Skoda Yeti Launched At Auto Expo 2010
Compact, attractively styled and full of surprises: This is Skoda Yeti. Very similar to the original Yeti concept, seen at Geneva in 2005, the production version adds five doors and a simpler front end, with a traditional Skoda grille and spotlights. Skoda also showcased Yeti Concept at the 2008 Auto Expo in India. Skoda has finally launched the Yeti at the Auto Expo 2010 in New Delhi but will be on sale in 2-3 months. This 4.2 metre long, five-door vehicle bears the well-known features of the brand. An impressive front end with a ribbed grille and friendly looking headlamps confidently demonstrate.
Design & Styling of Skoda Yeti
Confident and boxy, with a hint of large Panda 4x4 about its styling, the Yeti looks good. There's a utilitarian edge to its design, with huge space between the wheels and wheelarches suggesting plentiful axle articulation and serious off-road ability. The large grille at the front and massive foglamps give it a distinctive face, while its wide track imbues the Yeti with a tough stance that it lives up to off-road.
Yeti`s relationship with the Skoda family. Sturdy flanks and distinct wings give Yeti its robust and solid look on 17 inch wheels, without coming across as bulky and heavy. The Yeti is a clever response by Skoda Auto to the increasingly important ecological issues in the popular and growing SUV class. Skoda has met the demands for a cleanly styled body, a high seat position and versatile operating options with a design, which despite its robustness, exudes lightness rather than bulky shapes. The Yeti also meets the needs for environmental care, luggage space, safety and great road holding.
Interiors of Skoda Yeti
Skoda has done a very neat job on the Yeti's interior. It exudes class, with a dashboard that would look at home in an Audi and classy instruments instead of green functional dials of old. SUV drivers love the high driving position in their cars, and the Yeti goes some way to replicate this. Space is also impressive, especially in the rear. The back seats slide to alter the balance between boot and passenger space, and the high seating position and deep footwell provide more room than you'd guess from the outside. Take out the middle seats and you can slide the two outer seats inwards to provide an even great illusion of space.
The rear seats are an area where the Yeti scores over other compact SUVs and, arguably, helps justify the crossover tag. Clever design means that the rear seats can be folded and tilted right forward, and even removed to maximise cargo space. You can recline the rear seats too. The optional panoramic sunroof is particularly impressive, opening up the whole of the roof of the Yeti to the sky. Less great are the very high sills on every door and the boot that impede access and reducing the luggage loading versatility. Maximising boot space means dong without a spare wheel.
The Skoda Yeti is very well equipped for load lugging, too. The luggage compartment volume is highly flexible; up to 1,760 liters is available by removing the rear seats. A luggage cover and net as well as lashing rings are available to secure any load.
Main Features of Skoda Yeti:
- Driver and front passenger airbag, Passenger airbag deactivation switch, Front side airbags, Curtain airbags, Driver knee airbag
- ABS including EBD + MBA + MSR + TCS
- Rake- and reach-adjustable steering wheel
- Daytime running lights
- Bottle holders in the storage boxes
- Outside temperature display
- Roof rails
- Central locking
- Height adjustable driver and front passenger seats
- Front fog lamps, Instruments with brightness adjustment
- Dashboard with multi-function display (on-board computer)
- Folding table in middle rear seat backrest
- Fastening system in the boot with moveable hooks
- Climatic air conditioning
- Electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors
- Tinted windows, Body colour door mirrors and handles
- Side protection strips
- Chrome-plated interior door handles
- Off-road button / off-road driving assistant (4×4 only)
- Front fog lamps with cornering function
- 4 spoke leather steering wheel
- Storage box under the passenger seat
- Jumbo storage box with adjustable front central arm rest
- Glasses case, Central locking with remote control
- Dual-zone air conditioning with electronic regulation, odour filter and automatic circulation air switch
- Lumbar supports in the front backrests
- Electric front and rear windows
- Boarding spots (integrated in door mirrors) illuminating door area
- Alloy wheels Dolomite 7J×17
Ride & Handling of Skoda Yeti
The Skoda Yeti is a clever compact vehicle that is bound to create a stir. Excellent handling characteristics and high agility are features of all trims. The 4×4 variants are characterized by outstanding off-road ability and excellent traction, coupled with low emission values and fuel consumption. Four-wheel-drive or front-wheel-drive, the Yeti handles much the same until the conditions get slippery. Most of the time any Yeti relies upon front-wheel-drive, but on wet, icy or muddy surfaces the rear wheels are automatically engaged on four-wheel-drive models. As an off-roader this Yeti proves able, handling difficult terrain with ease. While the ground clearance and tyres make this more a vehicle for tackling snow and wet grass than pulling a horsebox, there is a nod to serious off-roading. Standard on top Elegance models, and optional on others, is an Off-Road button.
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