I'd be interested in the T-Roc (?) because we don't need anything bigger......main thing is ground clearance.

(companies prefer to market mass appeal vehicles, but the Yeti was too polarising.....and had an 'old profile') 

When I first saw the Yeti, I immediately thought it must have been based on the VW Caddy....an urban carryall with a tight turning circle.......basically a FWD but unique in having such a tight turning circle, because that's a significant challenge for CV joints and their lifespan.

Edited 16 July, 20178 yr by Ryeman

We're all going to have differences of opinion about the Yeti. 

But you can't design a completely different shape, (copied from the current mass market hype), and still pretend it's related to the same original model. 

It ain't, it never will be a YETI. 

 

Skoda had the opportunity years back to build a proper off roader to suit those needing a real 4x4 when they had the Yeti Extreme Concept.

All the mechanical parts were in the VW Group stores.

JLR took the design they had for their Concept of a Defender replacement & both were just taken from the Jimny Design and scaled up.

 

Maybe someday Skoda will have a small practical easy access vehicle now that the Roomster & Yeti are no more.

Baby Fabia SUV probably / Arona clone.

All this nonsense about China / Yeti name etc.

 

Funnily enough, from MY dealer I have been told a "different" version of events.

 

Yes the Karoq was initially going to be Yeti II. But the reason for the name change... well MY dealer says that Skoda has acknowledged that the "Yeti" brand stands for something. It's not a generic SUV brand but actually stands for a small SUV that has it's own design direction, it's own character - an SUV equivalent of a Mini, a Fiat 500, a Citroen 2CV etc.

 

So the new "generic" design didn't sit well with the Yeti brand was simply going to dilute it, so rather than risk this, they changed the name to Karoq so that in the future they can bring back the Yeti branding and apply it to a vehicle more befitting the name.

 

As plenty of others have said, if it was simply about China, they'd just have changed the name there. Happens all the time with plenty of manufacturers.

On 7/16/2017 at 13:36, Pictishloon said:

If VW hadn't wanted to expand into the lucrative Chinese market, the Karoq would still be called the Yeti.

 

Skoda has been selling a China-specific (60mm longer and with the option of a spare wheel on the tailgate), China-manufactured version of the Yeti since 2013.  It has always been called the Yeti.

 

The "story" alleging that the name change has anything to do with Chinese sensitivity over the smallest of its Himalayan neighbours would seem to have next to no basis in reality.  The word "yeti" is actually Tibetan in origin.  Can you guess which country controls Tibet these days?

 

The statement that the Yeti has been Skoda's "most popular model ever" is either completely fictitious, or based on some extremely careful selection of market and period (aka "fake news").

 

The explanation of the Karoq name being based on words from the Alutiiq language is present on the Skoda Auto web site: http://www.skoda-auto.com/en/models/karoq/.  Absent any Alutiiq speakers to contradict it, this would seem to support the assertion.

 

In summary, I tend to agree with Llanigraham.

20 hours ago, Sad555 said:

This is more likely to be a YETI replacement 

Now that I could be interested in.  As I get older I am considering a SUV for the ease of entry and exit.  The VW Tiguan, Seat Ateca and Skoda Karoq are larger than I want.  The Audi versions are just too expensive.  I particularly like the DSG gearbox so I would like a car from VAG for my next car. 

Like the look of that! Did try the Ateca but didn't need the size.

15 hours ago, philbes said:

Now that I could be interested in.  As I get older I am considering a SUV for the ease of entry and exit.  The VW Tiguan, Seat Ateca and Skoda Karoq are larger than I want.  The Audi versions are just too expensive.  I particularly like the DSG gearbox so I would like a car from VAG for my next car. 

 

I'm 70, and my wife is close to that (a gentleman never tells  ). 

 

That's one of the main reasons we spent over 4 months checking out many many other cars and decided on the Yeti. 

Y'see.... Once you younger guys get on a bit, and you will, entry to a vehicle becomes a very important factor. With a hip replacement following an accidental fall on Dartmoor, my good lady found it to be the ONLY car that she could enter and exit with complete ease. 

AND being short, the ONLY car that she can see the whole bonnet from when she's driving. 

We tried all these jelly mould lookalikes. Hyundai, Suzuki , Ford, Nissan, Fiat, Skoda, Citroen, Jeep.... Amazingly rear seats don't fold down fully in Jeeps.....so we really did our homework. 

 

It's no good TELLING customers that they WILL like the new shape. We dont!! 

They don't fulfill the purpose for which we bought the car. Practicality

And to those who buy for no other reason than being up with the Jones's or wanting to have an 'on trend' shape...... Gawd help us! 

 

I read a post on here a while ago.... Looks good on my drive..... the op put.

 

REALLY...... WOW...... I'm off to try and find someone who cares. I may be away for some considerable time! 

 

 

Edited 18 July, 20178 yr by FurryFriend

So Vauxhall have turned out the 'Crossland' with styling taken from the Adam which seems to have been inspired by styling from the 'Silvercross' prams of old, 

or Retro prams now available.

(maybe something to do with the advertising using yummy mummies.)

37 minutes ago, Awayoffski said:

So Vauxhall have turned out the 'Crossland' with styling taken from the Adam which seems to have been inspired by styling from the 'Silvercross' prams of old, 

or Retro prams now available.

(maybe something to do with the advertising using yummy mummies.)

 

Far from yummy mummies, they're advertising it with "pyjama mamas" who are the ones who can't be bothered getting dressed in the morning before taking their kids to school or visiting the shops. Unusual choice for a target market ............

Good point well made,

maybe just the nanny / childminder / granny in pyjama's, and there is nothing yummy about them you see as nice females doing it all the time, 

and nothing sexist not having any males dropping off children in their bed  wear.

Edited 18 July, 20178 yr by Awayoffski

On 18/07/2017 at 09:42, HowardBury said:

 

they're advertising it with "pyjama mamas" who are the ones who can't be bothered getting dressed in the morning before taking their kids to school or visiting the shops. Unusual choice for a target market ............

 

I disagree: I reckon their advertising agency has got the Vauxhall market demographic almost exactly right.  Vauxhall always means cheap bling and gadgets to me.  The company is headquartered in Luton, for heaven's sake.  Have you ever been there?  <shudders>.  This is the place where they deemed it sensible put the airport in the middle of a never-ending building site.  One reason why I got the Yeti to replace my ageing Impreza was because the then-new Impreza was indistinguishable from an Astra - and I couldn't face the idea of people thinking that I drove an Astra...

Edited 20 July, 20178 yr by ejstubbs

1 minute ago, ejstubbs said:

 

I disagree: I reckon their advertising agency has got the Vauxhall market demographic almost exactly right.  Vauxhall always means cheap bling and gadgets to me.  The company is headquartered in Luton, for heaven's sake.  Have you ever been there?  <shudders>.  This is the place where they put the airport in the middle of a never-ending building site.  One reason why I got the Yeti to replace my ageing Impreza was because the then-new Impreza was indistinguishable from an Astra - and I couldn't face the idea of people thinking that I drove an Astra...

Hahahahaha, I agree!

If a car is made in Austria frinstance, it always seems likely to be better quality.

I owned an A reg Astra SR. My first ever new car and I loved it..... for a while.

Used for work it was economical for its time and I fitted it with an aftermarket cruise control. Would never have a car without this since either fitted as standard or added by me.

At 25k miles and I year old the engine had to be rebuilt due to excessive oil consumption.

At 50k miles and 2 years old serious rust was setting in under the windscreen rubber and spreading out and I could see bubbling under the plastic lower arch and body trim. Sold it on then.

Good days then though: £5700 on the road and sold for £3300 to a private buyer. In the meantime more than paid for itself under the company's expense scheme.

It is perfectly possible to build acceptable quality cars in the UK.  Toyota and BMW seem to manage OK.  But then they're not run from Luton.

 

AIUI Vauxhall passenger vehicles are manufactured in Ellesmere Port, not Luton.  I still wouldn't buy one, though.

Don't forget HONDA and Nissan produce a fair few cars in the uk