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Everything's all gone a bit EuroDisney over at the Skoda stand in Geneva. There's a man wandering round in a massive fluffy white bear-type costume, pursued by a couple of bronzed lovelies clad in somewhat scantier versions of the same material. Strange.
It's all to promote the new Yeti (ah, so that's what he's meant to be) - Skoda's new crossover-type thing that promises to fill a gap in the SUV market that no one knew existed.
In appearance and size, the Yeti sits halfway between a Kia Soul and Nissan Qashqai, and boasts a shiny, chromed front end that Skoda describes as ‘impressive'. Looking at those inboard foglights, we were thinking ‘cross-eyed'.
Gaping square wheel arches and de rigeur plastic bumpers complete the Yeti's soft-roader visuals, but unlike many of the jacked-up brigade, the Yeti does at least get four-wheel drive.
At least, it does if you opt for one of the bigger engines: the base-spec 103bhp petrol and 109bhp diesel engines are front-wheel-drive affairs. All-wheel-drive engine choices include a 1.8-litre, 158bhp turbo petrol engine and a pair of two-litre turbodiesels in 138bhp and 168bhp flavour.
So what do you reckon? Will the Yeti be a surprise SUV hit like the Qashqai, or a what-the-hell-do-we-do-with-this one confusion like, say, the Seat Altea XL?
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C4_4life commented on this article
at 01:31 pm on 03 March 2009
They should drop that Hitler-ish stylling already.
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Afaque commented on this article
at 05:54 pm on 03 March 2009
Its ugggglllllyyy!!!!!!!
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geetee commented on this article
at 08:39 am on 04 March 2009
It looks cool to me... the version with 4x4 1.8 turbo engine should be fun. ...very inteligent previous comments here, at least german ( u call it hitlerish) stylling still exist and seems to be succesfull all over the world but british ( Churchillish ) stylling does not exist anymore as there is no car maker in britsh hands surviving to these days except taxi cab ( manganesebronze) and that some STYLLING!!!! novadays british can do only these stupid comments haha
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Wotski commented on this article
at 12:38 pm on 04 March 2009
The model is smiling, but her eyes are screaming "WHY DIDN'T I JUST SAY YES TO PAGE 3??????" Yeti looks happy enough though.
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JohnWolf commented on this article
at 07:15 pm on 04 March 2009
It looks ... robust and solid, to me. Until now, I have driven mostly Subaru or Volvo, all of them AWD. As a second or a third car in the family, it could have a good chance. The Czech quality is above expectations, Skoda is now a premium car to me, while Volvo has lost a bit, Subaru remains the same solid car that runs and runs and runs indefinitely :)
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