Skoda Rapid (2013) - Automotive News

CAR GARAGE | Skoda Rapid (2013) | The Skoda Rapid impresses with lots of room, an expressive design, an excellent price-value ratio, offering a comprehensive safety and efficient engines. In short , it is a car permitting mobility in a comfortable, reasonably priced and environmentally friendly package. The right car at the right time, "says Skoda CEO Winfried Vahland. "The launch of the Skoda Rapid means we are firing the next stage of Skoda's model offensive. The Skoda Rapid will be built at Skoda's plant in Mladá play Boleslav in the Czech Republic. The Rapid's figures for knee and head room are best in class, as is the boot at 550 litres - truly family-size.

The Skoda Rapid is also big on active and passive safety. The stiff body ensures excellent deformation behavior of the car in a collision. Six different EU-5 engines will be available for the Skoda Rapid, Including four petrol and two diesel versions. The Rapid comes with engines putting out Between 55 kW and 90 kW - from a three-cylinder MPI via a fourcylinder TSI to a four-cylinder common-rail diesel, manual transmissions being available as is a doubleclutch DSG transmission.

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The entry-level petrol engine is the three-cylinder 55 kW (75 hp) 1.2 l MPI with a combined mileage of 6.1 l/100 km and CO2 emissions of 137 g per km. Optimised engine setup and modifications to the intake manifold and exhaust have permitted raising the engine's power compared to the one available in other Skoda models. This engine comes with a manual six-speed transmission. The top-of-the-line petrol engine is the 1.4 l 90 kW (122 hp) TSI, consuming 5.8 l/100 km and producing CO2 emissions of 134 g / km. This engine comes with the automatic seven-speed DSG double-clutch transmission.

In Europe, the Skoda Rapid will be available with a total of four petrol and two diesel engines, all of them conforming to EU standards 5. The entry-level petrol engine is the 1.2 l MPI, three-cylinder producing 55 kW (75 hp). The other petrol engines are the 1.2 l 63 kW (86 hp) TSI, the 1.2 l 77 kW (105 hp) TSI and the 1.4 l 90 kW (122 hp) TSI. The 1.6 l TDI CR version is more powerful, putting out 77 kW (105 hp).