Skoda has announced the their new compact SUV will be called the KAROQ. The Karoq will hve its world premiere in Stockholm on May 18.

The name and spelling of the Karoq has been derived from the language of Alaska’s indigenous people. In the local lingo of the Alutiiq tribe, car means ‘KAA RAQ’ and arrow means ‘RUQ’.

The new Skoda will be built on the MQB platform which also forms the base for the Audi Q3 and the Volkswagen Tiguan. The Karoq seems to the stylling with the bigger Kodiaq SUV as seen from some spy shots.

The Karoq is expected to come India after the Kodiaq. “The SKODA KAROQ is a completely newly designed SUV that sets new benchmarks for our brand and its segment in every way. With this new SUV, we are taking the next logical step in our SUV strategy,” said SKODA CEO Bernhard Maier. “The SKODA KAROQ impresses with its unique brand identity and a distinctive product identity and is introducing – alongside the typical ŠKODA strengths – the brand’s new, emotive design language into the compact SUV segment,” added Maier.

Spy shot source: motor1.com