Czech automaker told in detail about the ambitious brand plans for the release of new products, including a more affordable electric vehicle, which will become the second fully electrical model after ENYAQ.
Skoda will present a new generation of Fabia hatchback in May. Also, the Czech brand is working on the version of the model in the body of the station wagon. The current Fabia is the last of the compact models of the VW Group concern, which has passed to a more modern MQB A0 platform, which is used in all car giant cars - from the current Polo to Seat Arona and Audi A1. Edition Speedme.ru has previously published information about the novelty obtained in the press service of the brand.
Speaking at the annual press conference Skoda, General Director of the company Thomas Schafer said that the new Fabia was one of the most exciting news of the brand in 2021. Shafer also announced that the current Fabia sold with the COMBI console in continental Europe will receive a successor. The Fabia wagon will go on sale in 2023 and will be built at the Skoda plant in Kwasires as part of the development plan, which also includes a new generation Superb.
Schafer said that the work on the successor of the flagship hatchback Skoda has already begun, and that it is being developed with the next generation VW Passat. Skoda plans to postpone the production of Superb with the release of the new version of the model in 2023.
According to Schar, Skoda "wants to be part of the VW Group project to create ultra-compact electric vehicles on a new platform called Meb Entry.
"At the moment it is the topic of the VW GROUP. If the group is working on this, we want to be part of this, "said the top manager. "We see that at the moment the brand Skoda plays a major role in this segment, at least with cars with DVS."
Meanwhile, Schaer confirmed that the next full-size model of the company on the MEB platform will be more affordable than recently represented by ENYAQ. However, what will be for the car, he siled. This may mean that the second line of Skoda electric vehicles, in fact, will be a reduced version of ENYAQ in the bodie of the crossover.