Skoda Rapid...official pics

pburns

OK...hats off to Skoda for not watering down the concept car too much. It really does look clean and crisp. Granted the photo car is high-spec in white but nothing outlandish.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/284842/skoda_rapid_first_pics.html

Christ if these cues are transfered to the next Octavia it might actually be almost handsome:eek:!

colm_mcm

This would be a modern day polo saloon/cordoba then?

dharn

its just a passat for gods sake, i was expecting something exciting

colm_mcm

Hints of the merc c class around the back, not exactly a looker though.

The Muppet

I think it looks good.

pippip

very dated rear end on it. Front looks pretty sharp but that back is awful

colm_mcm

Last model cordoba looked good in the pictures too, like a mini Alfa 159 from some angles, I'm guessing in reality this skoda will be tall, long and narrow with a huge boot and no rear legroom.

The Muppet

500 + liter boot is massive all right, rear leg room will likely have been sacrificed to accommodate the boot.

vectra

dharn wrote: »

its just a passat for gods sake, i was expecting something exciting

Passat is a much bigger car. This one is slightly smaller than the current Octavia.

cgarrad

Seriously????

Awful Nissan Tiida



New Skoda:



Its desperate, sorry

aujopimur

It looks a lot better than the last Skoda Rapid.

Daniel S

I think it looks really really good!

gollywog

I really dont like it

ShadowHearth

Misleading car name is misleading.

mike65

Meh looks like a Octavia after a hot wash. Fat arse, middle aged trouser waistline, horrid snout of a front end.

Zubeneschamali

Skoda promises well over 500 litres of boot space

Oooh, a Skoda, but with a big boot! What'll they think of next?

JJJJNR

The boggo version we will get is going to be like the tiida, a horrible looking thing. even with the huge alloys and the while paint.. :rolleyes:

spank_inferno

Firstly, for something that is based on the Polo / Fabia / Cordoba platform its pretty impressive.

As far as I know, it will not be replacing the Octavia, that will remain.

However my issue is, why did they bother?

As someone who has owned both a Fabia (saloon) and an Octavia I don't see the market need for something in between.
The Fabia had class leading boot capacity and adequate legroom in the back.

I think its nice, but considering Skoda's existing offerings I'm not sure it will find its place.

vectra

spank_inferno wrote: »

Firstly, for something that is based on the Polo / Fabia / Cordoba platform its pretty impressive.

As far as I know, it will not be replacing the Octavia, that will remain.

However my issue is, why did they bother?

As someone who has owned both a Fabia (saloon) and an Octavia I don't see the market need for something in between.
The Fabia had class leading boot capacity and adequate legroom in the back.

I think its nice, but considering Skoda's existing offerings I'm not sure it will find its place.

Next Gen Octavia is going to be bigger. ( nearer the Superb size )

This is a slot between to replace the current octavia,

vRS version might be a nice touch

dharn

vectra wrote: »

Passat is a much bigger car. This one is slightly smaller than the current Octavia.

coudn't judge the size from pic so it looks like a shrunken passat from the front the passat being the blandest design i have seen in years

Tea 1000

Seems pointless to me. Then again, it is replacing that horrible Fabia saloon... what a manky car they were!
Also don't see the point in making the Octavia nearer the Superb size.

high horse

The new Seat Toledo is the same car essentially, and IMO it looks even more dull than the rapid

alias no.9

spank_inferno wrote: »

Firstly, for something that is based on the Polo / Fabia / Cordoba platform its pretty impressive.

As far as I know, it will not be replacing the Octavia, that will remain.

However my issue is, why did they bother?

As someone who has owned both a Fabia (saloon) and an Octavia I don't see the market need for something in between.
The Fabia had class leading boot capacity and adequate legroom in the back.

I think its nice, but considering Skoda's existing offerings I'm not sure it will find its place.

Maybe the Fabia will remain as a hatch only. This really isn't much to get excited about. It may not be as ugly as a Tiida, but a supermini platform stretched to c segment size, with no doubt a very basic suspension setup, so it's the same basic recepie. Maybe think of it more as a Fiat Linea which is a more elegant execution of the Tiida recepie.

spank_inferno

vectra wrote: »

Next Gen Octavia is going to be bigger. ( nearer the Superb size )

This is a slot between to replace the current octavia,

vRS version might be a nice touch

I see!

I wonder if this will eventually result in the Superb being increased in size to keep things consistent?

I'd hazard a guess if there was a VRS version it would be the 1.4 polo-GTI rather than the 2ltr

Altreab

vectra wrote: »

Next Gen Octavia is going to be bigger. ( nearer the Superb size )

This is a slot between to replace the current octavia,

vRS version might be a nice touch

When is the next generation Octavia due out?

voojeq

guys the first rapid wasn't rapid either with 1.3 engine and 60 hp underneath



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

vectra

Altreab wrote: »

When is the next generation Octavia due out?

Josef Kaban says:

"The new Octavia is finished, everything is ready. Now, it is in demanding testing. Octavia looks very sporty. I think you'll like it," he adds. "Every time I see it, I'm happy," he says with a smile.

Octavia 3 is ag good as ready to go into production.
Word has it that the Octavia Hatch is due in March, then April for the estate and the VRS in June << The vRS I would take with a pinch of salt... I think 2014 would be more like it.

On another note.
There is some interesting information here >> http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/02/mqb-20120201.html <<

alias no.9

voojeq wrote: »

guys the first rapid wasn't rapid either with 1.3 engine and 60 hp underneath



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

Not much power but great fun in a wet field back in the day;)

joe 77

It doesnt look to bad, but really would have to see one in Paddy spec before I make up my mind

bazz26

It's basically the VW Vento that is built for the India/China market since 2010 which shares alot of the stuff with the current Polo:





New Skoda grill looks very similar to the new Kia grill too. Should sell well here as the Irish love pint size saloons. Opel are even going to start importing a saloon version of the current Astra too.

colm_mcm

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

Brian?

voojeq wrote: »

guys the first rapid wasn't rapid either with 1.3 engine and 60 hp underneath



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

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

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

colm_mcm

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

mike65

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).

kona

Horrific looking thing.

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.

Brian?

colm_mcm wrote: »

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

A communist Porsche 911.

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:

vectra

Spotted a few days ago by a fellow Briskodian in Vienna

Definatley needs the boot filled with something heavy

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.

colm_mcm

That's an awful looking yoke

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.

Ded_Zebra

Just another pile of meh.

Not really ugly just impossibly mind numbingly bland.

bazz26

Just as VAG want a Skoda to be.

vectra

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

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)

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?

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.

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:

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.

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