Skoda Rapid made it’s global debut through a television show. NDTV Car and Bike Show managed to preview Skoda Rapid Sedan to the world ahead of it’s commercial launch scheduled to happen in November. As we reported earlier  Skoda has already started manufacturing of Rapid Sedan in VW Group’s Pune factory. Skoda Rapid will get engines (1.6ltr Diesel and Petrol) from  VW Vento and a five speed manual and six speed auto box.

In the recent past Skoda’s C-Segment offering Rapid has been emerged as  a hot discussion topic among automobile media. The Fabia based sedan was earlier known as Skoda Felicia but later speculated as Skoda Lauretta. But this entry level sedan offering with Fabia like front  and Skoda Laura like  rear is now officially labeled as Skoda Rapid. Skoda cars are known for their attractive styling, in Rapid as well Skoda managed to bring a stylish sedan without  making any ground breaking design attempts. The  front  with Skoda’s signature grille is very familiar to us, the side profile resembles to VW Vento but looks curvier. In the rear, tail lamps shows  Skoda’s  design style. Like other Skoda sedans C – shape is very much visible.

Skoda Rapid looks like a plane sedan which mainly intended to attract entry level sedan buyers. Rapid may emerge as a crowd puller if Skoda prices  it well. But what we need to wait and see is, how equipped are  Skoda’s dealerships to handle such a high volume product? Skoda is expected to price Rapid base model  from little excess of Rs.7.5 lakhs and the top end variant may come closer to  Rs.10 lakh mark.

The unveiling of Skoda Rapid brings few questions to our minds. Can Skoda Rapid ever replace old Skoda Octavia? will Skoda bring an all new sedan based on Skoda MissionL concept  to replace  Octavia ..? Too early to answer them so stay subscribed to get more  clarifications from official source.

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