In case you’re hoping the brand new Skoda Epiq electrical compact SUV goes to be pitched in opposition to the Chinese language manufacturers with $40,000 pricing in Australia then you might be disillusioned.
First footage and particulars of the Epiq have been revealed by the Czech Volkswagen group division in March, with goal pricing from €25,000 when it goes on-sale in Europe in 2025.
That interprets to round $40,000, which would definitely be tempting for a 4.1m five-door five-seat SUV with an anticipated vary as much as 400km.
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The issue is, the €25,000 Epiq might be a naked bones automotive and that isn’t the way in which Skoda goes about its enterprise in Australia.
If it involves Australia – it’s not but confirmed – the Epiq might be effectively outfitted by way of expertise, security and luxury options – and that can drive the worth up.
“You might want to evaluate apples with apples,” Skoda Australia managing director Michael Irmer mentioned.
“We actually need the automotive,” he added. “It’s not confirmed for Australia but, however we’re engaged on it.”
In the meantime, Skoda Australia has confirmed its first battery electrical automobile on-sale in Australia would be the Enyaq SUV in its flagship coupe physique type.
The extra conventional wagon physique is on-hold for now.
That’s all about giving the Enyaq some extent of distinction within the more and more crowded mid-size EV SUV house, the place it can combat the likes of the Tesla Mannequin Y, Hyundai IONIQ 5, Toyota bZ4X and upcoming Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.5, with which the Enyaq shares underbody parts.
The Enyaq coupe will arrive in 210kW common rear-drive kind and because the sportier RS in October or November and priced from round $70,000 – though Skoda isn’t giving a lot away about these types of particulars in the mean time.
Different EVs anticipated to come back to from Skoda quickly embody a medium electrical SUV known as the Elroq that’s but to be revealed in-full and an all-electric seven-seat SUV previewed by the Imaginative and prescient 7S idea.