Saw my first rapid today

[xreyuk]

In Manchester, bright yellow.

Looked a nice shape, no idea on the interior. I'd probably get a Toledo being a SEAT man, but if the Skoda was a nice interior I'd consider it!

Mind you, SEAT dealers are crap.

[greenfieldboy]

Move to York, dealer is half Skoda, half Seat so presumably only half crap!

[The Plumber]

Move to York, dealer is half Skoda, half Seat so presumably only half crap!

From my experience dealing with York Skoda since Keith's predatory takeover, then avoid like the plague.

Oh you could try Lincoln, the Skoda and Seat dealerships belong to the same family firm albeit on separate sites.

TP

[silver1011]

Move to York, dealer is half Skoda, half Seat so presumably only half crap!

Nope, equally as crap.

As above, there are a few of us on here who have had unpleasant experiences at DM Keith in York.

[Leon-y-k]

I'd love to see a yellow Rapid!

[Leon-y-k]

... Found one!

http://www.carbuzz.co.uk/blog/Skoda-Rapid-Review-312

Not a bad little write up

[RapidRonnie]

Seems like a fair and balanced review.

Does look very good in yellow, could do with sunset though!

[Fab Estate]

I saw my first Rapid today near Warrington with a logo down the rear wing saying Rapid Solicitors.

[The Plumber]

I saw my first Rapid today near Warrington with a logo down the rear wing saying Rapid Solicitors.

They used to have Octavia's but obviously they now have access to a more appropriate model

Can see a lot of these Rapids ending up as lease cars, as SUK have overpriced them for the private purchaser over here

TP

[BossFox]

I really like that in yellow!

[Leon-y-k]

I really like that in yellow!

Me too!!! 1.4 tsi dsg please!

[Si Skoda]

Seen one in the flesh for the first time today and have tk say I thought it looked pretty smart.

It seemed to be a pretty decent spec with the alloys in silver and after not being too sure about it I thought it looked a very modern good looking car.

[IMT]

Saw a red one at City in Basingstoke. I think it looks quite smart until you look inside it.

[RapidRonnie]

Saw a red one at City in Basingstoke. I think it looks quite smart until you look inside it.

It looks smart inside too IMO, it's just the plastics are hard.

[@Lee]

I've still not seen a Rapid, have sales been slow, very slow or non existant?

[Coops]

Someone must be buying them - saw a transporter half full of them today going south on M1

[@Lee]

Someone must be buying them - saw a transporter half full of them today going south on M1

sending 'em back to Czech :think:

[kevberlin]

If I can't sleep at night, I now start counting Rapids. Sends me off straightaway!

[Yeti_Man]

I hadn't seen one and then a couple of mornings ago on the way in to work I saw a Rapid AND my first Toledo, literally within half a mile each other! Have to say, the Toledo looked nicer to my eyes, especially from the rear. these need to come down in price by a fair bit to appear more competitive. Lots of family metal for the money though once that happens.

[bluecar1]

if i was at skoda HQ and the same design team designed the octavia 3 i would be very worried after the way the rapid has failed to sell, even with the equipment uplift and offers

i think the customers are sending them a very strong message through the lack of sales / enthusiasm

even the salesman at the local dealer commented the rapid was "a strange one" indicating they did not seem to know what to make of it and its placement

[RichieJ]

I've just had a look at and a sit in of a Rapid whilst waiting for my superb to be serviced. I think it looks fine from the outside and on the inside it looks simple but neat. Not sure about the new style steering wheel though. Looked more rear leg room than in my last Octavia and the boot looked huge.

[bluecar1]

but why do you need such a huge boot on a car the size of the rapid?

i still don't understand the market place for this car

if it is the same size as the current octavia then why is it not the new octavia, but not the octavia 3 is being made as big as the current superb and the superb is being made bigger as well????

it appears basically an octavia downspec'ed but with virtually no price reduction?

[Paul007]

Me too!!! 1.4 tsi dsg please!

Just photoshop your rear spoiler on there will you please, to give me an idea of what a potential Rapid vRS would look like. Now there's a gift for the Skoda marketing people - telling us what we already know - it's a Rapid vRS.

[vRS19TD]

Saw my 1st Rapid yesterday in the Sky Blue colour, then another one 20 mins later in the same colour (was defintely a different one to the first) and then a white one on the M25 earlier. Looks quite nice from the outside.

[dbg400]

Saw my first yesterday - didn't have to go far as there was a black one parked by my neighbours. Red stitching on the black seats looked smart.