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Skoda's Chopped CitiJet Concept Is Ideal for an Austrian Summer Vacation

Before today, the Citigo was Skoda's least interesting car on the sales lot. Sure, the 3.5 meter mini is great for nipping around traffic, but it lacks that pizzazz that small cars from a few decades ago had, like the Lupo GTI, for example. That all stops with a concept called the CityJet, revealed today ahead of upcoming Worthersee GTI meet in Austria.
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It's not an official Skoda concept built for a major motor show, but a pet project made by Czech apprentices. And as we all know, apprentices have the sort of creativity and dedication men in corporate suits lack. What they decided the boxy A-segment car needed was a lot of extra fresh air, so they chopped the roof off and made it into a roadster.

Because the best fun is had in pairs, the rear seats have been removed and a small spoiler and some decking took their place. Everything happened under the direct guidance of Skoda's head designer Jozef Kaban.

Inside, the CitiJet comes with many parts borrowed from the Citigo's Sport trim level. These include the red-hemmed, leather-wrapped 3-spoke steering wheel, the leather-covered handbrake and gearstick. The 16 apprentices working on the project also chose to add a 300 watt sound system and blue LED interior lighting, all tied together with a blue-on-white paintjob.

The Czechs aren't the only ones bringing chopped hatchbacks to Worthersee. Their partners at SEAT took the Fabia's handsome brother, the Ibiza, and chopped it into a speedster-type sportscar. Somehow though, the student project from Mlada Boleslav seems more ambitious and fun, even though the 1-liter MPI engine in the CitiJet makes 75 hp, less than half of what the Ibiza Cupster musters.

Czech or Spanish – have your pick and tell us which you think is the best chopped concept of the Worthersee. Of course, if you think either of these cars should be built, feel free to let them know in the comment section below.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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