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Clltheroe Advertiser&Times,Thursday, February 14,2013


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SKODA’S Rapid squeezes into a gap in the range between the Fabia and Octavia, but it is not a great deal smaller than its big sibling and its boot is huge. It is clear where cost has been


taken out of the car, but it still ap- pears a quality product.


TDI guise. With no backstoiy to fill you in,


And an efficient one in 1.6-litre


you would probably peer under the Rapid and conclude that there is


not a lot that is too exciting about this car. i^ d you would be right. There is


a simple strut front suspension and a torsion beam rear end with tried and tnisted Volkswagen Group engines like this 1.6 TDI plumbed-in under thebonnet. What is a little less predictable is


the way this car has been created. The front end is a modified Polo platform, whereas the rear end comes from the Beetle. The result' is a car which rides firmly and prob­ ably wil not appeal to enthusiast drivers.


Light steering and excellent


all-round visibili^ make the Rapid an easy car to drive. There really is very little that is at all threatening or intimidating about this Skoda. With 105PS on tap, this 1.6-litre


TDI diesel will take you past 62mph in 10.4 secs on the way to llSmph. This powerplant certainly gives


you more pulling power than the petrol options, but then it needs it thanks to the additional heaviness the TDI unit adds to a kerb weight that on petrol models is significantly lighter than on other family hatch­ back rivals.


Which makes this car actually


quite agile through the twisty stuff i f you really need it to be. You just


will not find yourself seeking excuses to put that to the test. The Rapid is an unusually proportioned car.


Fairly long and relatively narrow (4.48 metres in length, 1.7 metres in


width), it is a hatchback that looks much like a saloon and is also a


good deal bigger than you expect at its price point. The chassis is shared with the


SEAT Toledo, which will have its work cut out against the Skoda.


CAR: Skoda Rapid 1.6 TDI ^ It is not extrovertly styled in any


way and this feeling of sparse utility is really ratherrefreshing in a mar­ ket rammed with gaudy attention seekers.


The Rapid might seem unremark­


able on the face of things, but Skoda has, in fact, built something rather intriguing. It has brought to market a car that does not rely on gimmicks in any way. That presupposes a real maturity from its customers and


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it would be heartening to see the Czech brand’s faith repaid. The Rapid is a car that can


only be bought by the self assured customer; the sort of person who doesn t need to hide behind a badoe to impress others.


Overall? Well, perhaps we are


entering an age of pared back utility And if you appreciate that, you wll certainly like this frugal 1.6 TDI diesel model.


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