“Skoda will develop its own vehicle and its own concept. We need to find niches where we don’t compete with other group products from VW and Seat,” says Martin Hrdlicka, Skoda’s head of chassis development.
The engineering process for the Yeti will follow a similar route to that of the Roomster mini-MPV, which mixes the front engine/axle and body structure of the new Fabia with the rear axle and body structure of the Octavia to make a vehicle unique in the VW Group model range.
The Yeti name is a still a possibility for the production car, although the decision has yet to be taken. “It might be Yeti or it might not be,” says Hrdlicka.
The small 4x4 will be one of six new models from Skoda in the next three years:
- new Fabia estate
- Superb replacement
- Octavia facelift
- Yeti 4x4
- all-new Octavia
- possible addition of new city car in the mould of the Joyster concept |
