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New Skoda Octavia to grow bigger
The next Skoda Octavia will be bigger than the current car, allowing the manufacturer to offer a smaller, big-value model below it.
The next Octavia will sit on the new ‘modular’ chassis that’s been developed across the Volkswagen Group. Called MQB, it made its debut at the recent Geneva motor show, underpinning the latest Audi A3.
However, while the A3, the forthcoming Mk7 Volkswagen Golf…
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Skoda seven-seat SUV on the way
Skoda is planning a new seven-seat SUV that will fit above the Yeti in its range.
The new model is viewed internally as a ‘bigger brother’ to the successful Yeti. Skoda is not keen on squeezing an extra pair of seats into its existing SUV to create a Yeti+2, as Nissan has done with the Qashqai.
It is not yet clear what model from the Volkswagen Group the new car would be based on, but Skoda’s…
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Skoda Citigo GT unlikely
Skoda has ruled out the possibility of a faster version of its Citigo, in the style of the Volkswagen Up GT, for the immediate future.
Instead, Skoda will focus on special-edition Skoda Fabia models. ‘We are looking to design vehicles like the Fabia Monte Carlo. The GT editions work for VW, but not so much with us,’ said Stackmann, Skoda board member for sales and marketing.
‘The vRS brand…
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Skoda Citigo five-door
Skoda Citigo five-door to be unveiled at Geneva Motor Show in March
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