Skoda Is Launching A Budget Saloon

Skoda is planning a budget saloon to go head to head with Renault's Dacia brand targeted at emerging eastern european countries. According to Volkswagen group, budget brand Dacia has seen strong sales growth in the past few months under pan-European scrappage schemes so the folks at Volkswagen is keen to cover the gap between Skoda and Dacia as part of its ‘alignment’ strategy.

The new Skoda is set to take the place of the original Octavia which is still sold in some emerging markets. Skoda further added that it will be a similar size to that car thus making it smaller than the current Octavia. I personally feel that the greatest rival to this car will be the recently launched Renault Fluence which I can safely say brought 'budget saloon' to the next level. Speaking to Autocar, Skoda’s CEO Reinhard Jung said the model would be sold in Western Europe in order to bridge the gap between the current Fabia and Octavia, which he described as “too big.”




Source : Autocar

Audi Avatar For 2032

An Audi Fit for 'Ang' the Avatar also known as the Air bendder. Just Joking but this is the work of art penned by aspiring automotive designer Edwin Conan. Edwin shared with us his view on how the future Audi electric supercar may look like in 2032. The Avatar is a low slung vehicle that seats 3 in a McLaren F1-style ‘V’ arrangement.

According to Edwin, each wheel housed beneath the 4 protruding fins has its own electric motor. We are looking into a vehicle that can do a century sprint 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds with top speed of 225 mph which is a hair raising figure by today's standards. Technically speaking the Audi Avatar will be a zero emmision vehicle.

Source : Autoexpress