HAloe. What is this, then? “I am going to the new Skoda Kodiaq VRS cabin and pressed the start button.
Can it be, I was surprised in my reverence, that the VW group, the successful patron of the Skoda brand for a quarter of a century, decided to slot the outstanding V8 motor of the firm, as was fitted in his sporty audis and bentlis, ERM, a seven-seater Skoda SUV? Did petrol-heads take back? Did anyone develop a sense of humor in the head office with a lot of letters after their name? Normally decided to use a properly kafkaesque on Humdrum Kodiaq, just for lol?
Sadly, not enough. Redolant Groel is actually artificially originated, and is quite reliable on accidental familiarity, emanating from the inside and out of the car. I have to accept that I really like the fake symphony that it was produced. Not a dworc, but still stir, and there is nothing that always works on a car (it is far away from “injured cow”, which gives noise to the Electric Abarth 500, for example).
The savings grace here is that Kodiak’s bite is good as its bark, and the four-cylinder two-liter petrol unit that uses it comes from Golf GTI, which is clearly sufficient recommendation. Despite the considerable weight penalty (300 kg), the GTI carried out Kodiak well, and-was implicated with a trained automated gearbox to prepare for the next change, and a four-first drive set-up-car is actually a hoot to drive, even without anneryal compatibility/promotion.
As normal these days, the driver can switch between “mode” because the mood carries them, and even directing his own beesocke settings for braking, suspension and throttle. Kodiak has a lot of ground clearances, and a special off-road mode that lets you take full advantage of its ability for adventure.
There are many truly sporty SUVs – and perhaps, in reality, it’s a contradiction – but the VW Group/Skoda engineers have come up with something as something and a Bentley Bentayga or Fruanter range rivers are anything enthusiastically enthusiastic. It has a normal good Skoda touch – a small bracket ticket holder on the windscreen, a umbrella in the door, and even under the boot to store the parcel shelf. In addition, with all seats, there is a huge enough space to rob a cupboard.
Imagination
Skoda Kodiak VRS
price: £ 55,430 (as tested. Prices for the range starts at £ 36,395)
Engine capacity: 2.0L Petrol, 4-Silai, 7SP Auto
Power output (ps): 265
Top speed (mph): 143
0 to 60 (second): 6.4
Fuel economy (mpg): 33.3
CO2 Emission (WLTP, G/KM): 192
Such is the advance of electronics (although the model was launched only in 2023) that Kodiaq’s cabin compared to a little old-fashioned, for example, with its new and bang-to-to-to-in-in-in-house rival The Woakeswagen Tyrone, which I was able to try recently. The model has large and good touchscreen, and has shifted the adaptive cruise control to the steering wheel (on Kodiak it is still on a larynx pod on the back of the wheel). Otherwise, they are almost twins.
However, Skoda is still appropriate contemporary, and, as it depends more on traditional knobs and buttons for its heating and audio control, it is better in that honor. The trim is impure suede, leather, red sewing, and small VRS logo are dotted around the place; Tyron, for now, is more restrained (although some versions also share golf GTI engines).
Kodiak VRS is also undeniably more strikeing style: its spacious wheels and more aggressive “face” – not forgetting sound effects – lend it more and more appearance on the road. At the risk of the sound of sycophancy, I do not think Skoda, even in the old iron curtain days, has produced an ugly car in decades. if ever. Rapids; Octavias; Partiality; Roomsters; Enyaqs – minor masterpiece, all.
I think the irony is that the larger this model is, it is not as much to carry seven humans – its role in life is nominal – as it has some rival. In fact, the back seats (as with its Tyreen Cybling) are suitable only for very young children, not for teenagers or, I say, a small inside leg measurement with late-middle-edged blocks. For such purposes I suggest that more adult-oriented Mazda CX-8. I recently tried, which is more commercial but a little less fun.
But, for a different type of SUV, which successfully mixes the qualities that most of us want in our cars – space, practicality and agility – Kodiak VRS is a high welcome for the VRS motor vehicle ecosystem. Skoda has invented only a new sub-ala. Next Job: Bang in V8.
