It's makeover time for Skoda's entry in the popular compact crossover segment. Since the Yeti has not been around for that long as it was launched onto the European market in 2009, there are no big changes for this mid-life refresh, just a few cosmetic tweaks here and there to keep it looking fresh. Read more »
Czech carmaker Skoda is more or less done hiding its Rapid sedan prototypes, one of which was snagged by our scoop photographers while running around the Nürburgring racetrack in Germany.
Skoda's engineers simply applied some convincing, but fake, decals on the tail lamps, the top part of the headlamps, and the rear door lines, just to keep our spies on their toes.
Other than that, what you see in these pictures is what European buyers will get when the compact sedan model makes its first public outing at the Paris Motor Show this September before reaching dealerships at the end of the year.
The European market Rapid (Skoda also sells a smaller and unrelated Rapid sedan in India) is the production variant of the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show Mission L Concept.
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There's a new Skoda coming to town and these are some of the first spy photos of the soon to be revealed compact sedan, which will be based on the Mission L Concept study exhibited at last year's Frankfurt Motor Show.
There has been some confusing concerning the production version of the Mission L (we still don't know what Skoda will name it) and the Czech automaker's Rapid small sedan that was recently launched in India.
It is to our understanding that while they are probably related, at the same time, they are different models, with the Rapid being a rebadged VW Polo sedan.
For one, whereas the Rapid has a third side window housed separately in the C-column, both the concept and the prototype Mission L incorporate the triangular pane on the rear door.
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