last model Astra saloon was, they shouldn't bother.

    Lol, one of my uncles bought one. New one isn't as ugly, more like a shrunken Insignia:

    New-Opel-Astra-41-620x420.jpg


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    #39
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,507 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Spotted a few days ago by a fellow Briskodian in Vienna

    Definatley needs the boot filled with something heavy

    213190.jpg


    213191.jpg


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    #40
    spank_inferno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭spank_inferno


    I agree, the angle is a bit high.

    But the boot lines are quite nice none the less.

    I'm liking the silver on black logo also.


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    #41
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,384 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    That's an awful looking yoke


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    #42
    FGR
    Registered Users Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭FGR


    Looks well imo.

    That said the interior needs work as it looks more set to compete with the Polo and it's own Fabia as opposed to the Golf which a lot of magazines claim.


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    #43
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Just another pile of meh.

    Not really ugly just impossibly mind numbingly bland.


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    #44
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,141 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Just as VAG want a Skoda to be.


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    #45
    vectra
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    spank_inferno wrote: »
    I'm liking the silver on black logo also.

    They are the new badges across the range. Not sure when they started/will start using them.
    Hopefully my one will have them


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    #46
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    This forum has gone mad.
    Why is there a 4 page thread about a boring midrange Skoda?
    When the hell did Skoda get such a fan base?

    Ugly car, just like the rest of them.
    (Octi VRS is so so)


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    #47
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    CianRyan wrote: »
    This forum has gone mad.
    Why is there a 4 page thread about a boring midrange Skoda?
    When the hell did Skoda get such a fan base?

    Ugly car, just like the rest of them.
    (Octi VRS is so so)

    An opinions like an arsehole, everybody's got one:rolleyes:

    Would you prefer they stuck a different badge on it to make it more acceptable to speak of it?


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    #48
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    CianRyan wrote: »
    When the hell did Skoda get such a fan base?

    If skoda were a band, it would be Cold Play, bland, boring, but really popular amongst thirty something slightly boring people.


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    #49
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,507 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    vectra wrote: »
    They are the new badges across the range. Not sure when they started/will start using them.
    Hopefully my one will have them

    I take that back,
    I have been informed that the badges are only available on the citigo.
    They can be ordered seperate as well in self fitted.
    CianRyan wrote: »
    This forum has gone mad.
    Why is there a 4 page thread about a boring midrange Skoda?
    When the hell did Skoda get such a fan base?

    Ugly car, just like the rest of them.
    (Octi VRS is so so)

    Because member such as yourself replies to them for the sake of it,thus make it a post longer. :pac:


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    #50
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    CianRyan wrote: »
    This forum has gone mad.
    Why is there a 4 page thread about a boring midrange Skoda?
    When the hell did Skoda get such a fan base?

    Ugly car, just like the rest of them.
    (Octi VRS is so so)

    An opinions like an arsehole, everybody's got one:rolleyes:

    Would you prefer they stuck a different badge on it to make it more acceptable to speak of it?

    I love Nissan but I'd never start a thread about the Tiida or the latest Qashqui.
    Somethings just don't need to be talked about in such detail.


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    #51
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    CianRyan wrote: »
    I love Nissan but I'd never start a thread about the Tiida or the latest Qashqui.
    Somethings just don't need to be talked about in such detail.

    And you're adding to it lol:D


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    #52
    dharn
    Registered Users Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    skoda used to make cars that were worse than the trabant, but now they make great cars, im not a skoda fan but, you have to admire the progress they have made


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    #53
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,507 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    CianRyan wrote: »
    I love Nissan but I'd never start a thread about the Tiida or the latest Qashqui.
    Somethings just don't need to be talked about in such detail.

    But....But.... Isn't this a motoring forum where all sorts of cars are discussed.?
    Or am I missing something?


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    #54
    pburns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    CianRyan wrote: »
    This forum has gone mad.
    Why is there a 4 page thread about a boring midrange Skoda?
    When the hell did Skoda get such a fan base?

    Ugly car, just like the rest of them.
    (Octi VRS is so so)

    I started the thread and agree with you TBH:o!

    Ran away with myself a bit...the new Rapid just looks a bit better than I was expecting and I like the direction Skoda are going. I'd consider a next generation Octavia VRs if it offered bang-for-buck of the current model with more modern looks. It could be great everyday car but not worth going on and on and on about no...


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    #55
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users Posts: 11,866 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    pburns wrote: »
    I started the thread and agree with you TBH:o!

    Ran away with myself a bit...the new Rapid just looks a bit better than I was expecting and I like the direction Skoda are going. I'd consider a next generation Octavia VRs if it offered bang-for-buck of the current model with more modern looks. It could be great everyday car but not worth going on and on and on about no...

    I reckon you'd get bang per buck but not looks:)


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    #56
    Divorce Referendum
    Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭Divorce Referendum


    CianRyan wrote: »
    This forum has gone mad.
    Why is there a 4 page thread about a boring midrange Skoda?
    When the hell did Skoda get such a fan base?

    Ugly car, just like the rest of them.
    (Octi VRS is so so)

    Speak for yourself. You are getting all worked up about a thread on a new skoda. Is there a problem with skoda developing a fanbase?


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    #57
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Divorce Referendum wrote: »
    Is there a problem with skoda developing a fanbase?

    Of course not. It's brilliant marketing by Owens DDB that such a mundane brand can attract a fanbase. Did you go to the Cold Play concert? :pac:


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    #58
    Divorce Referendum
    Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭Divorce Referendum


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Of course not. It's brilliant marketing by Owens DDB that such a mundane brand can attract a fanbase. Did you go to the Cold Play concert? :pac:

    Each to their own. I have no problem with skodas or fans of them for that matter. You were going to buy a skoda if I remember correctly so maybe you are a bit bland and boring as you put it :D.


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    #59
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Divorce Referendum wrote: »
    You were going to buy a skoda if I remember correctly

    Until I had a proper butchers and drove one!!

    Edit; Actually, I forgot about the Yeti! They are pretty cool.


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    #60
    Divorce Referendum
    Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭Divorce Referendum


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Until I had a proper butchers and drove one!!

    Edit; Actually, I forgot about the Yeti! They are pretty cool.
    Did you go to the coldplay concert?:pac:


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    #61
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,519 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Divorce Referendum wrote: »
    Did you go to the coldplay concert?:pac:

    NO!!!!

    I went to the Stone Roses gig with lots of thirty and forty somethings.


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