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Back when The Good Car Guy started talking about Skoda, Volkswagen's Czech subsidiary, the Yeti had been revealed in Geneva of '05 to be super-funk, a Skoda Roomster with more SUV-like characteristics. The production Yeti is ready now, as shown at the Geneva auto show, and while still holding a great measure of appeal to urban Europeans, the Yeti has lost plenty of funk.
- Bt Design's Etape Concept Converts Skoda Yeti Into A Sporty Pickup Truck
Making its world premiere at this week's 2012 Auto Mobil International Show (AMI) in Leipzig, Germany, is a new concept model for a small Skoda pickup truck from BT Design, a subsidiary of Benet Automotive (BA), a Czech company that works closely...
- Skoda Launches New Limited Edition Yeti Urban In Britain
More often than not, special edition models come with a price hike, but that's not the case with Skoda's new Yeti Urban that features up to £2,450 worth of extra equipment at no extra cost over the SE trim it is based on. Production of the...
- Video: Skoda Yeti Suv Filmed In Norway
Volkswagen Group owned Skoda has published a new video of its first-ever dedicated proposal in the compact crossover segment, the Yeti, filmed during the final-preproduction tests that took place in the area around Oslo, Norway. The vehicles tested in...
- Skoda's Yeti Compact Suv With 4x4 Finally Revealed
It took Skoda more than four years and two concept studies, but Volkswagen's Czech subsidiary finally managed to unveil the production version of the Yeti at this week's Geneva Salon. When it goes on sale across Europe this summer, the Yeti compact...
- Watch The New Skoda Yeti In Action
For North Americans who can't visualize, the video below should help you grasp the Skoda Yeti's on-road presence. Relying on numbers alone, apt visualizers will be able to understand the Yeti just fine since it's 5 inches longer than a Kia...
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PRODUCTION SKODA YETI - ACROSS THE POND
Back when The Good Car Guy started talking about Skoda, Volkswagen's Czech subsidiary, the Yeti had been revealed in Geneva of '05 to be super-funk, a Skoda Roomster with more SUV-like characteristics. The production Yeti is ready now, as shown at the Geneva auto show, and while still holding a great measure of appeal to urban Europeans, the Yeti has lost plenty of funk.Notice how a Ford Flex without the contrasting roof looks.... downmarket? Ever realized how the Toyota FJ Cruiser would be plain without its white roof? Well, the concept Skoda Yeti used a white roof as a way to set itself apart. In production form, the Yeti has lost that definining characteristic. The double-bubble headlights stick around. Rear door handles move to a conventional location. Width appears to have been stripped, whether or not it actually has suffered at the hands of the accountant/engineer conundrum.
Here's where the Skoda story gets good, though. With low-po engines featuring no more than 169 horsepower and a position in the VeeDub family that predestinates Skoda to the lower rungs of price schemes, the Yeti will be a distinctly affordable cute-ute. Available with two or four wheel drive, a classy interior, loads of space, and terrific fuel economy, the disappointment over missing out on the concept Skoda Yeti's exterior could abate somewhat. That's not to forget other able competitors in the category, most notably in this case, the Volkswagen Tiguan. You may've heard of the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, and Subaru Forester, as well.
As usual, The Good Car Guy struggles with the purpose behind wicked concepts like that which led to the Jaguar XF. Which would you, as an automaker's CEO, prefer: excited previewers at an auto show who are somewhat disappointed prospective buyers in the showroom, or, impressed previewers at an auto show who remain impressed in the showroom?
Again, the production Skoda Yeti is nice. What it could have been, oh Good Car Nation, is nicer.
- Bt Design's Etape Concept Converts Skoda Yeti Into A Sporty Pickup Truck
Making its world premiere at this week's 2012 Auto Mobil International Show (AMI) in Leipzig, Germany, is a new concept model for a small Skoda pickup truck from BT Design, a subsidiary of Benet Automotive (BA), a Czech company that works closely...
- Skoda Launches New Limited Edition Yeti Urban In Britain
More often than not, special edition models come with a price hike, but that's not the case with Skoda's new Yeti Urban that features up to £2,450 worth of extra equipment at no extra cost over the SE trim it is based on. Production of the...
- Video: Skoda Yeti Suv Filmed In Norway
Volkswagen Group owned Skoda has published a new video of its first-ever dedicated proposal in the compact crossover segment, the Yeti, filmed during the final-preproduction tests that took place in the area around Oslo, Norway. The vehicles tested in...
- Skoda's Yeti Compact Suv With 4x4 Finally Revealed
It took Skoda more than four years and two concept studies, but Volkswagen's Czech subsidiary finally managed to unveil the production version of the Yeti at this week's Geneva Salon. When it goes on sale across Europe this summer, the Yeti compact...
- Watch The New Skoda Yeti In Action
For North Americans who can't visualize, the video below should help you grasp the Skoda Yeti's on-road presence. Relying on numbers alone, apt visualizers will be able to understand the Yeti just fine since it's 5 inches longer than a Kia...