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Skoda’s Kodiaq, the largest model in the Czech brand’s portfolio, is the most recent product that is being considered for a performance version.
While its smaller brother, the Superb, was also being imagined as a vRS model, the possibility of developing a Kodiaq with this nameplate is stronger. This is a valid statement because Skoda’s sister brand, SEAT, is already testing a performance model based on its first SUV, the Ateca.
With a new sporty version of an SUV developed on the MQB platform in hand, the bosses of the Volkswagen Group might sign off the same kind of project for the Czech automaker. Previous statements made by Skoda’s CEO this year described the biggest cars in the range as having “serious potential” for vRS versions.
Even though it might appear redundant to have two performance SUVs on the same platform, especially for a corporation like the Volkswagen Group, the Skoda brand could bring in a new dimension to the concept. The described aspect is based on the fact that the Kodiaq is available in seven-seat configurations.
Skoda could play the “spacious interior” card when presenting the possibility of a Kodiaq vRS, which has the possibility of opening up another segment – spacious SUVs with sporty driving capabilities. If you think about it, no affordable model on the market offers all of the described elements in a single package.
If Skoda does get the green light for this model, you can expect to see it in 2018, with a market launch in 2019. The Kodiaq vRS model was supposed to be launched after the performance version of the Superb, but the latter might be delayed. After all, the Volkswagen Group is cutting costs, and sedans are not selling as well as they once were.
A supposed power plant for the Kodiaq vRS would be the 2.0-liter TSI engine, which is successfully applied with about 300 HP for the Seat Ateca Cupra. Skoda might offer a TDI alternative as well, just like it does with the Octavia range, but that has not been decided yet.
With a new sporty version of an SUV developed on the MQB platform in hand, the bosses of the Volkswagen Group might sign off the same kind of project for the Czech automaker. Previous statements made by Skoda’s CEO this year described the biggest cars in the range as having “serious potential” for vRS versions.
Even though it might appear redundant to have two performance SUVs on the same platform, especially for a corporation like the Volkswagen Group, the Skoda brand could bring in a new dimension to the concept. The described aspect is based on the fact that the Kodiaq is available in seven-seat configurations.
Skoda could play the “spacious interior” card when presenting the possibility of a Kodiaq vRS, which has the possibility of opening up another segment – spacious SUVs with sporty driving capabilities. If you think about it, no affordable model on the market offers all of the described elements in a single package.
If Skoda does get the green light for this model, you can expect to see it in 2018, with a market launch in 2019. The Kodiaq vRS model was supposed to be launched after the performance version of the Superb, but the latter might be delayed. After all, the Volkswagen Group is cutting costs, and sedans are not selling as well as they once were.
A supposed power plant for the Kodiaq vRS would be the 2.0-liter TSI engine, which is successfully applied with about 300 HP for the Seat Ateca Cupra. Skoda might offer a TDI alternative as well, just like it does with the Octavia range, but that has not been decided yet.
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