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9 Jul 2019, 9:57 UTC ·
by Daniel Patrascu
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The first ever city SUV designed by Skoda, the Kamiq, has officially started rolling off production lines in Mladá Boleslav, marking an important moment for the carmaker as it seeks to expand even further into this growing segment.
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Built to complete the range that until recently comprised only the Kodiaq and Karoq, the Kamiq is intended to be a noteworthy proposition for European city dwellers in terms of what it has to offer, but also because of its price.
Announced at the beginning of the month, pricing for the SUV starts at €17,950, just a few hundred euros above the price of the much smaller Scala model.
The Kamiq is built on Volkswagen’s MQB platform, and is about the same size as the German T-Roc, but uses the revised design that debuted in 2018 on the Scala.
At launch, the Scala comes equipped with a choice of three gasoline and one diesel powerplants, all of them with direct-injection, a start/stop system and turbocharged.
The gasoline lineup starts with the 1.0 TSI that develops 95 PS and is paired to a manual 5-speed gearbox and ends with the 1.5 TSI that develops 150 PS and maximum torque of 250 Nm. The only diesel engine on the table is the 1.6 TDI good for 115 ps and 250 Nm of torque.
The Kamiq enters a booming segment. In 2018, compact SUVs sold 12.3 million globally, while SUVs posted sales of 6.6 million units. And there’s room enough for the Kamiq too, despite in-house competition from Volkswagen’s city SUVs, the T-Roc and T-Cross.
“Over the past few months, we have made all of the provisions in production and logistics to successfully launch the Kamiq in the city SUV segment,” said in a statement Michael Oeljeklaus, Skoda executive in charge with production.
“We are convinced that – in typical Skoda style – the Kamiq too will impress our customers with its excellent quality and many practical features.”
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