2021 Skoda Rapid RS Rendered, Needs at Least 200 HP
12 Aug 2020, 18:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There's no place like Russia to build a fast, affordable RS model, because Europe's emissions regulations are too strict
2021 Skoda Rapid Scout Looks Like a Dacia Stepway, But Better
24 Jul 2020, 20:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Rapid is not dead in Russia, where they just bolted on the face of the Scala hatchback to make this brand new model. Will they have a "Stepway" version too?
Skoda Rapid Gets Impaled by Bamboo Poles in China
13 Jan 2017, 18:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / China might have plenty of Czech-badged cars, but this crash is straight out of a kung-fu movie. We're glad there's no bamboo in the Western world
Skoda Rapid Facelift Gets Fabia Headlights, 1.5 TDI in India
4 Nov 2016, 14:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This Indian Skoda Rapid facelift is likely to end up in China as well. The front end is really good, shame about that back!
2017 Skoda Rapid Gets 1.4 TDI Engine, Videos for Scoutline and Monte Carlo
9 Aug 2016, 02:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Were it not for these videos, we would never have noticed that Skoda did something to the engine range of the Rapid models
Skoda Rapid Spaceback ScoutLine Revealed with Extra Ruggedness but no AWD
8 Jul 2015, 13:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Frankly, we expected more from Skoda, as the Rapid Spaceback ScoutLine doesn't even come with tougher suspenion. All you get is a bunch of plastic parts
Skoda Rapid Production Reaches 500,000, It's Their Second Best Seller
30 Jun 2015, 10:20 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Skoda Rapid arrive in Europe in 2012, but there are factories in Russia, India and China as well. This is their second best selling car
Skoda Rapid Spaceback 3-Door Rendering
16 Oct 2013, 09:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you exclude the little Citigo, which doesn't have that much rear passenger space anyway, Skoda doesn't offer a 3-door car and hasn't done so since Volkswagen bought them. Not ha...
Skoda Rapid 1.2 TSI Raced at Nurburgring
14 Oct 2013, 11:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We once knew a guy who honestly believed the Skoda Octavia is the only car 90% of people would ever need. But that was before the Czechs came out with the Rapid sedan. This compact model has been...
Skoda Rapid 1.2 TSI Dyno Test: 115 PS and 194 Nm
14 Sep 2013, 15:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ever since it replaced the 1.6 FSI engine, the 1.2-liter TSI has been a mainstay of Volkswagen Group’s compact car segment in Europe. You can't even buy a cheap Golf without getting one o...
Skoda Reveals Rapid StylePLUS Special Edition
26 Aug 2013, 11:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After only a year on the market, Skoda's affordable Rapid sedan has been enjoying good sales numbers. The Czech carmaker has used this time to determine what its customers want more of, which s...
Skoda Sales Down in First Half of 2013
2 Aug 2013, 07:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Skoda's semi-annual sales press releases starts off on a positive tone, saying that the first half of 2013 represents an important chapter for the Czech company, after it has launched so many n...
One Millionth Skoda Made in China
9 Jul 2013, 11:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Fresh industry news from Skoda today, as the Czech carmaker is celebrating its one millionth cars that's "Made in China". Shanghai Volkswagen has been making Skodas since 2007 and tod...
Spyshots: Skoda Rapid Spaceback
4 Jul 2013, 15:53 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / About a month ago, we got the first hint of this car, the new Skoda Rapid Spaceback. It's a hatchback version of the car we already know and is difficult to class. However, the new model doe...
Skoda Rapid Combi Spotted Almost Undisguised
22 May 2013, 08:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While we're busy dreaming of ever hotter versions of their cars, Skoda is sticking to what it knows best and is making ever more practical cars. Among the new models planned by the Czech carmak...
Skoda Announces Best August Sales Ever
17 Sep 2012, 13:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With 67,700 units delivered in one month and an increase of 12.1 percent over the previous year. there’s little surprise that Czech carmaker Skoda is reporting its best August sales in the com...
Skoda Rapid Hatchback Speculatively Rendered
12 Aug 2012, 08:07 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / To our eyes, the new Skoda Rapid sedan is quite a bland-looking car, which despite adopting the look of the much more eye-pleasing Vision D concept (the Mission L followed it - it was the former whi...
Skoda to Make Rapid Variant with Classic Hatchback Shape in 2013
31 Jul 2012, 11:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Shortly after the launch of the Rapid, Skoda has confirmed that it is in fact working on a ‘proper hatchback’ version of the car. According to autocar.co.uk, the car will draw inspiratio...
Skoda Planning to Push New Octavia Upmarket
24 Jul 2012, 09:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Skoda’s Octavia is easily one of the most successful cars not made by a gigantic manufacturer (albeit one that is part of a gigantic carmaker). It has sold really well throughout most of Europ...
Skoda Rapid First Driving Scenes
20 Jun 2012, 15:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We aren’t sure that this video that surfaced on the internet is a genuine advertisement for the car, intended for public showing, as it is, honestly, way too boring, and the qualit itself is v...