The dealer was offering me a good discount on the 2011 and i booked it(VIN shows it as of august 2011), the dealer said it does not have any difference.

On googling it i found that there was an ecu software upgrade which the dealer said would be done in my yeti.

My yeti will be with me in the next two days or so, i still have an option to change it from 2011 to 2012.

Were there any other changes made to the yeti in 2012 model?

Talking about 4x4 2.0l tdi 140ps elegance

Edited 14 August, 201213 yr by golu14

Nothing stands still on a production line and components are continuously being updated but these are often minor things, even down to a change in supplier and software as you can can easily be updated if required. If your happy with the deal then I wouldn't be overly concerned.

Enjoy the new motor.

TP

If the discount isn't huge, I wouldn't buy a 1 year old new car as although it may be seen as a new car, parts that deteriorates with time (ie tires and timing belt) would need to be changed a year early and also warranty would be a year less (unless it's different in India). Are they selling this slowly in India??

Yet is brought here as CKD units by skoda from its home country then assembled here.

The dealer told me that its CKD kit made in europe in august 2011, then 90 day transit time to india, then, due to low sales was probably kept as is, then assembled sometime in may/june 2012, then as he showed me in his database, brought in the dealer yard on july 10, 2012.

The discount i got was 210k INR or about 2.4k GBP

(1.7k gbp limited official skoda discount for 2011 model, rest from the dealer)

He even said i can see both 2012 and 2011 models in person that theres no difference at all.

And yes, yeti is one of the least selling cars here. Like the yeti sells in the UK, Toyota Fortuner(toyotafortuner.in)(not available outside asia) sells in India.

Yeti does like, 300 units per month in the whole country while fortuner does over 9k. And the fortuner costs like, 12-13k GBP more.

But i'd any day take the yeti over fortuner (:

Edited 14 August, 201213 yr by golu14

Just found this

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/193095-yeti-changes-announced-at-genea-motor-show/

Since mine was august 2011 made, and these changes were applied post 30 may 2011, i guess i made a wise decision even though the electrically folding mirrors arent there even in 2012 ones?

Edited 14 August, 201213 yr by golu14

I assume being too late and you have your yeti now. Anyway, I had the same choice and after a short thought decided to go for 2012. Reason 1- once you decide to sell - it does matter how old your car is, and reason 2- with 2012 I had more options in color, equipment, etc.