Škoda · 2006–2015
Škoda Roomster
The Škoda Roomster (Type 5J) is a small family car manufactured and marketed by Škoda Auto from 2006 to 2015 over a single generation with a single intermediate facelift. It has a five-door, five passenger, front-engine, front-wheel drive, high-roof design and has been described as a hatchback, an estate car, or a multi-purpose vehicle. Styled by Thomas Ingenlath and Peter Wouda, the Roomster premiered at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show) as the first car marketed after Volkswagen Group's takeover of Skoda, sharing the A4 (PQ34) platform and components with the second generation Škoda Fabia. Assembled at the Škoda factory in Kvasiny, Rychnov nad Kněžnou District, sales began in June 2006. A five-door, two-seater panel van variant launched in March 2007 as the Škoda Praktik, a name used previously on a panel van version of the Škoda Fabia Combi. In October 2015, development of the second generation Roomster begun, spy shots of the new Roomster were taken that month revealing that instead of designing a completely new model, the second generation Roomster was to be a rebadged Volkswagen Caddy. In December 2015, development of the second generation Roomster was scrapped so that they could focus on the upcoming Kodiaq mid-size crossover and another reason why development was cancelled is due to cost reasons, leaked images of the second generation Roomster without any camouflage were also spotted with an estimated 100 prototypes built before cancellation.
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UK fuel mix: —. Records from the VCA fuel & emissions archive.
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UK vehicles on the road
16,531 licensed and 1,004 SORN (17,535 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 20,610 |
| 2015 | 22,149 |
| 2016 | 22,028 |
| 2017 | 21,772 |
| 2018 | 21,594 |
| 2019 | 21,230 |
| 2020 | 20,875 |
| 2021 | 20,488 |
| 2022 | 19,988 |
| 2023 | 19,294 |
| 2024 | 18,410 |
| 2025 | 17,535 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q392071CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_RoomsterCC BY-SA 4.0 · Intro text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1360297837 · retrieved 2026-10-03
- UK Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) fuel & emissions data — https://carfueldata.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/Open Government Licence v3.0
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.