Skoda has played its part in the seven-seater genre for many years now, with the Kodiaq, and it’ll soon add an EV to the mix with the new Vision 7S. We’ve caught Skoda’s flagship electric SUV testing before, and even had some official teasers from the Czech company, although a trip around the Nurburgring suggests its launch is nearing.
We saw Skoda’s new electric SUV nearly four years ago in the form of the Vision 7S concept. It’ll use Skoda’s new ‘Modern Solid’ design language, as seen on the facelifted Enyaq and new Elroq, and will rival other seven-seat electric SUVs such as the Peugeot e-5008 and Kia EV9 when it arrives in 2026.
While ‘Vision 7S’ has been used for the car’s concept name, it doesn’t match Skoda’s naming strategy for its EV SUVs – which all start with an ‘E’ and end with a ‘Q’. The Epiq trademark is reserved for a new small EV to sit below the Elroq, but Skoda has reserved another name – Eviatiq, which could be used for this seven-seater.
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Whatever the Vision 7S or ‘Eviatiq’ will be called, we already have a good idea how it’ll look. The stand-out feature is the ‘Tech Deck Face’ that’s already been applied to the new Skoda Elroq, and more recently the facelifted Enyaq. This replaces a typical Skoda grille with a thin arrangement of sensors and cameras that form part of the car’s active safety hardware.
