A few days after the closure of the Frankfurt motor show, which was presented to the Volkswagen Up! Skoda has officially told about the brother-Bliznitsa this model, called the Citigo. However, despite a common platform, the car is still different. Skoda Citigo got a different front bumper, grille, head lights, wheels and also the rear bumper and the appearance of the rear lights. In addition, the Czech manufacturer promises to provide the city car will be not only in three-door variant, as in the case of the VW Up! but in the five-door version. However, the sizes of the two machines are identical: 3563 mm in length, 1641 mm 1478 mm wheelbase 2420 mm Pictures of the interior of the Skoda Citigo is not yet available, but we can hardly expect any significant difference with the VW Up!. Under the hood of the Czech car will be a 1.0-liter gasoline engine with a capacity of 60 or 75 HP , which will be supplied in combination with a 5-speed manual gearbox. In addition, Skoda Citigo will appear airbag, which will be designed once and for driver and front passenger, as well as the emergency braking system that can completely stop the car at speeds up to 30 km/H. Sale Skoda Citigo will begin in the Czech Republic until the end of 2011, and in other European countries in 2012. About the price of the novelty is not reported.