After the highly successful Enyaq, Skoda scored another hit in the form of its little brother, the Elroq, which is currently the best-selling electric car in Europe. This may change with the even smaller Epic, which will have a slightly smaller range but a significantly lower price – around $30,000 in US currency, although it is not available in North America.
The Epic will be a car that will be similar in size to the Fabia on the outside, but with interior space closer to the Kamiq or Karoq. It will compete for attention in the new class of more affordable electric cars with its siblings, the VW ID.Polo and ID.Cross and possibly the Cupra Raval, as well as rivals from Renault and Kia. Impressive sales are expected.
But Skoda isn’t sitting idle, and even before the Epic hits the market, it’s already unveiling another model. However, this time it’s from the opposite end of the spectrum.
Despite its image as a budget brand, Skoda has no plans for its own version of the miniature Volkswagen ID.Every1 (or whatever that car is called), and is instead preparing a vehicle that will be the highlight of the MEB platform that is used across the Volkswagen Group. The only large car you can buy on a proven platform, despite its age, is the retro ID.Buzz van.
sneak peak
The Skoda Peak will be a large family SUV that will also be available in a seven-seat configuration and is expected to be 16 feet, 5 inches long. Looking at the platform used, we can expect largely similar technology to the Elroq and Enyaq models, but with the longer wheelbase hopefully we’ll see a larger battery similar to the ID.Buzz and the larger ID.7. After all, the Vision 7S concept SUV that Skoda has been testing for the past few years was already supposed to have an 89-kWh battery.
We will have to wait for the official presentation of Peak for technical details, which is expected to happen soon. But right now, we can already get a good idea of what the new model will look like.
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