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"If your taste in cars leans towards the European, there are plenty of models to choose from. But there are even more that just never make the transatlantic voyage to American showrooms. koda&amp;#039;s lineup is mostly made up of models\u2014like the Up!-based Citigo, Polo-based Fabia, Jetta-based Octavia, or Passat-based Superb\u2014that are essentially rebodied, rebadged, and sometimes enlarged versions of Volkswagen models. But the Rapid stands as a notable exception.  Slotting in between the Fabia and Octavia, the Rapid is a five-door liftback sedan that shares its A05+ platform only with the Seat Toledo and the Chinese-market Volkswagen Santana and Jetta Night, making it something of a unique model that&amp;#039;s roughly comparable to the Chevy Cruze in size. Now the Czech automaker has released it in Spaceback form, set to debut in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show. But if you&amp;#039;re looking at its sharp lines and long-roof form and wondering why Volkswagen doesn&amp;#039;t bring it to the United States, let us stop you right there.  While the Spaceback may look like a more versatile sport wagon, it actually has less room in the back than the existing liftback, cutting cargo capacity from 550 liters with the rear seats in place to 415 liters, and from 1490 liters with the rear seats folded flat in the notchback Rapid to 1380 liters in the Spaceback. Granted, Europeans are enamored with wagons and demand them of their domestic automakers. And the Rapid Spaceback offers a lot more glass, with an options list that includes a panoramic roof panel that almost entirely replaces any metal on the top, and a rear window that takes up more of the liftgate. But when we look at the numbers, we don&amp;#039;t wonder why Volkswagen doesn&amp;#039;t offer its own version in the United States\u2014we wonder why it made the Rapid Spaceback at all. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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