Skoda Rapid Spaceback stars at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show

The Rapid Spaceback - it sounds like the kind of name you'd give to the world's fastest car. Or some kind of spaceship. But no, the Rapid Spaceback is the latest offering from Skoda and it's making its debut right here at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show.

The Rapid sits neatly between the Fabia and the Octavia in the Skoda range, and although you may not have thought there was much room between these two models, Skoda is now going about maximising the potential of its budget-line Rapid. So the Spaceback is a more practical version of the Rapid, just offering less space. Er...

By Gavin Braithwaite-Smith