斯柯达明年将发布新一代昕锐，这款五门紧凑型掀背车将现行的取代昕锐Liftback/Spaceback车型，不过该车将会有一个全新的名称。斯柯达对于新一代昕锐有一个庞大的计划，将这款车推向更高端市场，成为能与大众高尔夫和福特福克斯比肩的车型。虽然这次是谍照记者首次拍到新一代昕锐，但该车采用的是量产版车型，而且是最终设计。该车外观与上面提及的Spaceback并非完全不同（毕竟这两款车都是掀背车），但仍有一些值得注意的改变。首先，前大灯重新塑形且更具棱角，而且是全部LED光源，而引擎盖造型也明显不同。前保险杠造型由于采用了更大进气口，看起来更具侵略性。另外，新车的车门把手位置更低，车厢形状也改变了，但现在不能确定的是，后门往后位置是否还像现行版Spaceback那样还有玻璃车窗。后保险杠底部看起来有点怪，希望这只是伪装造成的假象。车尾可见一对硕大排气尾管，类似VisionX概念车的尾灯组，不仅是全新的，而且比现行版的尾灯组更宽。这次记者没有拍到内装照片，但预计内装布局将与VisionRS概念车有很多相似之处。这辆展示车将在10月的巴黎车展亮相，它不仅是昕锐后继车的概念车型，而且在昕锐生命周期后半程还将有一款RS版本，该车将成为高尔夫GTI和福克斯ST的竞争车型。
2020 Skoda Rapid Successor Makes Spy Photo Debut
Underneath all that camouflage hides an all-new Skoda model we shall see in final form at the beginning of next year. The five-door compact hatchback will replace both the Rapid Liftback and Rapid Spaceback available today, but it will go by another name to reflect its new status in the company’s expanding lineup. The Czech marque has big plans for the Rapid replacement as it will push the model upmarket to go after the likes of the Volkswagen Golf and the Ford Focus.
Even though this is the very first batch of spy shots, already the prototype caught on camera appears to have the full production model as well as the final lights. The shape of the vehicle isn’t all that different compared to the aforementioned Spaceback (they’re both hatchbacks after all), but we can already notice some changes worth mentioning. For starters, the reshaped and angled headlights appear to be of the full-LED type, while the hood clearly has a different contour. The front bumper seems to be much more aggressive thanks to the generous air intakes masked by the swirly disguise plastered all over the body. We can also observe the door handles sit a bit lower and the greenhouse has been altered, but we can’t quite figure out whether there’s still a glass section aft the rear doors like on the current Rapid Spaceback.
The lower section rear bumper looks a bit odd, although we’re hoping it’s just because of the camouflage. Don’t say you haven’t been warned, but the prototype appears to feature a pair of ghastly exhaust finishers installed just for décor. The Vision X-inspired taillights are completely new and much wider by extending onto the tailgate.
Images of the interior are not available in this initial set of spy shots, but we’re expecting it to have many things in common with the Vision RS concept’s cabin. Pictured above, the showcar will be unveiled next month in Paris to preview not just the Rapid successor, but also a potential RS version slated to arrive later in the model's life cycle to fight the Golf GTI and Focus ST.