Skoda Mission L Concept

[dArK5HaD0w]

i like the looks of this new "baby octavia"......aka "Mission L Concept"......aka "Skoda Lauretta"
SMH article here

[SKODA vRS147]

Looks good to me as well - as long as it comes in Yellow.

[gldgti]

Getting in will be the hardest part.

[woofy]

I know they have done up the design of the upcoming Octy and the Superb, I'm betting they will look a lot like this, interesting how they are going back to the sharper angled lights again.....

[dru]

I really like it.

Would love to see a mean vRS version

[ausspace87]

Looks great. Skoda's current head of design is Jozef Kaban who designed the Bugatti Veyron. Need I say more.

Also liking this quote from the SMH article:

"and possibly a larger SUV based on the VW Touareg’s underpinnings."

[BlackOctaviaRS]

Back of it looks very Subaru Liberty...

[Jake02]

Back of it looks very Subaru Liberty...

Pre-ugly Subaru Liberty.*

To be honest I like the MissionL. Its conservative (at best) styling will win it many friends in its intended markets (China, Russia, India, etc) and the front 3/4 view looks good too! But it really looks like the stupid, awful, boring, yucky, sleep-inducing new Jetta (I know Octavias don't set your heart on fire but did VW really have to completely copy the Audi A4?). I really hope they up the ante on the style and emotional fronts for the hatchback version for the rest of the world because this preview for the car that's supposedly going to double their profits is bleak...

Skoda needs an MPV that isn't the Roomster (do a version of the Sharan/Albraham, already very-well done cars, and add some Czech practicality to it), particularly in Europe. A bigger Yeti - a Captiva-style 7-seat medium SUV and a Touareg-based SUV versions wouldn't be too bad! More performance models - RS' go HARD and a Superb that went similarly hard would be great as there is a big market for sports saloons worldwide. I know the VW Up!-based car's on its way and that's a good move too. An Amarok-based ute, especially as Skoda is the 'practical VW'? And don't get me started on Skoda Australia...

[space-godzilla]

Another article on the MissionL, in the New York Times no less!

[Gnat]

Looks good, but too much like the A4 to be honest.
ditto for a VRS picture

[woofy]

You all know the next Octy and Superb designs are done right and that this is pretty much the first views of what they will also be like. The team doing them all are Audi designers and so you are going to see some design cues there, but Audis are consistently good designs, so it can't go far wrong. From Matthew Weisners descriptions of the new models (Audi conservative with Skoda influence) you can pretty much see what he is on about here as this car pretty much sums up what he said.

Wonder what the interior is going to be like? Speaking of which has VAG got a new replacement for the RNS510, its getting a bit long in the tooth now......especially the navigation side is pretty poor.

[K1W1]

Wonder what the interior is going to be like? Speaking of which has VAG got a new replacement for the RNS510, its getting a bit long in the tooth now......especially the navigation side is pretty poor.

Likewise the MDI interface which needs to be killed asap in favour of standard USB.

[anthony]

I beleive this model will be Jetta 6 based ???

[gldgti]

and a Superb that went similarly hard would be great as there is a big market for sports saloons worldwide.

I think VAG are trying to get away from this, what with Euro7 being their target for models coming out in the near future and even tighter standards in the next 10 years.

Same with "SUV's" - its going to get pretty difficult to make big heavy awd vehicles meet the new standards and also get out their own way.

lightweight cars FTW - Incidentally, considering the amount of space in the current Octavia, I think cars around that size are the new big cars for VAG - like the jetta 6 - spacious without being cumbersome.