Skoda seven-seat SUV on the way

Friday, February 17, 2012

Skoda plans larger seven-seat SUV
Will be bigger brother to the Yeti
Not as large as Volvo’s XC90, though

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Skoda is planning a new seven-seat SUV that will fit above the Yeti in its range.

The new model is viewed internally as a ‘bigger brother’ to the successful Yeti. Skoda is not keen on squeezing an extra pair of seats into its existing SUV to create a Yeti+2, as Nissan has done with the Qashqai.

It is not yet clear what model from the Volkswagen Group the new car would be based on, but Skoda’s board member for sales and marketing, Jurgen Stackmann, appeared to rule out a rival for Volvo’s XC90, saying it was too large.

This could imply an SUV based on the underpinnings of the Superb.

Of the idea of a seven-seat SUV, Stackmann said: ‘There is space for that, it would make perfect sense for us.’

A new model is still some way off, though, and nothing is expected to be revealed for at least two years.

Tom Webster