Skoda Rapid 2013: More than a hatchback version for Europe possible

Skoda Rapid 2013: More than a hatchback version for Europe possible. The Czech manufacturer is willing to participate fully in the segment C. The compact sedan segment in which we see the Alfa Romeo Giulietta and the Volkswagen Golf, in the top of the cusp. Still, Skoda wants to attack him with a proposal Hatchback version of the Skoda Rapid, a three-volume model, which has developed from a conceptual idea. Some rumors speak, that this concept car has been specially designed for Asian markets and South America, and in particular to emerging markets, without discarding our market. Discover the hatchback version ...

New Skoda Rapid Hatchback 2013 ...
Thus, a hatchback version seems to be official, or at least, the development is closer than we expect, only for 2013. According to reliable sources have informed the company, Jürgen Stackmann, Head of Sales and Marketing, Skoda, in an interview with the British Autocar.

There are no official information or details on the future model, far from spy photos also revealed Stackmann not much about it. The truth is, this new sedan Skoda will have a design very similar to Skoda Rapid, which opened its aesthetic does nothing and has been well received among customers of Czech house.

MQB platform
The Skoda Rapid Hatchback 2013 is characterized by a peculiar form in the back of the model, like Volkswagen Golf VII of the VAG group. We can only hope that the Skoda Rapid in Hatchback version to get the same success this powerful automotive group.

Moreover, the Czech manufacturer has no plans to offer a three-door version, as the five-door version, it would be sufficient demand in Europe to justify the development costs of this additional variation.

As for the platform you develop the Rapid Hatchback, yet there is no guarantee that it will be on the same floor of Rapid in three volumes, and if it's one used in other models, or if you are born a new MQB modular platform Cross the engine, which would be a great novelty, which will take possession of all new mid-range models of the Volkswagen group.

To market competition and
the new model will compete with models of two volumes of the Volkswagen Group, which includes the new Audi A3 or Seat Leon, after the restyled, and even the Chevrolet Cruze 2013, the sedan version was announced a few weeks ago.

Regarding his debut, the Head of Sales and Marketing, Skoda, assumed without any certainty that his arrival might be expected for next year. As soon as we have more information, do not doubt that you will catch ... Skoda Rapid Hatchback by 2013?