Order book closed before facelift revealed?

[brxmy]

Does anyone have any thoughts about when the order book will close for the current Yeti ahead of the introduction of the facelift?

I'm thinking of buying a Yeti but would like to see what the new one is going to look like before placing my order. In the case of the Superb - the order book closed before the facelift was revealed - see http://www.briskoda....age__hl__ order

I suspect the same thing will happen with the Yeti. Therefore my idea of waiting to see what the facelift looks like isn't such a great idea if I want a factory order.

Edited 14 April, 2013 by brxmy

[The Plumber]

Based on the current new designs and the berb facelift I cringe to think what's in the pipeline for the poor monster. You may guess from that statement, that the new corporate clone look is not to my taste :no:

I'm guessing the new Monster might start coming of the line week 45 (November); often a significant date in the production calendar but pure speculation on my part.

TP

[horn3t]

Well, to be completley honest I wouldn't know that. If you are more into the looks, I would wait for sure. I have ordered mine because I am not to keen about the new technics, which I assume, will be in FL model of the Yeti and my retailer gave me quite a discount, because I have ordered a model that "is going out of production".

So to summon-up: if you are more into the looks and new technology, I suggest you to wait for a face-lift.

Hope that helps.

Best regards!

[Skoda Al Coda]

I'd put a few quid on TP's speculative week 45 for production start *. The official word from Skoda is that the Yeti FL will be unveiled at Frankfurt (starts 12/9).

I don't know how similar the Superb build lead times were to the Yeti's, but maybe the time-line for the Superb order close-down gives a reasonable idea of when the Yeti order books will close?

I wonder if there will be a couple of months of special offers from around July?

* Or, at least, sometime between then & wk 48, which would be exactly 6 months after the Superb start

Edited 14 April, 2013 by Skoda Al Coda

[brxmy]

I wonder if there will be a couple of months of special offers from around July?

That thought had occurred to me too. Something like the Urban spec from last year could appeal although I imagine the options would be limited if at all.

The last car I bought was just before a major facelift. Having driven around for the last 4 years in a car that was out of date soon after I bought it, I'm inclined now to wait for the FL. However having seen a few facelights in the past turn a good car into a dog it's tempting just to be done with it and order the current version. The possibility of a good discount on the current model is attractive too although residual values will of course take a corresponding hit when the FL appears.

Decisions... decisions...

[900000]

You can always pay the deposit and order one now anyway............ and then when you see the facelift, amend the order for a facelift one should you prefer that OR keep the order if you prefer the current one. Not exactly Rocket science.

[BossFox]

Decisions indeed.

Getting a last of model car usually results in a well sorted vehicle as all bugs/production issues have been resolved, plus it's possible to negotiate a bit more.

On the downside it looks older quicker and you don't get any new tech introduced.

I have been changing my car too often, so my plan is to hang onto the Yeti for some time. It's a 12 plate and seems faultless so far...

With the options added trading it in for a similar new one would cost me about £6k. I'm not convinced the facelift will be that much better so I'll have to live with an "old" car.

After a year and 20k miles I still like driving it.

I am also a bit concerned about the corporate face Skoda are shoving on every model. The best one so far is the Citigo IMO.