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Skoda Kamiq Latest Updates

Introduction of Skoda Kamiq

Skoda released an interior sketch of the upcoming Vision IN SUV on December 18, 2019. It is the first vehicle to be built on the MQB IN A0 platform. The Skoda Kamiq-derived SUV will be revealed at Auto Expo 2020. However, the carmaker has also told us that it will not be launched in India until 2021. Since it is based on a new platform, the Vision IN will have different dimensions to the Euro-spec model. For one, we know that it will be 4.26 metres long, or about 20mm longer than the Kamiq.
The SUV will be powered by a 115PS 1.0-litre TSI petrol engine. Skoda Kamiq will offer a 7-speed DSG option alongside the 6-speed manual standard transmission.

Earlier, the Skoda Kamiq had scored a 5-star rating in the Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) safety test, which is considered the most stringent safety test in the world. It scored top marks thanks to safety features like front assist, 9 airbags, an autonomous emergency a braking system as well as a lane assist system.

Skoda Kamiq engine and power

Engine-wise, the Skoda Kamiq is simple. No hybrids, and since diesel sales will account for only five per cent of Skoda’s business, we’ll not worry about the 1.6 TDI much. Petrol power comes from either a 1.0-litre three-cylinder or a 1.5-litre four-cylinder, both turbocharged. You can have a six-speed manual or seven-speed DSG auto gearbox.

Skoda Kamiq BS6 Specification 

Skoda’s smallest SUV-hatchback-crossover thingy yet. The Skoda Kamiq is smaller and cheaper than the Kodiaq and Karoq and completes Skoda’s triplet of SUVs. VW classmate Seat has the same set-up: teeny Arona, middle-sized Ateca, and big-boy Taracco. VW has the T-Cross, T-Roc and Tiguan. You really ought to know the formula by now. These things are everywhere.

That means you’ll also have a pretty good idea of what the Kamiq’s going to be like before you climb inside, and it doesn’t disappoint. It doesn’t wow or surprise either. It’s a small Karoq. Skoda might try to tell you that because this is its first car with scrolling LED indicators, or because it has a buggy upside-down face with the headlights under the LED running lights, that it’s somehow edgier and cooler and riskier than other Skodas. It isn’t.

You still get an ice-scraper under the fuel-fuller cap, a clip for clamping parking tickets to the windscreen and a solid interior made with plastics deliberately chosen to be 28 per cent less plush than what you get in a VW. It’s very much business as usual here – pleasingly unpretentious but also deeply uninteresting. Is that a problem for honest family transport? We’ll come back to that in a moment.

All Kamiq drive their front wheels. And the spec list is simple: basic S trim cars should start at around £17,000, then there’s SE, and SE L levels to upgrade. Skoda reckons a mid-range 1.0-litre SE manual will be the best seller, so that’s what we’ve concentrated on testing. If you’re in the market for an extremely sensible, almost painfully worthy set of small family wheels at a reasonable price, then read on. If not, maybe just pop the kettle on instead.
No major missteps in here, just the usual Skoda gripes of hard plastics cynically are chosen to widen the perceived quality gap between this and its VW Group classmates. However, if you can live with the fact that the bits of the dashboard you never touch isn’t as plush as others, and that the cupholders and door handle go for toughness rather than tactility, then the Kamiq’s utilitarian and simple cabin will find favour.

You can have fully digital dials, which offer a useful array of layouts, and the main touchscreen’s tile-based interface is logical and snappy. Beware that the 9.2-inch top-spec version is so obsessed with a minimalism that there are no manual volume and zoom knobs for maps and lists, and tweaking the interface on the move is a pain. Happily, Skoda has kept physical knobs and buttons for the climate control, and thoughtfully chromed them. Nice touch.

Skoda’s the claim of having the roomiest car in its class is borne out by the echoing chasm you discover when opening the generous rear doors. It’s roomy enough for three adults across the back, and the rear seats are unusually comfortable for an entry-level small crossover. Homework has been done here. In fact, unless your offspring is of the overnight-lanky teenage variety, you’d get away with a Kamiq instead of going for the bigger Karoq.

Given so many of this car’s rivals prioritise looks over usefulness, cars like the Hyundai Kona and Kia Stonic, Vauxhall Crossland and Renault Captur offer nowhere near this much room. Even VW’s larger T-Roc won’t be noticeably more spacious. And Skoda hasn’t nicked litres from the boot to give this bizarrely commodious cabin a boost – you get 400 litres of cargo room. What’s more, eschewing a pathetic ‘coupes’ roofline means visibility is decent too.