Skoda complements its range by an SUV bigger than the Yeti: the Kodiaq
- After Seat, which launched its SUV Ateca in the first half of 2016, the Czech carmaker Skoda, another branch of the German group Volkswagen, launches in turn an SUV derivative of the VW Tiguan, the Kodiaq. While Seat Ateca is shorter than Tiguan by 13cm, the Kodiaq is longer than Tiguan by 2020. It can carry up to 7 people, unlike the two other models. All three models share the same MQB-B platform. It is to note that Volkswagen will offer in a few months a stretched version of the Tiguan which will also carry up to 7 people, as Kodiaq.
- Using the size as segmentation criterion, Inovev positions the Tiguan and the Ateca in the C segment, the lengthened Tiguan and the Kodiaq in the D segment. The VW Touareg (longer than he Kodiaq by 10cm) is positioned in the E segment.
- At Skoda, the Kodiaq is positioned above the Yeti which will be replaced in 2017 by a C segment SUV, also based on the MQB-B platform.
- The Kodiaq is equipped with three petrol engines (1.4 TSI 125hp and 150hp, 2.0 TSI 180hp) and two diesel engines (2.0 TDI 150hp and 190ch). This SUV is produced in Kvasiny (Czech Republic), alongside the Seat Ateca, Skoda Superb and Skoda Yeti.
- Inovev forecasts 50,000 Kodiaq produced each year in Europe.
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