Skoda Australia has mapped out its launch calendar for the subsequent two years, and that features a pair of brand-new electrical SUVs at each ends of the dimensions spectrum.
The small Epiq and seven-seat Imaginative and prescient 7S will each arrive in 2027, bookending the Elroq and Enyaq and rounding out Skoda’s vary of electrical SUVs.
“2027 is the 12 months of the Imaginative and prescient 7S for Skoda,” mentioned Kieran Merrigan, Skoda Australia’s head of product and advertising and marketing, on the native launch of the Elroq.
“We’ll have the compact Epiq that may come into our market in 2027, which can sit in that small SUV section, below the medium Elroq and the Imaginative and prescient 7S.
“We’re constructing a electrical car vary from small to medium, giant, and higher giant. We can have a complete vary.”
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Above: Imaginative and prescient 7S idea
Often known as the Skoda Area, the Imaginative and prescient 7S was first teased again in 2022. On the time, the seven-seat household hauler previewed Skoda’s new ‘trendy stable’ design language that’s now being rolled out throughout the mannequin lineup.
The 4.9m-long SUV was spied testing in Europe again in January, with manufacturing anticipated to kick off subsequent 12 months. Nonetheless, Australia gained’t get the Imaginative and prescient 7S till 2027.
The Imaginative and prescient 7S idea wears the model’s ‘Tech-Deck Face’, skinny exterior lights, sharp physique traces and a new-age inside that includes a 14.6-inch touchscreen, 8.8-inch digital instrument cluster, an augmented-reality head-up show, rectangular two-spoke steering wheel, in addition to an built-in little one seat on the second-row centre console.
Although Skoda has but to element technical particulars for the Imaginative and prescient 7S, it’s anticipated to share the identical Volkswagen Group MEB platform underpinnings because the Enyaq, the Volkswagen ID.4 and Cupra Born, amongst others.
Above: Epiq idea
The Epiq, alternatively, will signify a extra inexpensive entry level into Skoda’s electrical SUV vary. Priced under $50,000, the Epiq will sit below the Elroq and compete with smaller SUVs such because the BYD Atto 3 and Kia EV3.
Particulars across the Epiq stay scarce, however Skoda has confirmed it will likely be 4.1 metres lengthy, have 490L of baggage house, and have a variety of as much as 400km on a full cost. The Epiq will likely be based mostly on the brand new MEB Entry structure.
Previewed again in 2024, the Epiq idea introduced with a production-ready tackle the ‘trendy stable’ design language.
Inside, key options embrace a 5.3-inch digital instrument cluster positioned in entrance of a two-spoke steering wheel. Within the centre of the dashboard is a big 13.0-inch touchscreen.
Along with beefing up its portfolio of electrical SUVs, Skoda can be planning to launch a battery-powered model of the Octavia, in addition to an electrical small automotive. These have but to be confirmed for an area launch.
