Skoda restarts crossover Karoq for Europeans

24 January 2019

Will I get another compact crossover Skoda Karoq diesel?

 Czech company Skoda has officially announced that its new product for the European market compact crossover, which will show in March 2019 at the Geneva motor show will be like making his debut in the Chinese market of the same name sibling Kamiq.

Chinese budget crossover Skoda Kamiq debuted in April 2018

Chinese model 4390х1781х1593 mm (with roof rails 1606 mm) with a wheelbase of 2610 mm and a ground clearance of 175 mm is equipped with only petrol 1.5-litre MPI (110 HP, 150 N•m) 5-speed manual gearbox or 6-step "automatic".

The new crossover is nothing unusual in its appearance will not be rather typical for the modern line of Skoda exterior

Unusual (though except for a few overexposed the letter q in the name) the model name was taken from the language of the indigenous people of Northern Canada and Greenland, i.e. Inuit. Accordingly, in the aboriginal language Kamiq denotes a subject which is fused with its owner as a "second skin".

In the interior Chinese Kamiq is nothing unusual – a combination of the familiar signature elements of the Skoda. by the Way, the display panel 8-inch size

Technically nothing unusual in the European version Kamiq no – a single platform MQB and design in the style of the concept Skoda Vision X, shown a year earlier in Geneva. Accordingly, Kamiq will be the cheapest crossover, which the Czechs offer to the European market.

It is possible that the European Kamiq be more like the youth Vision X concept shown at Geneva'18

It remains to wait for the Geneva motor show to find out exactly how euroKaroq different from chinaKaroq, including the design and range of engines. So, will do the new product without recently-so beloved by the Europeans diesel?