talib Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Skoda recently published a couple of teaser pics of the upcoming car, before finally publishing the third image and confirming that there indeed is a Rapid Spaceback headed our way! Accompanying the teaser is a line which reads: “Big news ahead in just a few days”. What we also have here are a couple of pics which could be the images of the “real deal”. Apparently, these images leaked on to the cyberspace sometime back, when Skoda accidently published them on its official website. The upcoming Skoda Rapid Spaceback is essentially an estate variant of the Rapid sedan. There is a good chance that this estate is being readied to plug in the gap between the Fabia estate and the Octavia estate. It may be noted that unlike in Indian car market, where demand for estate variants is as good as non-existent, European market has always welcomed these cars. Powering the Rapid Spaceback could be the same engines that power the sedan. This means that among other engines, the car would get a 1.2 TSI petrol motor that also powers the India spec Polo GT TSI. The Skoda Rapid Spaceback could be seen making its public debut at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show which is scheduled to be held in September. Source- motorids.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neerajd Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Although this car makes sense, estates have always been turned down in the Indian market. There may be a possibility that Skoda may look at this as an Ertiga rival with a little bit of extended wheelbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talib Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Interior and rear pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sstar Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Although this car makes sense, estates have always been turned down in the Indian market. There may be a possibility that Skoda may look at this as an Ertiga rival with a little bit of extended wheelbase. Totally agree, perhaps this could be a starting point for SKODA to look for a product based on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librankur Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 nice catch talib. how come no one of you is posting any photos of the front ? Should it be taken that the front has been left untouched if no pics are available. One more thing , this has been really designed well , i see sharp cuts which have these days become trademark of a hack job we see everywhere to meet the magical 4M figure ,so does it mean its under 4M ? Which would also mean it has been designed with India on its mind. Any dimensions available as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talib Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 @librankur No idea about dimensions but front portion is similar to all new octavia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talib Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 @librankur I only got this front view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librankur Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Great pic again. This is no small car but a full blown station wagon incarnation of the New Octavia. But havent Skoda done it before with the Old Octavia , that one also failed to leave a mark. The word Rapid confused me for a while as i begun seeing the Indian Rapid in it and the much talked about CS form of it under development. Anyways will like to see this front fascia on the Indian Rapid and New Fabia also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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