The slow tease of Skoda’s upcoming Kamiq continues with the reveal of the car’s interior. As we previously reported, the nameplate – previously reserved for the Chinese market – makes its way to Europe as a rival to the ever-popular Honda HR-V and Toyota C-HR, as well as Continental alternatives like the Renault Captur and Peugeot 2008.
And like we saw in the earlier exterior sketch, the interior will again differ extensively from the Chinese-market model, bearing much greater resemblance to the one in the new Scala hatch. Instead of the sober horizontal dashboard, there’s now a wavy panel that surrounds the large freestanding touchscreen, which Skoda says gives you a place to rest your wrist whilst operating the display.
This wavy dash extends towards the side air vents that encroach into the doors, giving the car a more spacious feel. The Kamiq also features Skoda’s 10.25-inch Virtual Cockpit instrument display, first introduced on the larger Karoq SUV, as well as a new crystalline grain on the soft-touch dashboard. Other details include three-colour ambient lighting and a Suedia microfibre upholstery option.
There’s no word on powertrain options, but it’s expected to be propelled by a 1.0 TSI three-cylinder and 1.5 TSI four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engines from the Volkswagen Group. Both engines are already serving active duty in the car’s sister models, the Seat Arona and the Volkswagen T-Cross.
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Interior looks waaayyy too cheapo. Looks even worse than some Chinese SUVs like Boyue. This won’t sell well.
You cannot compare VW German quality with China quality.
China cars cannot sell all over the world. VW engineered cars can
Who cares over the world or not, if the gearbox cannot stand bolehland traffic jams, it still sucks
Such a beautiful car. Amazing, Skoda used to be the butt joke of Europe. 20 yrs ago, if you owned one, you are a failure.
But today, because of working hard, Skoda has turned its image to be a top car manufacturer with top quality and high sales. And now, to own a Skoda is prestigious.
I hope other car companies also work hard to improve their image
Yeap. I hope Toyota works hard to regain their image. Having to rebadge a BMW as their halo model has truly sunken them to new depths of shame.
BMW has high regard of Toyota, it allows Toyota to rebadge its cars.
Other companies can only dream of rebagding a BMW. Only China will kawin them
Nobody has regard of Toyota, Toyota rebadges cause current cars not on par with quality standard. If you want to buy a good toyota, buy a mazda. Shame.
Looks almost exactly like corolla’s