Before us is the new škoda yeti — the creation of the notorious Czech designer Joseph Kaban. This is the second generation of the model. You never wondered for what purposes a good car, in principle, should be done restyling?
The matter in principle of disclosing the essence of the machine through its appearance. The exterior reflects the character of the model. You know almost everything about the car, without even getting behind the wheel, but just casting a cursory glance at the car. Keeping the general geometry of the model, the designer changes individual elements, trying to emphasize certain conceptual nuances of the new model.
Now let’s recall the appearance of the first generation ŠKODA Yeti (since 2009).
I remember this car very well-once I happened to test the novelty. By the way, like this time, I took a test car at the very first Krasnoyarsk ŠKODA-“Bear-east” on metallurgists. I was impressed by her unusual appearance — I have not met anything like this before.
Rounded soft forms of body elements gracefully contrasted with a sharp petal of a false radiator grille. Something was in these forms vegetable, but at the same time aggressive. And these huge fog lights, practically integrated into the main headlight console, are a very unusual solution. Why have them so close? The first ŠKODA Yeti was very specific, spicy design — not for a mass audience. But I liked it.
In general, the first generation ŠKODA Yeti was built according to the method of combining contrasts: the soft eco -design of the exterior, a restrained, and even an ascetic interior and a very lively, completely passenger temper, coupled with a good off -road clearance. On the manual transmission, this car was simply amazing. Family car for traveling on forest roads is named after the legendary snowy man — Yeti.
For some reason, the audience met a new product with restraint. Not everyone accepted this original «face» with enthusiasm. The external softness of the design did not fully express the true character of the crossover and somewhat broke out of the common line of the concern. It turned out that a potential consumer wants to see a more aggressive and conservative design.
So at the beginning of 2014 there was a serious face lifting of the new ŠKODA Yeti. The updated model received a new radiator lattice, new “sharp” headlight consoles, altered bumpers and several small transformations in the interior.
Updated car stands in front of you. Look at the photos of his stern. Clearly defined headlights, narrow traditionally located consoles of fog headlights and chopped, devoid of any softness of the radiator grille. Design changes affected the rear lights. Yes, in this form the exterior of the new crossover likes the mass consumer more — he is more aggressive and energetic. Yeti has become buried and got rid of his original eccentricity.
The interior of the updated ŠKODA Yeti is the triumph of laconic Czech ergonomics. If the decoration of most Japanese interiors is somewhere between the “empty” and “elaborate” mark, then the ŠKODA interior is an example of restrained European elegance. In the interior of this car there is something weapon-hunting. It is perceived as a good tourist equipment. I understand that this car is very easy to care for the salon. It seems that the interior materials of this crossover are selected from the calculation that this is a family car at which the head of the family will carry their households to nature every weekend. The tissue casing of the seats is made of strong not a brand of synthetics, but dense rubber rugs will withstand any flood.
The sensation of the quality of the interior intensifies when you turn on the audio system. For imperceptible black matte grids in the door casing, a powerful standard acoustic system is hidden, consisting of four main and two high -frequency speakers. Powerful and rich sound envelops. Tactilely felt basses do not break into wheezing and do not clog high frequencies. In almost the entire range of comfortable volume, the musical system retains the depth of the frequency range. It is cool and very expensive. You immediately understand that you are sitting in a really high -quality car. Plus, including music, you realize how dense in this car noise insulation. Noise protection level is very close to premium vehicles. Although, the arches are a little weaker.
On the selector of the 6-step gearbox DSG proudly flaunts the emblem 4×4. A promising icon. The last, fifth generation of the «Skodov» huldex «Haldex» is much faster and smarter than the previous ones. This cunning mixture of mechanics, hydraulics and electronics is created in such a way as to influence the ride not only by off -road, but also on even asphalt. And given the fact that we are sitting in the most energy -combined set of Yeti Outdoor Style 1, 8 TSI with a capacity of 152 liters. With. and a torque of 250 n*m, the trip promises to be fascinating.
How I like this motor? In recent years, ŠKODA engineers have learned to make very curious engines equipped with low -pressure turbines. The trick is that a small turbine combined with short and miniature intercooler avoids delaying the trap. It takes off the turbine it is very briskly, almost like a compressor, providing a soft but tangible increase in picking up. At the first traffic light, I decide to tear myself away from the stream — I will save the accelerator pedal on the floor and get a solid all -wheel drive turbo acceleration.
Škoda Yeti has a cool acceleration dynamics-it does not tear from under itself, does not pounds you with your head on the headrest, but devotes competitors somehow very powerfully, but intelligent. Once — and you are almost flying. The moment of the moment is not typical for a turbo car, and is very similar to the engine of greater liters.
Yes, I like this gearbox — it is not “stupid” and quite briskly switches the transmission. The same box, with slightly different settings stood in the crazy «turbo-taburetka» ŠKODA Fabia RS. Last year, I took for a test this car from the ŠKODA «Bear-East» dealer in metallurgists. Thank you guys, for those funny days, then I fell in love with your brand. For some reason, ŠKODA cars are perceived by many as boring family carts. But, in my experience, ŠKODA is a buzz, one of the fastest and most dynamic brands in the market of new cars. And how does the 220-horsepower turbo Octavia RS behave? You flew on an airplane for a long time? 220 forces and 350 N · m on 1400 kg of dry mass aggregated by a crazy robot — this is something. People do not know how to switch programs so fast. And most likely, your head is not ready to think as quickly as this car can go. I tried to accelerate, pulling the momentum to the redlane, but the smart electronic brain still switches the gears better than me.
Of course, the one and a half -ton Yeti family crossover is not as crazy as its hot brothers with RS labeling, but this machine is more vigorous than the vast majority of cars in the stream.
Despite the fairly high road clearance, ŠKODA Yeti is stable and is not prone. Going down the mountain in the area of the Medical Academy, I laid a serious arc at illegal speed. In general, it was not worth doing this, but the turns that are familiar to you, which you pass daily on different cars, give an extremely accurate understanding of the characteristics of the suspension. Yeti is so stable that it allows even some rudeity in managing itself. Good service to the driver is played by powerful brakes and large wheels of the 18th diameter. There is something not quite civil and sports in the character of ŠKODA YETI-to match the updated hard stern and narrowed headlights of the head light.
The coolest in this car is how she goes along a broken gravel road. Look at all these pictures and at the road on which this yeti stands. Imagine that you can not slow down where others are sluggish. Most of the cars traveling along a broken rural road in parallel with you will be forced to swallow road dust, raised into the air flying by a rocket. Yes, I slowed down, equal to pedestrians. They have nowhere to hide from this dust. But what a pleasure it is, to bring down on a charged turbocharged car along a loose gravel, holding the wheels on the verge of a breakdown in an out! Gentlemen, I take off my hat to the engineers of this pendant. She forgives what others would have filed for divorce for a long time. The only thing is sometimes scary for rubber. For driving along the roads on which I jumped behind the wheel of this Yeti, it is better to use special reinforced baja tires. Sharp stones can sprout tires, no matter how good the suspension of your car.
I did not try to climb this crossover in the mountains. For my taste, these mountain experiments are akin to perversion. You can’t say against the laws of physics — where there is a clutch on a roadbed, there the car will go, and where it is loined or slippery — it will rise there. In real life, most likely, you do not have to climb by car along the mountains. But once each of us had to be on a broken road. Look at the photo — this is an ordinary ugly suburban road that local authorities spit on. You can drown in this pit — there is enough depths. And in this place, a stream of summer cottages should somehow drive through this place.
I don’t know how cars crawl here. Most likely, they will scrap the bottom or very carefully cling to the edge, practically moving off the road. But Yeti is calm here. I stopped the car over this pit so as to hang the rear wheel. Funny, true? Eh, Russia ..
Be that as it may, it seems that the Czechs knew what roads to ride their creation. Well done guys. The crossover fully justifies its name — Yeti Outdoor. This is a high all -wheel drive machine with good corners of the congress, flat bottom and magnificent dynamics. I understand perfectly well why the manufacturer is asking for his money. In this form, in the «top» equipment, the new ŠKODA Yeti costs about 1,200,000 rubles. The new warranty crossover with such characteristics, such a level of comfort and equipment is the dream of many of us. I «sailed» — I really liked this car. He is able to cause real emotions. It is light, maneuverable, stable and functional. And what is the music in it!
Yes, for this money you can buy a premium class D of the initial equipment. You can buy a sad elaborate Korean. You can find high -quality, but empty Japanese. Another thing is that the equipment and perception of the dynamics of the vast majority of competitors lies in the plane of the word «budget», while Yeti would like to compare with the premium ruler.