Skoda's big 2020 debutant - the Enyaq iV electric SUV - has leaked online ahead of its planned unveiling tonight.
Images posted on social media are said to show the new EV hours ahead of the big event. They appear to be official press shots, revealing a design significantly different from other models built on the Volkswagen Group’s new MEB platform.
The model is the first car Skoda built from the start as a dedicated electric model. It's predicted to be larger than its closest sibling, the upcoming Volkswagen ID 4. It appears to feature a backlit grile - another first for the brand. The latest shots also reveal an interior that moves traditional brand design elements into a new layout.
Skoda’s lighting design boss, Petr NevÅ™ela, claims the headlights take after the flatter, “more dynamic” units of the Skoda Scala and Kamiq. More crystalline elements are said to have been incorporated into the front and back lights, too. NevÅ™ela says the additions “enhance the innovative character of the new Enyaq iV”.
More broadly, Skoda says the exterior of the car possesses "emotive lines and balanced, dynamic proportions".
The brand's exterior design boss, Karl Neuhold, claims the Enyaq iV features proportions that "differ from those of our previous SUV models". The car's shorter front end and longer roofline "creates a very dynamic look and transforms it into a proverbial 'space shuttle'".
Neuhold claims the MEB platform and the lack of a combustion engine allows for short front and rear overhangs. The body is "more elongated and extremely aerodynamic", with drag coefficient rating of just 0.27Cd.
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I've noticed this in all your
I've noticed this in all your Enyaq coverage so far, but you keep saying '125kw unit' when discussing the battery. I assume what you mean by this is that the MEB platform's maximum capacity ~85 kwh battery charges at a peak rate of 125 kw, and this largest battery delivers the range of ~310 miles. I know its a more minor point, but doesn't quite make sense with how you currently phrase it, so you might want to clarify it in future.
Anyway, shame it's leaked but it confirms my opinion that it's a fairly typical Skoda. Looks like the one in the pictures might be an Enyaq 80. It's a real shame they've gone down the fake grille route, instead of the more interesting body-coloured one on the Citigo-e iV. Seems like the previous 'design sketches' were pretty accurate too. Now all that's really left is to see whether it's affordably priced.
Oh my!
The first two images, to me that looks slightly like an X3 BMW!
The more we 'see', the more
The more we 'see', the more it just looks like all Skoda's current models ....