Skoda is planning a range of Enyaq iV electric models over the next few years as it looks to capitalise on the growing demand for EVs, and new spy shots show the sloping-roofed coupé version nearly undisguised.
The Enyaq, revealed earlier this year, is Skoda’s first bespoke EV and is based on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB electric modular platform.
A Kodiaq-sized large SUV, it will offer from launch two rear-wheel-drive variants with 242 miles and 316 miles of range, plus two four-wheel-drive variants, one of which is badged vRS.
Now Skoda’s sales and marketing boss, Alain Favey, has told Autocar that more variants are due. He said: “We think the Enyaq is the perfect right step, and there will be a range of Enyaqs that will be expanded over the years.”
Given the flexibility of the MEB platform, the cost-effectiveness of different bodystyles is easier to justify across all Volkswagen Group brands than for traditional cars.
The upcoming Volkswagen ID 4 will receive both regular SUV and coupé versions, and spy shots of a prototype have shown that Skoda will follow the same route with the Enyaq.
While it appears identical to the regular Enyaq from the front, things change from the B-pillar backwards, with a reduced glasshouse, a rising shoulder line and a roofline curving into a steeply raked rear screen and short, saloon-style tailgate.
The Enyaq coupé, whose production name hasn't been confirmed, will use the same underpinnings as the regular Enyaq. That should mean a range of rear- and four-wheel drive powertrains, kicking off with a rear-driven 177bhp model with a 62kWh battery and rising to the vRS with 302bhp, four-wheel drive and an 82kWh battery.
It remains to be seen if the redesigned rear end has a positive impact on range; sister brand Audi’s E-tron Sportback achieves an extra 6.2 miles over the regular E-tron, thanks to a lower drag coefficient. It’s likely the Enyaq’s altered roofline will have a similar effect.
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It’s not a coupe though, is it
Please can you stop peddling the manufacturers cobblers PR spin for these variants.
If these were not SUV/Crossover things then we'd be calling the standard car an estate and this variant would be nothing more than a hatchback. After all, the roof height at the B post is often common between both standard car and hatch variant.
BTW this is another example of my long believed theory. The most practical version of any car cannot be cool or desirable - fact. S-max could only be desirable because Galaxy existed. Estates only really became desirable after MPVs appeared. So even if the less practical version is a munter (looking at you X6), some people will always find it a more desirable option.
Oh, and Skoda have lost the plot. This Enyaq is dull, yet fussily styled, whether you choose estate or hatchback imho.
I think the standard Enyaq is
I think the standard Enyaq is a pretty dumpy looking thing, so this is a slight improvement.
Its just more of the same though ..
Another styling clone.
Another styling clone.
And heavy with it, so not exactly a belle of the ball.
Then again, Skoda (like BMW and Audi) insists on making each new model a little uglier than the last.
Sigh.