Škoda Roomster

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Designer	Thomas Ingenlath, Peter Wouda

The Škoda Roomster is a leisure activity vehicle produced by the Czech automaker Škoda Auto. It was a revealed as a production model in March 2006 at the Geneva Auto Show, with sales starting in June. It is built at the Škoda factory in Kvasiny.

The Roomster is Škoda's first car since the Volkswagen Group's take over of the brand that is not based on an existing Volkswagen platform. Instead, it shares components with the previous Škoda Octavia and the current Škoda Fabia. The Roomster is competing both in the mini MPV and leisure activity vehicle markets, which it will be sharing with the Fiat Idea, Nissan Note, Opel Meriva and Renault Modus

Recent Changes

• A facelifted Roomster premiered at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show with a revised front fascia and fog lights. Inside, the facelift featured a revised steering wheel. Headlights elements were revised with their housing.

Prototype

The Roomster is based on the concept car of the same name originally revealed in September 2003 at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The concept was slightly shorter (4055 mm, against 4205 mm of the production model)than the production model but had longer wheelbase (2710 mm, against 2617 mm), and featured a single rear sliding door on the passenger side, which was replaced by two standard opening rear doors.

Engines

The Škoda Roomster takes its engines from its Volkswagen Group sisters. Petrol engines include the multivalve three cylinder 1.2 L, with power now at 51 kW (69 PS), followed by the 1.4 L and 1.6 L four cylinder EA111 engines, with power of 63 kW (86 PS) and 77 kW (105 PS) respectively. The 1.6 L is also available with a Tiptronic automatic transmission, and is available on the most luxurios models.

Diesel powers comes from the three cylinder 1.4 TDI, with two power levels, base at 51 kW (69 PS) and "sport" at 59 kW (80 PS). The most luxurious models get a four-cylinder 1.9 TDI, with 77 kW (105 PS).

Cabin

Škoda conceived the Roomster's cabin in a way it can have different configurations at the choice of the user. The rear seats, which are taller than the front seats, can be folded in a 40-20-40 split configuration, instead of the more usual 40-60, and can also be moved longitudinally and transversally (by removing the middle seat). The rear seats also have variable inclination up to 7° to the back, or completely to the front.

The luggage compartment can have a completely flat surface with the rear seats completely removed, and the surface's height can also be modified with an amplitude of 25 cm. With the rear seats removed, the Roomster's luggage compartment has enough room to carry a bicycle.

Related models

Skoda marketed from 2007 a five door, two seat panel van version of the Roomster called the Škoda Praktik (Typ 5J8). Its cargo space is 1,605 millimetres (63.2 in) long, 1,016 millimetres (40.0 in) wide (minimum), and 900 millimetres (35.4 in) in height – giving a cargo load space of 1,900 litres (67.1 cu ft), and a payload from 550 to 640 kilograms (1,213 to 1,411 lb). It also includes a moveable internal load bulked, 'hidden' underfloor storage, anti slip load bay floor covering with six lashing points, and full length roof rails.

The model was targeted at Central and Eastern Europe. The Praktik was facelifted in 2010, just as the Roomster.

Gallery

Roomster Greenline

Worldwide

The Skoda Roomster is one of the first cars to arrive in Australia along with the Octavia in 2007. It was runner-up for the 2007 Wheels Car Of The Year.

See Also

	Škoda car timeline, 1990-present (Volkswagen Group era) - [edit]
Type	1990s										2000s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Supermini	Favorit				Felicia						Fabia I							Fabia II
Small family car							Octavia I								Octavia II
Leisure activity vehicle																	Roomster
Executive car													Superb						Superb New

External links

• Škoda Roomster official website
• Skoda UK Adds Free Goodies to its Roomster MPV
• Skoda Facelifts Fabia and Roomster Models, Adds New Gasoline and Diesel Engines
• Skoda Unveils Eco-Friendly Greenline Versions of Facelifted Fabia and Roomster