http://www.caradvice.com.au/284739/2014-skoda-yeti-review/

grrrrrrrrr    :'(  :'(  They dont do the 1.4 here in the UK & that is the version I wanted, but have had to make do with the 1.8 petrol 

Seems odd to not offer it here as it sits smack bang in the middle of the 1.2 and 1.8 petrol engines.

 

Phil

Exactly the engine I have in my Audi A1. Nice enough.

Perhaps because it would fall into the wrong VED band in the UK?

 

Flintstone & Jerry will appreciate this comment, but it would make a brilliant Endurance Rally car!!

Possibly that the 1.2 is adequate power and wot not for our, UK, road structure. I have not been there, but I should imagine Aussys long, straight(er) road structure might require the larger mill.

grrrrrrrrr    :'(  :'(  They dont do the 1.4 here in the UK & that is the version I wanted, but have had to make do with the 1.8 petrol 

And it makes do very well

So he obviously like me-too designs, suggesting the superseded model was 'ugly'.

Bah! Humbug! It's called character AFAIC.

Outdoor on-road for~£18K seems v good value for a euro machine out here. How does one cost OR in blighty?

As far as I can work out, OTR is over £20k for the closest equivalent spec, and that's a 1.2 with DSG and some options.

Just for info - The 1.4 is available here (in France) 1000 euros more than the 1.2

The previous Skoda Yeti was something of a CarAdvice favourite ... But it had one fatal flaw: it was ugly.

I can't disagree with that more.

I would have bought a 1.4 petrol if it had been available here.

 

Dave

I have just ordered a 1.2 DSG as the 1.4 isn't available.  I had the 1.4 in a Octavia with the DSG, cracking car, almost as quick as the 1.8 (which a colleague had).  The waiting is killing me...  :think:

Possibly that the 1.2 is adequate power and wot not for our, UK, road structure. I have not been there, but I should imagine Aussys long, straight(er) road structure might require the larger mill.

What - with their speed limits and enforcement?  But many Aussies like big engines, and are being weaned down gradually.  I'd have ordered a 1.4;  1.2 is no more than adequate, and I miss the low-end grunt of the old 1.9TDI in previous Fabia.  Presumably each country's importer chooses its model range and options... 

What are the emmission levels for the 1.4?

That may have a lot to do with why we aren't getting it.

159g CO2/km for the 1.4 TSI / 122 HP 7-gear DSG Yeti.

159g/km would put that model into Band G, @ £180 per year.

I wonder how that compares to the competition?

A VW Touran 1.4TSI is the same 159g in Manual guise.

The new 1.4 TFSI in the Audi Q3 2wd (which is heavier than the Yeti) is 150PS, 137 g/km co2, which is VED band E.

38.2/56.5/47.9 mpg urban/extra urban/combined.

Max mph = 126, 0-62 = 9.2sec. 

Max torque = 250nm @ 1750 - 3000 rpm.

It's reverted to a cam belt due to some problems with the original chain drive in the smaller Skoda built VAG petrol engines.

This would have been be a good fit in the Yeti.

I am hoping to test drive this Q3 in the near future, as it might suit me better than the 1.2 Yeti.

As with other posts, I'd have preferred the 1.4 engine in the Yeti.

It seems to me, each country's priorities are what drive model choice.

Aussies love of POWERRR is fading rapidly with the loss of 'our' big engine manufacturers (LPG is in trouble). The V8 is dead.

Placarded fuel consumption is increasingly what drives sales here, and Europe, with your emission taxation policies also, plus the fact that unless you are a shift worker or live in a remote area, the roads are almost permanently crowded.

With so much choice in Oz (particularly Asian) cars are becoming 'white goods' as a result of increasingly short model cycles.

The Yeti does not represent another bland product thank goodness.

Funny the 1.4 TSI 140 available on the Mk3 Octavia is VED band C/D £0

In the Czech Republic the 1.2 in the Yeti has been replaced by the 1.4 too.

Supply and demand spring to mind. If orders of 1.2 engines fell off, then SUK would be looking at other engine choices too perhaps.

Do the UK distributors have an oversupply of 1.2 s?