Not sure if this has been posted before, but this site has a nice video and written review of the Yeti (and other Skoda models):

Evening Express

Link opens at an Octavia vRS review, but you can search for the Yeti one.

Edited 24 April, 201016 yr by jlwah

Not sure if this has been posted before, but this site has a nice video and written review of the Yeti (and other Skoda models):

Evening Express

Link opens at an Octavia vRS review, but you can search for the Yeti one.

I looked at quite a few of the 4X4 reviews, and find the style of analysis quite sober and neutral from a brand standpoint. There is one thing they miss about the 4WD softroaders or crossovers as he calls them. He keeps analyzing their "Off-Road" ability but completely ignores the on-road slippery condition ability, which is where most people will have a real benefit.

If you look at where the Haldex 4 came from - a Swedish company who initially designed the´Haldex 4 for SAAB. The technology that SAAB prides themselves on is putting a lot of horsepower down to a poor road surface. Not crossing the Serengeti, competing in the Baja California races or off-roading in the Rockies. No, it is not sliding off the road when powering through a bend on a snowcoverd road - or moving along on some of the 1000's of dirt and gravel roads they have in Northern Sweden.

he does make a valid point (in the Octavia Scout review) that the Haldex and a bit more ground clearance does not really let you go off-road - that needs tyres designed for it, at h´they are basically a pain to drive on every day.