Škoda Roomster
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Car seat
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multi-purpose vehicle
Minivan
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-styled leisure activity vehicle
Leisure activity vehicle
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, produced by the Czech
Czech Republic
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automaker
Automotive industry
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Škoda Auto
Škoda Auto
Škoda Auto , more commonly known as Škoda, is an automobile manufacturer based in the Czech Republic. Škoda became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in 2000, positioned as the entry brand to the group...
. It was a revealed as a production model in March 2006 at the Geneva Auto Show, with sales starting in June 2006. It is built at the Škoda factory in Kvasiny, Rychnov nad Kněžnou District
Rychnov nad Knežnou District
Rychnov nad Kněžnou District is a district within Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the town of Rychnov nad Kněžnou.-Complete list of towns and villages:Albrechtice nad Orlicí -Bačetín -...
.
A two-door two-seat panel van
Panel van
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version named the Škoda Praktik has been on sale since March 2007.
The Roomster is Škoda's first car since the Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen Group
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's take over of the brand that is not based entirely on an existing Volkswagen Group platform - although it is fundamentally based on the A4 (PQ34) platform, but with some unique additions. It shares components with the previous Škoda Octavia
Škoda Octavia
The Škoda Octavia is a small family car produced by Czech automaker Škoda Auto since 1996, its name revived from a model originally produced between 1959 and 1971. The current Octavia is available in five-door liftback and station wagon....
and the current Škoda Fabia
Škoda Fabia
The Škoda Fabia is a supermini produced by Czech manufacturer Škoda Auto since 1999. It was the successor to the Škoda Felicia, which was discontinued in 2001...
. The name is reportedly a conscious combination of the words 'Room' and 'Roadster', and the split personality theme is played out in the design with a carefully honed 'driving room' ahead of the B-pillars
Pillar (car)
Pillars are the vertical supports of the greenhouse of an automobile — known respectively as the A, B, C or D-pillar moving in profile view from the front to rear....
, and a generous 'living room' to the rear. The Roomster therefore competes both in the mini MPV
Mini MPV
Mini MPV is a car classification used to describe superminis or subcompacts which have taller build, fitting below the compact MPV and large MPV classifications....
and leisure activity vehicle
Leisure activity vehicle
A leisure activity vehicle is a small van, generally related to a supermini or subcompact car, with two or three seat rows, and a large, tall car boot and tailgate. An early example of the category was the Matra Rancho introduced in 1977...
markets, which it will be sharing with the Fiat Idea
Fiat Idea
The Fiat Idea is a mini MPV built by the Italian manufacturer Fiat since 2003. The car is based on the Project 188 platform, originally used for the second-generation Fiat Punto. The Idea is noted for its versatile interior, which includes sliding and folding rear seats...
, Nissan Note
Nissan Note
The Nissan Note is a mini MPV produced by Nissan. The Japanese version has been on sale since 2004, although the European model went to sale during 2006. The United Kingdom was the first market to have the Note launch there, on 1 March...
, Opel Meriva
Opel Meriva
The Opel Meriva is a compact MPV engineered and produced by the German automaker Opel. The car is sold under the Opel brand on all of the European markets with the exception of the United Kingdom, where it is called the Vauxhall Meriva, and Latin America, where it carried the Chevrolet badge. It...
, Citroën C3 Picasso and Volkswagen Golf Plus.
The Roomster has also appeared on an episode of the BBC 2 series Top Gear as one of the few inexpensive cars that Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson is an English broadcaster, journalist and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for his role on the BBC TV show Top Gear along with co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May...
liked.
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 millimetres (159.6 in) against 4205 mm (165.6 in) - than the production model but has a longer wheelbase - 2710 mm (106.7 in) against 2617 mm (103 in), and featured a single rear sliding doorSliding door
A sliding door is a type of door which opens horizontally by sliding, whereby the door is either mounted on or suspended from a track. Types of sliding doors include pocket doors, Arcadia doors, and bypass doors...
on the passenger side, which was replaced by two conventionally hinge
Hinge
A hinge is a type of bearing that connects two solid objects, typically allowing only a limited angle of rotation between them. Two objects connected by an ideal hinge rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation. Hinges may be made of flexible material or of moving components...
d swinging rear doors. Like the production car it was designed by Thomas Ingenlath and Peter Wouda.
Cabin
Škoda conceived the Roomster's cabin in a way it can have different configurations at the choice of the user. The rear 'VarioFlex' seatCar seat
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arrangement, 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
Trunk (automobile)
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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 250 millimetres (9.8 in). With the rear seats removed, the Roomster's luggage compartment has enough room to carry a bicycle
Bicycle
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Powertrain
The Škoda Roomster takes its internal combustion engineInternal combustion engine
The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer in a combustion chamber. In an internal combustion engine, the expansion of the high-temperature and high -pressure gases produced by combustion apply direct force to some component of the engine...
s from its Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen Group
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relatives, all engines are inline
Straight engine
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four-stroke designs. Petrol engines include the multi-valve
Multi-valve
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inline three cylinder 1.2 litre, with power
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initially DIN
Deutsches Institut für Normung
is the German national organization for standardization and is that country's ISO member body. DIN is a Registered German Association headquartered in Berlin...
-rated at 47 kW, but now rated at 51 kW, followed by the 1.4 litre and 1.6 litre inline four cylinder EA111 engines, with power of 63 kW and 77 kW respectively. The 1.6 litre is also available with a six-speed tiptronic automatic transmission
Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission is one type of motor vehicle transmission that can automatically change gear ratios as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually...
, and is available on the most luxurious models.
Diesel engine propulsion comes from the inline three cylinder 1.4 Turbocharged Direct Injection
Turbocharged Direct Injection
TDI or Turbocharged Direct Injection is a design of turbodiesel engines, which feature turbocharging and cylinder-direct fuel injection, developed and produced by Volkswagen Group. These TDI engines are widely used in all mainstream Volkswagen Group marques of passenger cars and light commercial...
(TDI), with two power levels, base at 51 kW and "sport" at 59 kW. The most luxurious models get a four-cylinder 1.9 TDI, with 77 kW.
| engine designation | disp. Engine displacement Engine displacement is the volume swept by all the pistons inside the cylinders of an internal combustion engine in a single movement from top dead centre to bottom dead centre . It is commonly specified in cubic centimeters , litres , or cubic inches... , config. Engine configuration Engine configuration is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. These components are the cylinders and crankshafts in particular but also, sometimes, the camshaft.... , valvetrain Valvetrain Valvetrain is an all-encompassing term used to describe the mechanisms and parts which control the operation of the valves. A traditional reciprocating internal combustion engine uses valves to control air and fuel flow into and out of the cylinders, facilitating combustion.-Layout:Valvetrain: The... , fuel system / aspiration | ID code (family) | at rpm Revolutions per minute Revolutions per minute is a measure of the frequency of a rotation. It annotates the number of full rotations completed in one minute around a fixed axis... | max. torque Torque Torque, moment or moment of force , is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis, fulcrum, or pivot. Just as a force is a push or a pull, a torque can be thought of as a twist.... at rpm | (manual) | top speed (manual) | CO2 Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom... (g/100 km) | prod. dates |
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| 1.2 HTP | 1,198 cc I3, 12v Multi-valve In automotive engineering a multi-valve or multivalve engine is one where each cylinder has more than two valves. A multi-valve engine has better breathing and can operate at higher revolutions per minute than a two-valve engine, delivering more power.- Multi-valve rationale :A multi-valve design... DOHC |
BME | 47 kW @ 5,400 |
112 N·m (83 ft·lbf) @ 3,000 |
05/06– 01/07 |
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| 1.2 HTP | 1,198 cc I3, 12v DOHC | BZG | 51 kW @ 5,400 |
112 N·m (83 ft·lbf) @ 3,000 |
01/07– present |
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| 1.2 TSI | 1,197 cc I4, 8v DOHC | CBZA | 63 kW @ 4,800 |
160 N·m (118 ft·lbf) @ 1,500 - 3,500 |
04/10– present |
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| 1.2 TSI | 1,197 cc I4, 8v DOHC | CBZB | 77 kW @ 5000 |
175 N·m (129 ft·lbf) @ 1550-4100 |
04/10– present |
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| 1.4 | 1,390 cc I4, 16v DOHC | BXW (EA111) |
63 kW @ 5,000 |
@ 3,800 |
05/06– present |
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| 1.6 | 1,598 cc I4, 16v DOHC | BTS (EA111) |
77 kW @ 5,600 |
@ 3,800 |
05/06– 03/10 |
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| 1.2 TDI | 1,199 cc I3, 12v Multi-valve In automotive engineering a multi-valve or multivalve engine is one where each cylinder has more than two valves. A multi-valve engine has better breathing and can operate at higher revolutions per minute than a two-valve engine, delivering more power.- Multi-valve rationale :A multi-valve design... DOHC variable geometry turbocharger |
CFWA | 55 kW @ 4,200 |
@ 2,000 |
10/10– present |
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| 1.4 TDI | 1,422 cc I3, 6v SOHC | BNM | 51 kW @ 4,000 |
@ 1,600-2,800 |
07/06– 03/10 |
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| 1.4 TDI | 1,422 cc I3, 6v SOHC variable geometry turbocharger Variable geometry turbocharger Variable-geometry turbochargers are a family of turbochargers, usually designed to allow the effective aspect ratio of the turbo to be altered as conditions change. This is done because optimum aspect ratio at low engine speeds is very different from that at high engine speeds... |
BNV | 59 kW @ 4,000 |
195 N·m (144 ft·lbf) @ 1,750-2,500 |
05/06– 03/10 |
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| 1.4 TDI DPF Diesel Particulate Filter A diesel particulate filter is a device designed to remove diesel particulate matter or soot from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine. Wall-flow diesel particulate filters usually remove 85% or more of the soot, and under certain conditions can attain soot removal efficiencies of close to 100%... |
1,422 cc I3, 6v SOHC variable geometry turbocharger |
BMS | 59 kW @ 4,000 |
195 N·m (144 ft·lbf) @ 1,750-2,500 |
07/06– 03/10 |
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| 1.6 TDI CR DPF Diesel Particulate Filter A diesel particulate filter is a device designed to remove diesel particulate matter or soot from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine. Wall-flow diesel particulate filters usually remove 85% or more of the soot, and under certain conditions can attain soot removal efficiencies of close to 100%... |
1,598 cc I4, 16v DOHC variable geometry turbocharger |
CAYB | 66 kW @ 4,200 |
230 N·m (170 ft·lbf) @ 1,500-2,500 |
04/10– present |
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| 1.6 TDI CR DPF Diesel Particulate Filter A diesel particulate filter is a device designed to remove diesel particulate matter or soot from the exhaust gas of a diesel engine. Wall-flow diesel particulate filters usually remove 85% or more of the soot, and under certain conditions can attain soot removal efficiencies of close to 100%... |
1,598 cc I4, 16v DOHC variable geometry turbocharger |
CAYC | 77 kW @ 4,400 |
250 N·m (184 ft·lbf) @ 1,500-2,500 |
04/10– present |
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| 1.9 TDI | 1,968 cc I4, 8v SOHC variable geometry turbocharger |
AXR | 74 kW @ 4,000 |
240 N·m (177 ft·lbf) @ 1,800-2,400 |
03/06– 05/06 |
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| 1.9 TDI | 1,968 cc I4, 8v SOHC variable geometry turbocharger |
BSW | 77 kW @ 4,000 |
240 N·m (177 ft·lbf) @ 1,800 |
05/06– 03/10 |
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| 1.9 TDI | 1,968 cc I4, 8v SOHC variable geometry turbocharger |
BLS | 77 kW @ 4,000 |
250 N·m (184 ft·lbf) @ 1,900 |
11/06– 03/10 |
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Safety
The Škoda Roomster was rated in 2006 under the Euro NCAP car safety test programme as follows:- AdultAdultAn adult is a human being or living organism that is of relatively mature age, typically associated with sexual maturity and the attainment of reproductive age....
occupant = - Child occupant =
- PedestrianPedestrianA pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running. In some communities, those traveling using roller skates or skateboards are also considered to be pedestrians. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case...
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Praktik panel van
The Škoda Praktik (Typ 5J8) is a two-door two-seatCar seat
A car seat is the chair used in automobiles. Most car seats are made from inexpensive but durable material in order to withstand as much use as possible.-Ergonomy: Lumbar and thigh support:...
panel van
Panel van
A panel van is a form of solid van, smaller than a lorry or truck, without rear side windows...
version of the Roomster. Its cargo space is 1605 millimetres (63.2 in) long, 1016 millimetres (40 in) wide (minimum), and 900 millimetres (35.4 in) in height - giving a cargo load space of 1900 litres (67.1 cu ft), and a payload from 550 to 640 kg (1,212.5 to 1,411 ). It also includes a moveable internal load bulkead, 'hidden' underfloor storage, anti-slip load bay floor covering with six lashing points, and full-length roof rails.
Official Sites
- Škoda Roomster Škoda Auto Official Website
- Škoda Praktik Škoda Auto Official Website
- Škoda Roomster Škoda UK Website
Unaffiliated Sites
- BRISKODA.net Škoda Roomster Forum and Community