OREANDA-NEWS. Sales of the upgraded liftback Skoda Rapid start in Russia on July 22nd, 2017. The production of the updated model began at the Volkswagen Group Rus plant in Kaluga in June. The cost of the car in the starting configuration will start from 604 thousand rubles, informed the press service of Skoda Auto Russia.

It is available for a choice three petrol engines from 90 to 125 hp to Russian buyers. The basic unit is a gasoline four-cylinder atmospheric engine 1.6 MPI with a power of 90 hp, working in tandem with a 5-speed manual transmission. The more powerful variant - the 1.6 MPI with 110 hp - is equipped with a 5-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission. The top in the line is the turbocharged 1.4 TSI engine with 125 hp, which is combined with the robotic DSG-7 transmission.

Changes in the design of the exterior of Skoda Rapid touched, first of all, the front of the car, which is distinguished by fog lamps, tinted covers on the tail lights of the characteristic C-shaped, made in the branded crystal design of the brand, as well as the lower part of the renewed bumper. It will be also available for the customers the light-alloy wheels in a new design. The bestseller can be ordered in a spectacular brown Toffee Brown, beige Titanium, orange Copper Orange, saturated red Tornado Red, bright green Rallye Green, yellow Savannah and a number of other shades.