Recently, some overseas media said that Skoda Karoq has begun to start production in two overseas factories, Mladá Boleslav and Kvasiny, and plans to start landing overseas dealers for sale in April this year.
The new car still retains some of the design elements of the original model, but has made a lot of fine optimizations in the details, and the shape has become more aggressive in line with the aesthetics of young consumers, and it has also been equipped with Volkswagen's latest 1.5T engine to further improve the core competitive advantage.
After the new Skoda Karoq was updated, in addition to retaining most of the classic design elements, the overall shape became more youthful, and it was equipped with two sets of different styles of appearance for consumers to choose from.
The front face of the new car has a huge change, using a black waterfall-style mid-mesh design, and the lower part is replaced with a more sporty kit, which has a bit of RS kit charm.
The other version is more restrained, also using a blackened grille, but with a certain sense of refinement around the grille.
It is worth mentioning that this update still retains the design of the split headlights, but the internal details of the light group have been adjusted to become more sharp and slender, and the day running lights have also adopted a 3D fault design, which has improved the sense of refinement a lot.
Coming to the side of the car, the body did not adopt a large number of troublesome line design, and the waist line extended from the front of the car to the rear of the car, which was very tough.
However, it is worth mentioning that the new car adopts a new low wind resistance style wheel design, and it is reported that the wind resistance coefficient has been reduced to 0.30Cd, an overall increase of 9%.
Coming to the rear of the car, the rear lights of the new car have become more slender, more appropriate to the angular tail design, and the tail logo has also adopted a blackening treatment, which is more sporty.
The lower bracket is in a hidden exhaust layout, while the other version is embellished with chrome trim strips with two different styles of rear enveloping design.
Similarly entering the interior, the new car adopts a digital interior layout, which is more minimalistic. It is equipped with a three-frame multi-function steering wheel, an LCD instrument cluster and an 8-inch central control touch screen. At the same time, the new car still retains some of the commonly used utility physical buttons, which can make it easier for drivers to perform blind exercises.
The interior of the new car also has two different design styles, the main sports version will have a more wrapped and more enveloping sports seat, while the main comfortable and luxurious version will be adjusted at the trim and the material of the seat.
In terms of power, the new car will come with five powertrain options, namely:
1.0T+6MT, maximum horsepower 110Ps, peak torque of 200N·m
1.5T+6MT/7DCT, maximum horsepower 150Ps, peak torque of 250N·m
2.0T+7DCT (gasoline), maximum horsepower 190Ps, peak torque of 320N·m
2.0T+6MT/7DCT (diesel) has a maximum horsepower of 116Ps and a peak torque of 300/250N·m
2.0T+6MT/7DCT (diesel) has a maximum horsepower of 150Ps and a peak torque of 340/360N·m
The Skoda Karoq is positioned as a compact SUV that faces competitors such as the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and Nissan X-Trail.
Honda CR-V
Guidance price: 16.98-27.68 million yuan
Toyota RAV4 boom
Guidance price: 17.58-25.98 million yuan
Nissan X-Trail
Guidance price: 18.19-26.29 million yuan
The updated Skoda Karoq has been finely optimized for both exterior styling and interior design, and has also introduced two different design styles for consumers to choose from, as well as up to five powertrain options, and the fault tolerance rate will become even higher.