Skoda intends to replenish the lineup with three models smaller and cheaper than the Enyaq crossover

By Lukas Müller On May 24, 2022

The company expects new products to appear before 2030. Later, the “green” family can be expanded with a seven-seater SUV or minivan.

The Czech brand, owned by the German company Volkswagen, has been in the European market plus since 2013, but the recovery was hit by the 2020 crisis. Dealers sold 634,160 units that year, down 14.6% from last year year previous year. Last year, sales also showed a negative trend: in January-November 2021, buyers bought 558,055 copies, which is 3% less than in the first 11 months of the previous year.

In the photo: Skoda Enyaq iV

Like many other brands focused on the European market, Skoda is now continuing to develop its own range of electric vehicles. Its first-born was the Enyaq iV crossover, which debuted in September 2020. Yesterday, January 31, 2022, the company introduced the “green” coupe SUV – Enyaq Coupe iV, as well as its “charged” version with the addition of RS to the name.

Now Skoda has spoken a bit about future plans to expand the electric family. So by 2030, the company intends to introduce three more new products, each of which will be smaller than the Enyaq and Enyaq Coupe. In addition, these three new items will be cheaper than the already presented “electric SUVs”. Recall that the starting price of Enyaq iV in the local market starts from 1,124,900 CZK, the cost of the “coupe” has not yet been announced.

In the photo: Skoda Enyaq Coupe iV

Note that it was previously reported that one of the next priority projects will be a fully “battery” subcompact car, which is likely to be similar in size to the Volkswagen ID.3 “electrohatch”. Recall that this “five-door” on the MEB modular platform became the first-born of the “green” ID line, owned by the German brand.

Another novelty, most likely, will be “crumbs”, which will be based on the MEB Entry platform (this “trolley” is designed for entry-level “trains”). It is assumed that this new product will become a “skirting” replacement for the Citigo city car, the production of which was completed in 2020. Its closest “relatives” will be production cars based on the Volkswagen ID.Life and Cupra Urban Rebel concepts. They are expected to hit the market in 2025, with the new Skoda likely coming later.

Also in the future, after 2030, Skoda's electric range may be replenished with a seven-seater car, crossover or minivan. At the moment, Skoda's priority is to launch three smaller and more affordable electric trains, according to brand head Thomas Schaefer, but Skoda may consider developing larger electric vehicles in the future.

Note that according to the plan of the Czech company, at the beginning of the next decade, about 50-70% of total sales in Europe should fall on fully electric models. Recall that the first-born of the “green” line of Skoda Enyaq has relatively good results in the Old World market: for an incomplete 2021 (from January to November), dealers managed to sell 40,889 copies here. For comparison, the result is slightly higher for the “twin” – Volkswagen ID.4, which sold 46,079 units over the same period.