With 2021 just around the corner, Skoda is gearing up to overhaul the fastest seven-seater SUV on the Nürburgring, the Skoda Kodiaq RS.
Equipped with a four-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 2.0 l that produces 240 hp and 500 Nm and whose announced emissions and consumption are fixed, respectively, at 211 g/km of CO2 and 8 l/100 km, the Kodiaq RS does not it is properly Skoda's “best friend” when it comes to reducing the range's average emissions.
For this reason, the Germans from Auto Motor und Sport realize that the successful sports version of the Czech SUV will no longer be marketed, thus helping to meet the (even) more restrictive emission targets that come into force in the next year.
A goodbye or a goodbye?
Interestingly, according to Autocar (and Auto Motor und Sport itself), this disappearance of the Skoda Kodiaq RS it is more a “see you” than a definitive “goodbye” of the most powerful variant of the Czech SUV.
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According to Skoda, a new Kodiaq RS is expected to arrive when the model undergoes the typical middle-age restyling (which should take place sometime in 2021). Faced with this confirmation, there is a big question that arises: which engine will you turn to?
Although some rumors suggest that it will be able to rely on the plug-in hybrid powertrain of the new Octavia RS iV — which has a combined power of 245 hp and 400 Nm — the Germans at Auto Motor und Sport do not seem convinced by this possibility.
According to them, Skoda may be more interested in offering the Kodiaq RS with a gasoline engine. In this way, the Czech brand would ensure that those interested in a more powerful and electrified variant of its SUV would rather opt for the more powerful versions of the new Enyaq iV.
Sources: Auto Motor und Sport, Autocar, CarScoops.