斯柯达近日发布了一组柯迪亚克RS设计草图，该车更突出了运动风格车身设计，这也是斯柯达首款RS版本的SUV。柯迪亚克也是斯柯达首款采用人为引擎声浪增强器和首款标配20英寸轮圈的车型，而在趣图上，该车配备的轮圈尺寸似乎更大了一些。虽然从趣图上似乎看不到车门把手，不要因此以为车厂创造了全新的车门打开方式，实际上，该车仍将配备传统车门把手。此外，该车还采用了更大后视镜和细窄车柱。虽然发布了设计草图，但车厂并未透露该车细节。我们只知道该车将搭载一台双涡轮增压柴油引擎，功率176千瓦/236马力，扭矩500牛米，但还有待官方确认。这款七座SUV在纽伯格林赛道测试时配备了全部LED前大灯，内部标配数字仪表群。车身侧面可见17英寸刹车盘和红色卡钳，为柯迪亚克RS提供了强劲的制动力。另外值得注意的是，前格栅和尾门上以及车内座椅上绣的”RS“logo，或许方向盘上也有同样装饰以彰显其独特身份。预计斯柯达将在巴黎车展发布，如果车厂提前在线发布也丝毫不奇怪。

 

Skoda Kodiaq RS Sketches Make It Look Nicer Than The Real Thing

Skoda must be thinking a day without a teaser is a day wasted as the once humble brand of the Volkswagen Group keeps coming out with previews for its Kodiaq RS. The automaker from Mladá Boleslav has published a couple of design sketches accentuating the sporty body of what will go down in history as Skoda’s first RS-badged SUV.

 

Speaking of firsts, the speedy Kodiaq is the company’s first production model with an artificial engine sound enhancer and also the first to ride on 20-inch wheel as standard equipment, although the ones depicted in the adjacent teasers look way bigger. Don’t go thinking Skoda has invented a new way to open the doors without the need of conventional handles as the real thing will have them, along with significantly larger side mirrors and much thicker pillars.

 

Despite coming out with numerous teasers like there’s no tomorrow, Skoda is still being rather coy on details. We only know the Kodiaq RS has a twin-turbodiesel engine channeling 236 horsepower (176 kilowatts) to both axles. We can probably safely assume torque stands at 396 pound-feet (500 Newton-meters), but it’s better to wait for an official confirmation. The fastest seven-seat production SUV at the Nürburgring will have full-LED headlights and the swanky digital instrument cluster as standard equipment. Those gargantuan red calipers hug 17-inch brake discs to provide the Kodiaq RS with the optimal stopping power. Also noticeable is the new red “RS” logo mounted on the front grille and on the tailgate, as well as onto the seats and quite possibly in other areas such as the steering wheel.

 

We’ll get to see the production-ready Skoda Kodiaq RS at the Paris Motor Show from early October, although we won’t be too surprised if the reveal will take place online a few days sooner.