Skoda Fabia wagon, new Superb and cheap EV on way

Skoda has revealed that three all-new models will join its line-up in the near future, including a cheaper entry-level pure-electric car that will sit below the current Skoda Enyaq.

According to CEO Thomas Schafer, Skoda has also begun working on a wagon version of the all-new Fabia hatch that will be launched in Europe in May and arrives Down Under in early 2022. The new SKoda Fabia wagon will follow the hatch in 2023.

Like the small hatch, the more practical Fabia Combi will migrate to the Volkswagen Group's latest MQB A0 platform that currently underpins the VW Polo, among others. It will be the last VW Group small car to do so.

Arriving in the same year, Schaffer said, would be the car-maker's next-generation Superb sedan.

Before the announcement, it was thought the Superb's future might have been under review following a big drop-off in sales in the large sedan segment, but according to the Skoda CEO work is already well underway on a successor that is being developed alongside the all-new VW Passat.

Finally, Schaffer has declared that he wants Skoda to help the VW Group develop the ID.1 – the small budget pure-electric car that will indirectly replace the former Volkswagen Up.

"This is a VW Group topic at the moment. If the Group is working on that, we want to be part of this,” Skoda's boss told journalists at its annual press conference, adding:

“We see that the Skoda brand plays strongly in that segment at the moment, with combustion-engined cars anyway. So we will fight for this.”

Until the ID.1 arrives, Schafer says Skoda is focusing on a smaller and more affordable EV than the Enyaq, which would share its MEB platform.

“We’re working on the next model and it will be smaller than Enyaq. It’s true,” he said. “It’s too early to say what shape that car would be.”

While others are attempting to move upmarket, Schafer has declared that he wants Skoda to remain relevant to buyers attracted to value.

"We are focusing on three priorities. Firstly, we are expanding our model portfolio towards the entry-level segments," said Schafer.

"We are adding affordable, entry-level variants to each of our existing model series. These have been costed down to the last penny and will therefore appeal to a larger target group."