DOUBLE VISION

Skoda turned standard car industry practice on its head by building the Kamiq and then making the Vision X concept afterwards. Design boss Oliver Stefani reveals all

John McIlroy

John_McIlroy@dennis.co.uk @johnmcilroy “Only when Stefani was happy with the final Kamiq did he turn to his team and tell them, ‘Make that into a concept car’” THE car industry has a pretty well-set formula on how to bring a design to market. First, do an outlandish concept that grabs the attention. Second, struggle like hell to turn it into a production car while still retaining enough of the show car’s glamour. This is not how Skoda does things. Because while it is true that the two cars you see here, Vision X (left) and Kamiq, are closely related, it was the production car that was created first. Only when Skoda design boss Oliver Stefani was happy with the final Kamiq that is now arriving in showrooms did he then turn…

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