Our Fleet Test Drive: Skoda Yeti - 8th Report
Date:
29 October 2010
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Author: Hugh Hunston
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Category: | lower medium crossover | P11D price: | £15,820 | Key rival: | Nissan Qashqai | |
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After 3200 miles, our two-wheel-drive 1.2 TSi petrol Skoda Yeti's fuel consumption remains, at 39.0mpg, stubbornly 5mpg adrift of the ambitious official combined figure.
This prompts periodic envy over the 2.0-litre diesel counterpart's 50mpg-ish capability, which computes to 143 more miles' range. But what the petrol engine, with five horsepower less, lacks in frugality it makes up for in smoothness. Plus it's £1300 cheaper than the oil burner, although the diesel registers 9g/km lower on the CO2 front, which still puts it two BIK bands higher than our car.
Skoda Yeti 1.2 FSI petrol SE five-door, 6-speed manual | Mileage | 3257 miles | Claimed combined consumption | 44.1mpg | Our average consumption | 39.1mpg | P11D price | £15,820 | Model price range | £13,990-£22,640 | CO2 (tax) | 149g/km/18% | BIK 20/40% per month | £47/£95 | Service interval | variable 10,000-20,000mls or 1-2 years | Insurance | group 10E | Warranty | 3yrs/60,000mls | Boot space (min/max) | 416/1580 litres (1760 litres rear seats removed) | Engine size/power | 1197cc/106PS (105hp) | Top speed/0-62mph | 109mph/11.8secs | Why we’re running it | Can Yeti extend Skoda’s footprint and challenge Nissan’s Qashqai? | Positive: | Cavernous loading bay minus rear seats | Negative: | Removing seats threatens hernia |
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