• ŠKODA Citigo prices start at £7,630
  
• Available in three door and five door
  
• Insurance groups from 1E
  
• On sale from 1 June 2012
  

One of the most eagerly anticipated UK new car launches of 2012 has come a step closer with the release of prices for ŠKODA‘s all-new Citigo.

The brand’s debut in the fast-expanding city car segment promises to deliver nimble road manners, impressive interior space and a new benchmark in technical sophistication. It’s all wrapped up in the Citigo’s contemporary design that will appeal to every kind of new car buyer. Safety is a priority and the car has already earned the maximum five stars from Euro NCAP.

The Citigo is available in either three or five-door body styles, each just 3,563mm long. With spacious seating for four adults, there’s still 251 litres of boot behind, rising to a class-leading 951 litres when the rear seats are folded down (959 litres on the five-door model).

As you would expect from a ŠKODA, Citigo embodies all of the core values for which the brand has become famous – engineering excellence with a human touch.

Citigo impresses with a number of ingenious storage solutions and clever features such as a photo and document holder and a bag hook integrated into the glove compartment. It’s also the first ŠKODA model to sport the brand’s revised ‘winged arrow’ logo.

A single 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol engine with either 60PS or 75PS provides the cleanest and most fuel-efficient drive possible with CO₂ emissions ranging from just 96 to 105g/km, while fuel economy is as high as 68.9mpg.

S

Entry level Citigo S models feature a comprehensive list of standard equipment, including Head/Thorax airbags, height adjustable steering wheel, power steering, daytime driving lights, preparation for portable infotainment device (PID), CD player with aux input and 14-inch steel wheels.

Prices for S trim start at £7,630 for three door and £7,980 for five door.

SE

The mid-level Citigo trim line is SE, which comes with electric front windows, body coloured door mirrors and handles, ESP, remote central locking and air-conditiong as standard.

Prices for SE trim start at £8,530 for three door and £8,880 for five door.

Elegance

In keeping with the rest of the ŠKODA range, Elegance is the Citigo’s flagship trim line. Offering electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors, 14-inch alloy wheels, heated front seats, leather steering wheel and front fog lamps come as standard. Elegance also includes ŠKODA’s innovative portable infotainment device (PID), which provides customers with an onboard computer, navigation system, hands-free Bluetooth connectivity and a multimedia player in a single removable device.

Prices for Elegance trim start at £9,470 for three door and £9,820 for five door.

The ŠKODA Citigo range offers oustanding value for money and low running costs with VED band ratings as low as A, the lowest possible, and insurance ratings from Group 1E. Every new Citigo comes with complimentary seven-day fully comprehensive cover.

A range of eight striking exterior colours are available, including Candy White, Tornado Red, Spring Green Metallic and Deep Black Pearlescent.

The ŠKODA Citigo will launch in the UK on the 1 June 2012 .

Thanks for the update, prices slightly more than I hoped they would be. The base and mid level trim do not appear to be much cheaper than the UP, which one would imagine will hold it's value more due to badge kudos :wonder:

Can see her-in-doors looking at the UP, as she prefers the styling and these prices are probably not tempting enough to swing it Skoda's way, if and when she decides to part with her Fabia TSI 85.

Good to see ESP not just limited to the top spec for once, mind it should be standard across the board.

TP

Damn!

such a shame..

Jesus, that's 15000SEK less than the Up! This is getting better and better.

It's not cheap enough in The Queen's Great British Pounds Stirling!

ASG prices?

It's not cheap enough in The Queen's Great British Pounds Stirling!

How'd you reckon that? The Skoda's I've looked at are far cheaper in the UK than their equivalent here in Sweden. In fact, the Fabia VRS I'm currently looking at is nearly 2700 quid cheaper than an identical Swedish VRS with similar mileage. The new ones are don't have the same price difference, but its still a lot cheaper.

Edited 5 April, 201213 yr by DaKKs_152

Compared to the VW up! it's too expensive, I reckon.

Compared to the VW up! it's too expensive, I reckon.

Its the same car. Why did you expect it to be cheaper at all? Sure, back in the day when Skoda sold budget cars. But now they're just VW's with a different body. In this case, not even that.

Prices about as expected. As has been said, it's not going to be significantly cheaper when it's the same car built in the same factory.

Just hope Skoda UK will give us a proper options list as there are choices available which make the Citigo look pretty smart inside and out.

I was in an UP at the dealer last week. tbh it was nothing special inside, very basic. I imagine it must have been a low spec one though.

ASG prices?

3-door

S

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd Manual

105

B

1E

£7,630

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd ASG (Automated Sequential Gearbox)

103

B

1E

£ 8,195

SE

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd Manual

105

B

1E

£8,530

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd Manual GreenTech

96

A

1E

£8,890

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd ASG (Automated Sequential Gearbox)

103

B

1E

£9,095

Elegance

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd Manual GreenTech

96

A

1E

£9,470

1.0 MPI 75PS 5spd Manual GreenTech

98

A

2E

£9,860

1.0 MPI 75PS 5spd ASG (Automated Sequential Gearbox)

105

B

2E

£10,065

5-door

S

1.0 MPI 60PS Manual

105

B

1E

£7,980

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd ASG (Automated Sequential Gearbox)

103

B

1E

£8,545

SE

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd Manual

105

B

1E

£8,880

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd Manual GreenTech

96

A

1E

£9,240

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd ASG (Automated Sequential Gearbox)

103

B

1E

£9,445

Elegance

1.0 MPI 60PS 5spd Manual GreenTech

96

A

1E

£9,820

1.0 MPI 75PS 5spd Manual GreenTech

98

A

2E

£10,210

1.0 MPI 75PS 5spd ASG (Automated Sequential Gearbox)

105

B

2E

£10,415

Cheers,

5 dr, SE, ASG, £9500

Apparently the sequential auto in the Citigo/UP is a temp measure ie single clutch until the proper twin clutch is due out in a year or two so the Aussie press reckoned.........

Last week we drove the Up’s Skoda Citigo cousin in both bodystyle variants and raved about its interior packaging – and the same praise applies here.

We preferred the up-spec VW ‘Move Up’ model’s good-looking (and fabulously thin) three-spoke steering wheel, piano black gloss dash appliqué and perforated seat trim, but missed the Czech car’s handbag/curry hook glovebox latch and rubberised iPod/iPhone holder.

Even more, we missed the Skoda’s five-speed manual since the only Up five-door available to sample on our brief test in Germany was the ‘ASG’ semi-automatic.

Cheaper and lighter than the ‘DSG’ dual-clutch transmission found in most other contemporary VWs because “it won’t fit”, the ASG is based on a compact manual gearbox produced by Skoda.

With a single clutch (but no clutch pedal) and two electric motors to shift gears, it adds less than 30kg, offers ‘Drive’, ‘Reverse’ and ‘Neutral’ as well as sequential shifting, and is fitted with a longer fifth-gear ratio for slightly lower engine revs when cruising.

While that may sound like a recipe for some F1-style paddle-shift fun, the only way you can manually change gears is via the floor lever that we found to be a tad too far away for comfort.

There’s no sugar coating this: the Up automatic – sampled in more powerful 55kW/95Nm 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol guise – is a shadow of the brilliant manual gearbox.

The ASG is less than smooth at take-off unless you are consciously feather-footed with the throttle, up-changes continue to be slow and jerky, and response times when needing to overtake feel terrifyingly tardy.

And the slightly higher top ratio sees the Up plodding along with a less-than-appealing exhaust resonance for company.

At least the many necessary automatic downshifts are accompanied by a blipping throttle.

You can change gears manually, but you might as well save the disappointment and upwards of $1000 and settle for the exceptionally good manual.

No way is this ‘automatic’ going to meet Australian consumers’ expectations for smoothness, performance and response times.

A DSG transmission is apparently in development for the Up and it cannot come quickly enough. Stick with the stick-shift and love the driving experience this fantastic little city car has to offer. Otherwise, the ASG will just suck the fun out of your daily drive.

In every other respect, this Up cements the goodwill created by the Skoda version.

The electric powered steering is light and precise, the ride is composed for a car of such squat proportions and the refinement levels (bucking ASG apart) are a class or two above.

Volkswagen is keeping mum on the model mix, pricing and engine specification, but the overseas ‘Take Up’, ‘Move Up’ and ‘High Up’ model names are under consideration for Australia – as are the flagship ‘Black Up’ and ‘White Up’ special editions.

When it arrives by late November, the minimalist Up should rewrite the sub-$15,000 segment rules in terms of refinement, safety, efficiency, dynamic prowess and desirability.

Never mind the Polo – the Up looks, feels and delivers like a junior Golf. Be it the three-door base version or the loaded five-door hatch, this is a fabulous little runabout. Just make sure it has three pedals.

Its the same car. Why did you expect it to be cheaper at all? Sure, back in the day when Skoda sold budget cars. But now they're just VW's with a different body. In this case, not even that.

Worth remembering, and you should in Sweden, that the Czech Republic is not in the Euro zone so labour cost are far far lower. It will depend on where many of the components are sourced from in Euro zone or CZ or even SK.

In the UK the many of the Skoda range you can get about 16% or even 20% of the published list price though I suspect you will not get this off the Citigo for a year or two at least so the Fabia 1.2 in HTP or TSI will be the better value until the Citigo, UP etc saturates the market.

Worth remembering, and you should in Sweden, that the Czech Republic is not in the Euro zone so labour cost are far far lower. It will depend on where many of the components are sourced from in Euro zone or CZ or even SK.

I don't know about parts sources but in my 2003 Fabia all the parts are stamped VW/Audi and every single component is available using VW dealer network for less than using Skoda parts department.....Just recently...front wheel bearing from Skoda £91.00 at the dealer...next door VW dealer....the same part, the same part number......£68 quid, enough said.

Edited 6 April, 201213 yr by Padrino

I don't know about parts sources but in my 2003 Fabia all the parts are stamped VW/Audi and every single component is available using VW dealer network for less than using Skoda parts department.....Just recently...front wheel bearing from Skoda £91.00 at the dealer...next door VW dealer....the same part, the same part number......£68 quid, enough said.

The bits all come from the same part store at Tamworth but the mark up is different for the brand.