最近谍照记者拍到了斯柯达昕锐后继车型谍照，第一眼看上去该车就像昕锐Spaceback，但这款五门掀背车是一款全新车型。该车基于大众集团灵活的MQB平台，比昕锐Spaceback更大。该车在明年发布后也将比昕锐Spaceback更上档次。这款车上市后将替代昕锐liftback和Spaceback。虽然新车的原型车几周以前刚刚首次被谍照记者拍到，但斯柯达近日已经开始测试采用量产版车身和照明系统的新一代昕锐了。这意味着距离该车的官方发布进一步临近了，最近有报道称该车将于明年发布。为了突出其与现行版昕锐没有关联，斯柯达将为该车起一个全新的名称。斯柯达销售和市场部门主管AlainFavey透露，昕锐将变身成为“真正的高尔夫竞争车型”，这款车与斯柯达最畅销车型明锐也有很大不同。由于驾驶员将这辆车开到极限，因此记者能感受到该车比昕锐驾驶性能更优异。由于新车的操控更灵敏，舒适性进一步提升，技术含量更高，因此将进一步提高昕锐后继车型的市场定位，以便使其能与高尔夫和福特福克斯争夺市场。
Skoda Rapid Successor Seems Sporty In Spy Video Debut
It may look an awful lot like the Skoda Rapid Spaceback at a first glance, but this five-door hatch is an entirely new car. Built on the Volkswagen Group’s flexible MQB platform, the compact car is bigger than the model we’ve mentioned and is set to be a more upscale product once it will come out next year. When then camouflage will come off, it will replace both the regular Rapid liftback and the fancier Spaceback.
Even though the prototype was seen for the first time just about a week ago, Skoda is already testing the Rapid replacement with what appears to be the full production body and lights. It means the official premiere is closer thank you might think, with recent reports indicating it will take place early next year. To further emphasize it basically won’t have anything in common with the current Rapid models, the Czech marque is going to give it a new name.
The company’s sales and marketing boss, Alain Favey, has revealed the Rapid will be transformed into a “real Golf contender” and that there will be major differences between the new model and Skoda’s best-selling car, the Octavia. With the test driver pushing the prototype to its limits, we’re getting the feeling the new compact car will be a lot nicer to drive than the rather numb Rapid available nowadays in showrooms across Europe.
Giving it sharper handling while boosting comfort and the increasing the level of onboard tech are some of the ingredients Skoda is using to push the Rapid successor’s upmarket in a bid to go after the Golf and Focus.