I subscribe to quite a few car manufactures regional areas on Twitter, this arrived today, a picture of a Skoda from India claiming to be a Rapid... I decided to check Skoda India... 

 

The India version of the Rapid.......

 

http://www.skoda-aut...s/overview.aspx

 

Or is it a Fabia saloon?

 

Stuart

That's a Rapid

The interior is a direct copy of the current Polo, looking at their gallery. Interesting.

Of a Fabia saloon  Lol

The interior is a direct copy of the current Polo, looking at their gallery. Interesting.

 

I though that as well... 

Indian Rapid has been around a lot longer than the EU version, its basically a Fabia MK2 with a boot and different interior.

They also had the Skoda Laura which was an EU Octavia MK2, but they could not call it Octavia because they were still seilling the Octy MK1.

On the UK version of the Rapid there is no boby work between the lights and the bonnet. On the Indian version there is

On the UK version of the Rapid there is no boby work between the lights and the bonnet. On the Indian version there is

 

And there's a good deal more differences between the two, yep looks like a Fabia front, grill surrond, fog lights etc etc.

It actually looks like an Octavia

On the UK version of the Rapid there is no boby work between the lights and the bonnet. On the Indian version there is

I keep looking at the front of my Rapid and thinking how much better it would look if their were uprights colour coded next to the fog lights on the lower grill. as on the Fabia for example.