LAST AUTO NEWS – FIRST VENTURE INTO COMPACT SUV CLASS – YETI SUV COMES IN FROM THE COLD
Last Auto account – Aboriginal adventure into bunched SUV chic – Yeti SUV comes in from the algid Skoda’s aboriginal off-roader spied on test
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Our spy photographers consistently administer to be in the appropriate abode at the appropriate time, but they’ve surpassed themselves with these pictures – they’ve managed to bolt a Yeti in the snow!
This is Skoda’s first-ever 4×4, which has been airtight ability final algid acclimate testing advanced of its barrage in the UK after this year. The Yeti makes its admission at the Geneva Motor Appearance this week, and takes Skoda into a absolutely new area of the market. It builds on the success of the firm’s boxlike 2WD Scout-badged models and will go up adjoin compct SUVs such as the Toyota RAV4 and Ford Kuga.
However, it’s addition rival, the VW Tiguan, with which the Yeti has a lot of in common, as it shares a adapted belvedere with the Golf-based off-roader. The Skoda will action a best of two or four-wheel-drive transmissions while engine options will cover 1.8 and 2.0-litre petrols additional 1.9 and 2.0-litre diesels.
As you can see from these spy shots, the Yeti shares the aforementioned boxlike appearance as the aboriginal 2004 Geneva appearance concept, but adds a brace of rear doors for added practicality. Expect the beefy new archetypal to be priced cheaper than a lot of of its rivals. Log on to www.autoexpress.co.uk to see pictures of the Yeti at Geneva.
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