Skoda starts production of the Karoq, its new compact SUV

After investing more than EUR 418 million in adapting the plant to the production needs of the model, the first unit of the Karoq, the new compact SUV that Skoda will put on sale from next October, has already come off the assembly line set up to build the model at the VAG Group factory in Kvasiny (Czech Republic).

“The start of series production is an important milestone for Skoda. Over the past few months, the entire team has prepared intensively for the start of production of our new SUV,” said Michael Oeljeklaus, Member of the ŠKODA Board of Management for Production and Logistics. In the coming years, thanks to the substantial investment made by the Czech brand, the plant’s capacity will gradually increase until it reaches an output of 295,000 vehicles per year. In Kvasiny, one of ŠKODA’s three production sites in the Czech Republic, 8,000 people currently work, and it is the largest employer in the Hradec Králové region of the Czech Republic.

In addition to the new Karoq, the Kvasiny production lines also produce units of the Superb, Superb Combi and Kodiaq. Until June 2017, the Yeti, ŠKODA’s first compact SUV, was also built at this factory, whose history goes back more than 80 years. The factory has been operating since the early 1930s, when it produced the Jawa 700. The first ŠKODA model to leave its assembly lines was the Superb in 1947.

And now it is the turn of the Karoq, the new SUV that Skoda presented in Stockholm in mid-May, which follows the design line of the new SUV range the Czech manufacturer is adding to its product portfolio after the Kodiaq.

A sporty utility vehicle with character, the Karoq will be offered with five possible engines ranging from 115 CV (85 kW) to 190 CV (140 kW), a boot of up to 1,630 litres, rear seats VarioFlex, a virtual pedal to open the tailgate hands-free, full-LED headlights and a fully programmable digital instrument cluster, the latter being available for the first time on a Skoda.

Technical specifications of this car

CrossoverSkoda Karoq15 versions · from 34,900 €