Just a couple of days after images of its sister car, the Seat Toledo, leaked onto the Internet, the Å koda Rapid gets an official unveiling. As expected, it is a 99.5-percent facsimile of the Å koda MissionL “concept” revealed at last year’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
Given plenty of creases and sculpting, the Rapid is a sign of Å koda designs to come, which the brand calls “clear, precise, fresh, timeless and elegant.” To our eyes it certainly isn’t a bad way to keep an erstwhile Volkswagen Jetta fresh.
As with the Toledo, the price-value equation will be the Rapid’s unique selling proposition for those not smitten with its looks, yet being a VW product it still won’t skimp on engines: seven will be offered, five gas-powered and two diesels. Slotted between the Fabia and higher-end Octavia, the Rapid’s brand new looks should help it make a name for itself among family types.
We’ll see the real thing at the Paris Motor Show soon, and it will hit European showrooms shortly thereafter.
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