This is the first actual one I have seen on auto trader or anywhere showing the new spec. One thing that has changed unfortunately is the lidded compartment on the top of the dash has now been removed and replaced with a pretty useless shallow tray thing  - now need to find somewhere else to store my sunglasses! “Skoda“ writing on steering wheel is not present despite the online stuff showing it on there. Other thing is the rear window isolator/ cancel button on drivers side door has been replaced with individual rear electric child door locks. 

 

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Edited 8 January, 20251 yr by mistac

There's a sunglasses holder in the roof, isn't there...?  I'm pretty sure there is in my wife's 2019 SEL. 

9 minutes ago, Schtum said:

There's a sunglasses holder in the roof, isn't there...?  I'm pretty sure there is in my wife's 2019 SEL. 

No, the sportline has an electric sunroof and the controls for that are where the sunglasses holder normally are on the SEL 😅

That dash top cubby was very useful, as it was just the right size for a disabled person’s blue badge folder. And in easy reach for both driver or passenger, to take out and place on dash when parking.

Not that anyone ever sits in the back of ours, but I’m pleased to see the trays are now gone - always felt very flimsy…….

49 minutes ago, Berisford said:

Not that anyone ever sits in the back of ours, but I’m pleased to see the trays are now gone - always felt very flimsy…….

If you mean the fold out picnic table things , I have those on my current SEL, but from what I can see the sportline has never had those in recent times anyway

2 hours ago, mistac said:

If you mean the fold out picnic table things , I have those on my current SEL, but from what I can see the sportline has never had those in recent times anyway

Over my two SEL's I have endured 7 years of picnic tables. Never used once, except by grandchildren trying to destroy them ( we are governed by the rules of "gentle parenting" 😖 ).

They are more robust that I expected!

Early versions of the sport line edition must’ve had the last of the old style steering wheels..  New ones now coming through have the new style “SKODA” steering wheel after all - picture is not the best, but you can see the design. I guess this shows the way the production lines transition from one spec to another. Not sure if this is the new style wheel for other Karoq models as this is the first one I’ve seen.

Edited 11 January, 20251 yr by mistac

Skoda Karoq Sportlne Edition UK owners (with standard 19” wheels) -  be interested to hear from some of you as to how you’re getting on with the ride quality? Does the dynamic chassis control (DCC) really make any difference? I’m thinking about getting alloy and tyre insurance simply cause I’ve never had such big alloy wheels/low profile times (pity there was not an option to change the size at the order point)

Edited 26 February, 20251 yr by mistac

I had DCC on an Octavia vrs a few years ago and it was good, so I'm hoping it'll be good on the new Karoq Sportline I'm picking up on Saturday. Tbh the ride on my current Karoq isn't brilliant,a combination of 40 profile tyres and a torsion beam rear axle can be a bit wearing on our poor roads. At least the 2.0 TSI has multi link rear suspension. I went for the alloy,tyre, bodywork and windscreen cover as they did the bundle for a decent price for 3 years cover. Roll on 10.30 Saturday for Karoq number 3.

3 hours ago, mistac said:

Skoda Karoq Sportlne Edition UK owners (with standard 19” wheels) -  be interested to hear from some of you as to how you’re getting on with the ride quality? Does the dynamic chassis control (DCC) really make any difference? I’m thinking about getting alloy and tyre insurance simply cause I’ve never had such big alloy wheels/low profile times (pity there was not an option to change the size at the order point)

You’re probably there before me then, as I’m picking mine up at 12.! As a matter of interest, what colour are you getting? Your ride will probably be a bit better than mine as you have the 45 profile on the 2.0. If you don’t mind me asking, did you get any special deal on the combined alloy/bodywork cover? I think I was quoted  £500 odd quid.

4 hours ago, mistac said:

Skoda Karoq Sportlne Edition UK owners (with standard 19” wheels) -  be interested to hear from some of you as to how you’re getting on with the ride quality? Does the dynamic chassis control (DCC) really make any difference? I’m thinking about getting alloy and tyre insurance simply cause I’ve never had such big alloy wheels/low profile times (pity there was not an option to change the size at the order point)

 

As has been said the Sportline comes with 45 profile tyres instead of 40s so that's a help. I hadn't seen alloy and wheel insurance anywhere and wonder what it covers? I've kerbed mine a couple of times in Scotland where their granite kerbs can tear chunks out of your wheel rim. But would my driving errors be covered? I'm planning to take them in to be refurbished this spring, and wondering about having the diamond cut silver varnish painted black! 

 

I specified DCC on my car due to the many complaints about the ride on 19" wheels. And I have to say there's a vast difference in ride between Comfort and Sport! On my original Bridgestone Dueler tyres I much preferred the Comfort mode which filtered out the sharp bumps but left you in a "floaty" ride - a bit like my old Citroens used to be. But now I've changed to Continental All Season 2 tyres I find the ride has improved and the Standard mode is quite acceptable. Of course the DCC is active all the time, so it could still be improving the ride in any mode.

10 minutes ago, CJJE said:

 

As has been said the Sportline comes with 45 profile tyres instead of 40s so that's a help. I hadn't seen alloy and wheel insurance anywhere and wonder what it covers? I've kerbed mine a couple of times in Scotland where their granite kerbs can tear chunks out of your wheel rim. But would my driving errors be covered? I'm planning to take them in to be refurbished this spring, and wondering about having the diamond cut silver varnish painted black! 

 

I specified DCC on my car due to the many complaints about the ride on 19" wheels. And I have to say there's a vast difference in ride between Comfort and Sport! On my original Bridgestone Dueler tyres I much preferred the Comfort mode which filtered out the sharp bumps but left you in a "floaty" ride - a bit like my old Citroens used to be. But now I've changed to Continental All Season 2 tyres I find the ride has improved and the Standard mode is quite acceptable. Of course the DCC is active all the time, so it could still be improving the ride in any mode.

Only the 2.0 comes with 45 profile tyres, the 1.5 comes with 40 profile tyres (unfortunately) - at the moment, I’ve taken out total loss gap alloy wheel tire insurance just to be safe

Edited 26 February, 20251 yr by mistac

1 hour ago, mistac said:

You’re probably there before me then, as I’m picking mine up at 12.! As a matter of interest, what colour are you getting? Your ride will probably be a bit better than mine as you have the 45 profile on the 2.0. If you don’t mind me asking, did you get any special deal on the combined alloy/bodywork cover? I think I was quoted  £500 odd quid.

I've gone for Graphite grey this time, currently got Phoenix orange. £500 for all three packs. I think they were £399 each originally but they dropped the price due to lack of interest at that price point. May bump into you on Saturday,if not hope you are pleased with your new one 😁 

Mine is due for build next week, so hopefully I'll be able to pick it up around the end of March/beginning of April.

I’m trading my 23MY Karoq SportLine in on Saturday and picking up a new Scala, I noticed that’s also got the new style badging on the steering wheel.

Edited 27 February, 20251 yr by Modders

On 26/02/2025 at 11:45, mistac said:

Skoda Karoq Sportlne Edition UK owners (with standard 19” wheels) -  be interested to hear from some of you as to how you’re getting on with the ride quality? Does the dynamic chassis control (DCC) really make any difference? I’m thinking about getting alloy and tyre insurance simply cause I’ve never had such big alloy wheels/low profile times (pity there was not an option to change the size at the order point)

The ride in normal mode is not bad compared to my 23 reg Sportline on 18 x 215 x 55, even though on collection they were initially fairly over inflated and the ride was very firm. Now correctly inflated to 2.4 bar it's smooth and rattle free. The seats are much more comfortable than the Ateca SE, which I had as a courtesy car prior to a delayed delivery. In Sport mode it is firm as expected. Comfort mode on longer dual carriageway or motorway runs is not as boat-like as the DCC on the L&K Superb. TSR linked with ACC initially took me by surprise, accelerating fairly strongly  from 30 to 60 when merging onto an A road. No rattles from the doors or dashboard.....yet , which is a surprise given Lincolnshire County Council's propensity for 'repairing'  roads, strewing gravel and tar, even on the hottest days, quickly leaving bare strips after an hour or two of HGV traffic. The Columbus rear camera picture appears to be clearer than the previous Amundsen. The only  minor glitch is the hatch area 12v socket definitely has power, as it runs a low power light bulb, but will not run the VAG  standard emergency air compressor or my new Lidl one. The 12v socket in the rear seating area does operate them both. Weird. Both pumps work fine off my fairly puny motorcycle battery, connected via the same type of cigarette lighter socket. I will pass that on at the 1st service.  Enjoy your new car. 

32 minutes ago, Redboy said:

The ride in normal mode is not bad compared to my 23 reg Sportline on 18 x 215 x 55, even though on collection they were initially fairly over inflated and the ride was very firm. Now correctly inflated to 2.4 bar it's smooth and rattle free. The seats are much more comfortable than the Ateca SE, which I had as a courtesy car prior to a delayed delivery. In Sport mode it is firm as expected. Comfort mode on longer dual carriageway or motorway runs is not as boat-like as the DCC on the L&K Superb. TSR linked with ACC initially took me by surprise, accelerating fairly strongly  from 30 to 60 when merging onto an A road. No rattles from the doors or dashboard.....yet , which is a surprise given Lincolnshire County Council's propensity for 'repairing'  roads, strewing gravel and tar, even on the hottest days, quickly leaving bare strips after an hour or two of HGV traffic. The Columbus rear camera picture appears to be clearer than the previous Amundsen. The only  minor glitch is the hatch area 12v socket definitely has power, as it runs a low power light bulb, but will not run the VAG  standard emergency air compressor or my new Lidl one. The 12v socket in the rear seating area does operate them both. Weird. Both pumps work fine off my fairly puny motorcycle battery, connected via the same type of cigarette lighter socket. I will pass that on at the 1st service.  Enjoy your new car. 

Thanks - the first actual reply that answered my question! Some good feedback there - will see how I get on Saturday and post my thoughts on here. When you say in comfort mode, it’s not boat like,  is that in a good or bad way? As you appear to have tweaked your tire pressures, does it have individual tire pressure readings on the entertainment/virtual cockpit?

Edited 27 February, 20251 yr by mistac

@mistacno it's pretty comfortable in a good way, i.e. it doesn't seem to wallow in comfort mode. I wouldn't throw it around country lanes though, unless it was in normal ir sport mode. Obviously with 19" 40 profile wheels/tyres it's best to avoid potholes. The ride is acceptable. It's certainly not as noisy regarding tyre road noise from my MkIII Octavia VRS or Golf GTI. I didn't tweak my tyre pressures, I lowered them from incorrectly high (over 3 bar)  to the correct setting of 2.4 bar. The tyre pressures don't show individually. None of my Skodas ever have. The Superb did show which wheel had lost pressure. The Karoq simply indicates that pressure has been lost. If you don't find your boot nets, they might be in the spare wheel area. I haven't decided whether to remove the rear passenger tablet holders from the headrests yet. I think the seats look better without them.  

Edited 27 February, 20251 yr by Redboy

Having  taken delivery today, I am well impressed with my Sportline Edition - seats are comfy, ride on the 19"s has surprised me (if anything I think it is better than my SEL on 18"s although I do wonder if the  SEL's front shock misting/leaking had made the rider poorer over time?) - also trying to get used to the ACC which links up with nav and traffic sign data, so it not only works in standard ACC mode but also displays messages such as roundabout or bend ahead etc and will auto slow down for you. I am not sure if that is effectively  predictive cruise control but if so, it is not marketed as having that so that was a nice surprise.  Tyres were as normal from new overinflated, so now adjusted to normal psi.  Skoda Connect all up and running so all good so far . Not many red ones about either - I am a sucker for red/black trims so think it looks great. Have taken out separate tyre/alloy insurance though as a little nervy about them despite being careful!     

Edited 1 March, 20251 yr by mistac

Nice!  It looks as if they've abandoned the (in my opinion) daft aerodynamic wheel inserts.

1 hour ago, RCC49 said:

Nice!  It looks as if they've abandoned the (in my opinion) daft aerodynamic wheel inserts.

From what I can tell, I think they have abandoned them thankfully. I told my dealer that if they did come on the car, I wanted them removed. So far, must say I’m really impressed with it. The one thing I was concerned about was the right quality, but I can’t say it’s substantially worse than my old SEL - perhaps it’s the DCC contributing to that. Also pleasantly surprised that the adaptive cruise control is actually predictive cruise control as it picks up roundabouts and bends et cetera and slows down for you.. one really odd thing is that even though the car is new, I like to check the oil level but the dipstick was stuck solid. Not sure if you have to check it when the engine is warm instead of cold?

Edited 2 March, 20251 yr by mistac

On 27/02/2025 at 22:01, Redboy said:

@mistacno it's pretty comfortable in a good way, i.e. it doesn't seem to wallow in comfort mode. I wouldn't throw it around country lanes though, unless it was in normal ir sport mode. Obviously with 19" 40 profile wheels/tyres it's best to avoid potholes. The ride is acceptable. It's certainly not as noisy regarding tyre road noise from my MkIII Octavia VRS or Golf GTI. I didn't tweak my tyre pressures, I lowered them from incorrectly high (over 3 bar)  to the correct setting of 2.4 bar. The tyre pressures don't show individually. None of my Skodas ever have. The Superb did show which wheel had lost pressure. The Karoq simply indicates that pressure has been lost. If you don't find your boot nets, they might be in the spare wheel area. I haven't decided whether to remove the rear passenger tablet holders from the headrests yet. I think the seats look better without them.  

@Redboy is it possible to use the cruise control as normal/standard cruise control rather than adaptive cruise control? I like the adaptive cruise control but my Mrs is not so sure about it. I found under driver assistance there is an option to select/use radio button for ACC but if it’s deselected I don’t know what that means. Does it mean that adaptive cruise control is just not working and that’s that? Or does that mean ACC is not working but it can be used as normal/stranded cruise control instead?

@mistac I am not sure, I doubt ACC can be reverted back to 'normal' cruise because it's linked to the radar. It is much safer to use ACC on motorways. However as it's linked to TSR and GPS , I prefer to set the ACC gap to maximum on A roads, to slow down gradually rather than suddenly if traffic appears in front of you. Also when doing 60 then entering a 30, you need to brake rather than rely on TSR, to avoid speed cameras set up just inside the new limit, as TSR /ACC takes time to react. Lastly be aware that whilst ACC works great in traffic jams and stop-start traffic, I am not sure if it will not stop you blasting across a roundabout if there's nothing directly in front, i.e. It just sees a clear road.

Edited 4 March, 20251 yr by Redboy

12 hours ago, Redboy said:

@mistac I am not sure, I doubt ACC can be reverted back to 'normal' cruise because it's linked to the radar. It is much safer to use ACC on motorways. However as it's linked to TSR and GPS , I prefer to set the ACC gap to maximum on A roads, to slow down gradually rather than suddenly if traffic appears in front of you. Also when doing 60 then entering a 30, you need to brake rather than rely on TSR, to avoid speed cameras set up just inside the new limit, as TSR /ACC takes time to react. Lastly be aware that whilst ACC works great in traffic jams and stop-start traffic, I am not sure if it will not stop you blasting across a roundabout if there's nothing directly in front, i.e. It just sees a clear road.

I also set gap to maximum - safest whilst I get to know it. Whilst it is impressive, I agree you still have to have your wits about you as it is not foolproof. I cant see any easy way of switching to old style cruise control so you probably cant.