Volkswagen's
Czech Republic-based Skoda division has announced it will introduce a new
concept called FUNstar at the annual GTI Meeting that will take place later
this month in Wörthersee, Austria. View more details and Photos after the cut…
The
FUNstar is essentially a pickup version of the new Fabia, a sub-compact
hatchback aimed at the Ford Fiesta. Built by a team of young apprentices, the
concept is nearly identical to the production car when it is viewed from the
front but the passenger compartment has been cut in half and replaced by a
small bed lined with stainless steel.
Not
purely utilitarian, Skoda’s latest concept gains a full body kit, a new hood
with a pair of large vents, a two-tone paint job with contrasting bright green
accents and 18-inch alloy wheels sourced from the Octavia RS. Skoda has not
published pictures of the FUNstar's interior, but it says the cockpit has been
upgraded with a pair of sport seats, new trim pieces that echo the two-tone
paint job and an eardrum-shattering 1,400-watt sound system.
The
FUNstar is slightly more powerful than a stock Fabia thanks to a 1.2-liter four-cylinder
TSI four-cylinder engine that makes 120 horsepower. The four-banger spins the
front wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch DSG gearbox sourced from the
Volkswagen parts bin.
Škoda
has offered car-based pickups in the past but it abandoned the segment over a
decade ago with no plans to return. The FUNstar is merely a one-off model
designed to showcase the capacity of the company's apprentices, and Skoda
stresses that the concept does not preview a production-bound minitruck.
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