Hybrid Hot Hatchbacks Are Incoming From The Volkswagen Group

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Hybrid Hot Hatchbacks Are Incoming From The Volkswagen Group

The next generation of hot hatchbacks to come out of the Volkswagen Group will be petrol-electric hybrids.

In an effort to convince people like you that electrification is the way to go, and can be exciting, the likes of Seat’s Cupra division and Skoda’s vRS equivalent will reportedly hit electrification hard.

Hybrid Hot Hatchbacks Are Incoming From The Volkswagen Group

Speaking to Autocar, Skoda CEO Bernhard Maier was asked about a future Fabia vRS and said:

“The Fabia vRS was a lot of fun and I would love to be able to offer such a car today, but it is not going to be manageable for the next two to three years.

“For the next generation of Fabia, there could be an alternative – we could look at the opportunities a bit differently.

The diesel-engined Fabia vRS won tons of fans
The diesel-engined Fabia vRS won tons of fans

Autocar pressed the issue and Maier confirmed that electrification for the next Fabia vRS “would make sense.”

We don’t have even the tiniest detail about what shape the hybrid system would take, other than that it would use petrol, not diesel like the much-loved first-generation version, pictured above.

Hybrid Hot Hatchbacks Are Incoming From The Volkswagen Group

A small, fast hatch is seen as ‘crucial’ to the vRS brand, though, as it tries to make the switch to electricity. Seat’s Cupra brand is said to be thinking much the same thing, so expect a hybrid Ibiza Cupra around 2020 or so.

Volkswagen already has the Golf GTE, a plug-in hybrid that uses a 148bhp 1.4-litre turbocharged petrol engine with a 99bhp electric motor for a 201bhp total output. It launches to 62mph in 7.6 seconds and tops out at 138mph.

Source: Autocar

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Nishant Dash

This man approves:

11/02/2017 - 10:59 |
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Dude…

11/02/2017 - 12:19 |
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BV86_OFISHAL (AUDM Fanboy)

Shhh… Secretly diesel.

11/02/2017 - 11:01 |
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Anonymous

Just please, make it a manual! I really just want a CRZ with a boot and seats

11/02/2017 - 11:01 |
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Andrea Nope

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Why? Manual would not make it any more fun or enjoyable, nor faster.

11/02/2017 - 11:18 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

CRZs are crap.

11/02/2017 - 11:43 |
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P1eased0nteatme

The mk1 was an alternative car already, being diesel. It turned out fantastic, so can’t wait to see how this will end up. Let’s just forget the mk2…

11/02/2017 - 11:17 |
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what fabia

11/02/2017 - 14:05 |
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Dominik Maslyk (Euro & JDM Addict) (Autistic boi)

In reply to by P1eased0nteatme

No, I think the Mk2 looks okay…

11/02/2017 - 21:38 |
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DL🏁

Hybrid is good.
Hybrid has petrol power to satisfy us
And Hybrid has electric power to satisfy ecologists (and save us money)

11/02/2017 - 11:44 |
41 | 2

And a performance boost to go even faster (despite being heavier)

11/02/2017 - 12:15 |
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I just hope they don’t look like Priuses

11/03/2017 - 00:51 |
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Anonymous

All vw cars from about 50s were hybrids…
When their crappy engine broke after droving for 5km you could drive another 5 km on starter.

11/02/2017 - 12:37 |
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BoostAddict 1

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Actually the type 14 was really reliable. And when it did break you could usually fix it with a hammer and a screwdriver.

11/04/2017 - 02:41 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

And yet people still throw sh*t at russian cars for being unreliable.
My Lada started (almost) first try after being sat in one place for 10 years.
All it needed was a battery, nes gasoline and cleaning of the distributor and spark plugs.

11/04/2017 - 19:12 |
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Richard the edition 100

well the skoda fabia is gonna become back to felicia 2022

11/02/2017 - 14:05 |
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Harry Fletcher

As long as they can still make them sound good, Im all for it

11/02/2017 - 17:01 |
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Anonymous

Yay, heavy, understeering, CVT, small luggage space hatches with just a bit more power.
Oh, wait…

11/02/2017 - 19:10 |
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Anonymous

No more vRS and Cupra R, but eRS and Cupra E😃😃🤨😫😫

11/02/2017 - 19:49 |
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