From the expected to surpass Volkswagen to being questioned whether it will withdraw from the Chinese market, the growth path of the Skoda brand in China can be regarded as ups and downs. But in fact, the production of the Skoda brand still has excellent quality in the joint venture brand, after the launch of the Octavia PRO in 21 years, the flagship model of its SUV, kodiak, will also usher in a mid-term redesign in the near future, can it become a quick-acting savior of Skoda?
This redesign will simultaneously update the kodiak and kodiak GT two models, but the kodiak GT will not change too much in the appearance of the kodiak gt, so it can also be seen that the focus of the change is the kodiak that the market is more popular. The whole car is still integrated into a lot of Czech crystal cutting elements, and this kodiak redesign is to continue the octavia PRO routine, on the basis of the overseas version, the introduction of the RS sport version of the model design, in the front bar part will be more obvious, in addition to the larger change of the position and the use of thicker borders in the front grille, headlight style has also been slightly adjusted, and with the official map of this new blue, the visual effect is indeed much younger than before.
The side of the body and the current Kodiak have not changed much, the size of the 4701/1883/1676mm, the wheelbase is 2791mm, basically not much change. The waistline from the headlights to the rear makes it a very representative Ashkenazi style on the side. In addition, the square wheel arch and luggage rack have not changed much, the silver chrome trim strip under the encirclement has been cancelled, and the door handle has been replaced by a chrome style, the overall sense has become stronger, and the wheel hub style has become a petal style that is more accepted by consumers.
In terms of tail styling, there was no major change, but the position of the original plastic edge of the rear bar became the same color spray paint of the body, and the biggest change was that the tail light replaced the sport style that was closer to the Kodiak GT, which further strengthened the element of crystal cutting, and then matched with a new bilateral two exhaust tail throats, which also enhanced the sense of sport.
According to many insiders, the interior of kodiak and kodiak GT will be a highlight of this mid-term redesign, but there is still no exposure of relevant official drawings, we can only see from the design drawings, the interior will synchronize the public's "digital cockpit" thinking. The whole design is also relatively close to the Octavia PRO, to be honest, in terms of the interior, it is actually a major pain point of the Kodiak system, especially at this level, the two sides of the door panel is still using hard engineering plastics, it is indeed difficult to make consumers satisfied, so the focus of the interior rectification, the direction is also correct, especially emphasizing, although the appearance of the new Kodiak GT has not changed much, but the interior changes are synchronized with the two cars.
Of course, in terms of power, there is basically no need to expect too many changes, it is estimated that it will be the same as usual use of 220 horsepower, 350 N·m and 186 horsepower, peak torque 320 N·m high and low power EA888 third-generation 2.0T engine, and matched with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, high-end models will also provide BorgWarner's four-wheel drive system, although now look at this set of powertrain data is not so leading, but the victory is stable, well, yes, do not burn oil.
There is no doubt that this mid-term change is indeed a targeted upgrade to the shortcomings of the current model, but if you want to rely on Kodiak and Kodiak GT as a quick-acting savior to save Skoda, it is obviously too high. After all, in the same price point, the massive number of SUV of independent brands that take the high-end route has greatly encroached on the market of compact SUVs, on the other hand, as a volkswagen brand that has previously reached a long time with Sko, especially the growth of Tiguan L and Tanyue has slowed down, and its concept of "digital cockpit" has not played a decisive role in the growth of the volkswagen brand, let alone get the side of Skoda.
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