SPY PICS: Skoda's big new SUV
What do you call a Yeti that just got much, much bigger? Some say it's the SnowmanSkoda had a big hit with the Yeti all over Europe. The only trouble was too many people were demanding more of the same, but bigger.
As of next year, those wishes will come to fruition, with a new model (so far unnamed, although some are calling it the Snowman) based on the biggest iteration of the Volkswagen Group’s MQB architecture.
As evidenced by this prototype wearing stretched Yeti body work at the Nurburgring, it will be offered in both five- and seven-seat versions, and you can expect the new Skoda SUV to be big on practicality and small on frippery.
Underneath Skoda's first seven-seat SUV, which we've spied before and is all but confirmed for Australian release next year, lies similar hardware to the new Superb and is a very close relation of the Volkswagen brand’s CrossBlue SUV, which will be on sale in the US this year.
Skoda sources suggest its overall length will be close to 4.7 metres and that its range will top out with a diesel-electric plug-in hybrid, though four-cylinder turbocharged engines will be the norm.
While Skoda's next Yeti will be on the smaller version of the MQB architecture, this new model promises generous interior space and the choice of all- or front-wheel drive.
There is also talk of a third SUV from the Czech car-maker, but the company is more tight lipped about the details of the more-upmarket version, which will also play a critical role in the company's bid to achieve 1.5 million global sales by 2018.
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