The Skoda Kamiq arrived after the seven-seat Kodiaq and its Karoq little brother, however distinctive two-deck lights helped give the smallest SUV its personal identification and ensured it wasn’t mistaken for a jacked-up Fabia hatch when it hit the market in 2019.
That break up gentle therapy has now been picked up wholesale throughout the business so Skoda has opted to maintain it in place for the 2023 facelifted automobile, although on our spy pictures the principle headlights are lined by disguise, leaving simply the slim DRLs seen.
We’d not be capable of see the headlight models via the disguise however we are able to see that Skoda’s designers have given the Kamiq a brand new bumper that appears to have a smaller blacked-out decrease consumption part, and new vents carved into the painted areas simply forward of every entrance wheel.
And we are able to additionally make out a brand new grille, which is much less vee-shaped than earlier than and appears unusually just like the one Kia was utilizing on a few of its vehicles till just lately. Skoda doesn’t seem to have made any adjustments to the doorways, mirrors, or rear hatch, and it seems to be just like the rear gentle clusters are the identical primary form as earlier than. However the gentle sample seen via the disguise is barely totally different this time round, and there’s a brand new rear bumper that has reflective strips moved inboard and down.
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We’re not anticipating to see any earth-shattering mechanical adjustments within the 2023 mannequin’s {hardware}, that means patrons will doubtless get to select from the identical lineup of three- and four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, all driving the entrance wheels solely via a alternative of guide or dual-clutch automated transmissions.
For many markets that can imply the vary begins with a 94 hp (95 PS) turbocharged 1.0-liter triple that requires 11.1 seconds to get to 62 mph (100 km/h). On the different finish of the size, there’s a 1.5-liter turbocharged inline-four that may do the identical job in 8 seconds, and appears fairly sporty in Monte Carlo trim. However that’s as fast because the Kamiq at present will get, and we predict Skoda is unlikely to alter that by introducing a vRS model to the facelifted vary.
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