Used prices still look to be very strong for the Yeti, with dealers / garages still setting high prices for late, low mileage cars.

I can't think of many cars of the era holding on to as much of their new price. There's a 1.2 SEL Drive auto for £18495 that was £23k new 8 years ago.

I know that's at the extreme end, but the facelifted 2014MY cars onwards are all still doing very well with average mileage compared with most cars from other manufacturers.

Good design, good reliability, right size, still in demand.

A good reminder from 2016 - https://www.evo.co.uk/skoda/yeti

Edited 9 April, 20251 yr by Prezafab

That is selling / asking prices, and they might get that for them.

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How is the Selling Price and getting Cash Money when you want to sell a Yeti to a Dealer / Trader or Price.

Not buying a car / trading in with them.

The other vehicles that have been great for keeping value is the Suzuki Jimny pre this generation ones.

I've had mine 11 years come the end of May and no plans to get rid of it. Even for local runs I get 42mpg, a bit better on long runs but then it's usually laden with luggage and family. And even under those condition the little 1.2l engine has pulled me up steep hills in Devon/Cornwall and the Peaks with barely a gear change. I have to say after living with it for these 11 years I would struggle with a meaningful answer to "How could they have improved it". But I may be biased. My worry is writing this one off and not being able to get another.

You'll be able to get another for a few years yet. Especially the 1.2 as there are plenty of low mileage ones still around. (Quite a few ageing owners who don't do big mileage). You just might have to travel for the very best, or get it delivered.

Here in Spain even high mileage (kM) cars can fetch strong money.

E.g. https://www.milanuncios.com/skoda-de-segunda-mano/skoda-yeti-1-2-tsi-active-540104080.htm

That's pretty much identical to my car but I have not much more than half the kM's so a dealer selling it would likely be asking for perhaps €1500 more.

On 09/04/2025 at 15:04, Paul52 said:

My worry is writing this one off and not being able to get another.

I'm with you there!

I am with you in that the Yeti is a very difficult car to replace and had one of the last 2017 1.2 DSG SEL Drive’s with memory drivers seat, heated windscreen etc. It was my second Yeti and loved it ......... but driving a more modern engineered car one couldn’t help noticing that technology had advanced since the Yeti was launched in 2009. Thought long and hard and tested many, many alternatives including the Skoda Kamiq which was supposed to be a Yeti sized contender - it isn’t, its just a modified VW homologation that is a big disappointment. Why Skoda didn’t model the Kamiq on an updated Yeti seems nuts to me, instead of retaining all the best attributes of the Yeti in a more modern design all VAG models are simply variations on a narrow theme now.

After many road tests and great thought eventually changed Yeti for a MINI Countryman, a bit 'left field’ like the Yeti but has all the modern technology available - but easily turned off if I want. Generally I leave it all ‘on’ as it is unobtrusive while driving yet does offer some real advantages - the semi autonomous driving mode is great on long motorway journeys - combines variable speed control with autonomous steering (keeps car mid lane automatically) and in stop go traffic it stops and goes totally automatically - sounds silly but it is great in actual traffic situations. Comfortable and quieter ride than Yeti as well.

The Yeti was probably my favourite car of the many I have had over 60 years of motoring, but technology and safety levels move on and realistically we must move on with those advances while appreciating the beauty of the previous generations - like the Yeti.

My elderly parents have a 65 plate Yeti 1.2 dsg Outdoor with less than 20k on the clock and in pristine condition.

I'm sure they could get at least 10k for it but they want to keep it as it's ideal for their situation.

Correct. Right shape & size, driving position, easy to drive, reliable, long lasting. In demand.

Seen a low mileage 2017 one for £20,490 on Autotrader. Good luck with that !