Skoda Kamiq turned into a Dakar fighter by students

A team of students have been given the opportunity to design a rally car for Skoda, with the potential for it to one day hit the desert dunes.

As a part of their work with the Skoda Academy, 25 students were given the chance to work with Skoda's more experienced designers and its motorsport team to create a rally raid-inspired vehicle, based on the Kamiq crossover.

Dubbed the Azubi project, it's the first collaboration between the Skoda Academy and Skoda Motorsport, although this Kamiq isn't designed to replace the WRC2-spec Fabia, rather act as a concept if the Mladá Boleslav-based team decided to take on the Dakar Rally.

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With larger wheels, added ground clearance and a rear spoiler, the design is in its early stages before it can be seen as a real impression of a Dakar contender, although it's unlikely the finished result will make it into production regardless.

However, as it has done in previous years with concepts such as the Montiaq ute, Skoda will produce a one-off vehicle to be presented next year, likely at the Volkswagen Group-based Wörthersee festival in Austria.

Skoda Motorsport is currently celebrating its 120th anniversary, having entered its first race in 1901 as an integral part of the Czech company, before evolving into the current operations which focus on the WRC2 rally category.

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