Skoda Kodiaq 2022 review | Still king of the 7 seater?

[@skd]

When you said, "Go for the 7 seater", I was surprised. I looked so hard for a 5-seater because those 2 seats in the back are useless, and you get less boot space when you fold them, compared to the 5-seater. I found one, eventually. The Kodiaq is the perfect car for us (two kids) and I will hang on to it for as long as it lasts. Or buy the newer Kodiaq. It's a 5-seater; if you need more, go for the MPG with sliding doors and things like that.

[@amrgebril165]

Yes, I agree. The two extra seats cannot be used on regular basis

[@c02615223]

As an owner of the previous model, (201) I am happy with this update as there is not really too much done on it especially on the inside. Couple of things I thought they would have addressed in the new car. The coffee cup holders can't sit two standard takeaway coffee cups alongside each other. Some sort of Ambient lighting across the dash. It's nice to have it on the doors but you never get to really see them as the driver of the car. I find the car very shouty which is annoying with sleeping babies (Open door BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, get out of the car with keys in pocket BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, boot opening BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP etc), Apple Car play sat nav google maps won't display in the Digital Drivers display, only the indigenous sat nav which no one ever uses. That aside it's a pretty good car. Got it for £30,000 with 18,000km on the clock from the UK just before the Brexit cut off a year ago.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Yeah the lights on, engine running warnings do happen a lot and I get you on the sleeping kids bit!

[@BenState]

All of that can be disabled with VCDS. A vital tool if you own any VAG car.

[@colinmcdonnell]

Happy New year Mark. Another great and honest review! Appreciate the UK MPG conversion for those of us taking the Queen’s Shilling!! Stay well and looking forward to all future reviews.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Cheers Colin, thanks for watching.

[@clinteastwood8222]

Totally agree Mark the new clean diesel is simply awesome and as you say with the new double dose adblue system brings NOx on par with the petrols not forgetting Diesel produces far less CO2. It’s a shame the diesel gate has stolen the stunning advances of these latest diesel power plants. It’s worth bearing in mind EVs still need heavy metals mining from the earth which has its own environmental impact. I’m looking to buy the Seat Tarraco 200bhp Diesel seven seater sibling to the Kodiaq.

[@alexanderthegr8763]

I’ve brought the VRS bi-turbo in 2020 and it’s still as nice to drive today as it was a couple of years ago, although it does lack just a little punch for the badge.

[@John007p]

Great review - fair and balanced. Really like your approach to things and especially balancing the Diesel/EV discussion. Will be back.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Thank you!

[@sproggyjoe1]

Vrs model is very cool and sounds great from outside

[@tshidikhunou]

Wait, why do I keep seeing 2 different colour cars? Did you use Stock footage or were you driving 2 different cars?

[@smaemurray]

The plastic strips coming out from doors are a wonderful addition. However they don't last. Break very easily. I have one left in my 2018 model.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Interesting to hear that. I wonder can spares be fitted.

[@leefitzpatrick5624]

Great video Mark. No 5 Seater Kodiaq available in ireland since the middle of 2021

[@NobbyOnCars]

Can’t imagine it was a big seller anyway

[@rivierapalms6485]

Love these reviews!

[@stevencampbell1150]

Happy new year squire. Watched your review of this last night. 56k and the built in satnav isn't even enabled despite android auto/apple carplay being available is madness tho'. I get too what you're saying about the Enyaq being a similar price but I think given the charging infrastructure not being the greatest and the fact that despite the fact that the diesel costs more to run the fact that it'll do well over twice the distance on its chosen method of propulsion means it'd win hands down for me tho' I wouldn't pay that figure for either.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Happy New Year Steven thanks for watching as usual!

[@stevencampbell1150]

@@NobbyOnCars no worries squire I always look forward to seeing what you're doing next. I'm hoping that when they come out later in the year we'll see a review of the new electric Mégane for despite being an electric cynic as I am I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

[@eyesofvenus]

Only 8 months on and the starting price is now north of 45k...

[@ronmccullock1407]

Fantastic review Mark, Skoda really build good cars

[@pappo7]

There is no blindspot assist due to chip shortages. That's what I've been told when I ordered mine

[@johns14a]

HNY Mark. Good review as always. Bit on the pricey side this and it's a shame there isn't a PHEV version.

[@garethtalbot8950]

Happy New Year Mark. Skoda make great cars but price is getting silly in Ireland. How much of that 56k was VRT. Its crazy money. 2 years down line what will it be worth. New buyers losing a lot of their investment. You should do a video on leasing a car. Does it make sense? Pcp videos already out there etc. Cheers.

[@terrydelahunt842]

Its not an investment if theres no chance it will increase in value. People in this country are obsessed with the year on their reg plate, so they dont care about what they'll lose in 2 or 3 years time. PCP is basically a form of leasing with the option to buy at the end. And serves the obsession with having a new reg plate every 3 years very nicely.

[@scottbonnes2682]

The kodiaq started at €27k in Ireland in 2017 and I now starts at €37k. A 201 sports line ,auto model was €48k. There has been a couple of vrt increases and that’s why the price has gone up. Nobody in Ireland seems to complain about this.

[@terrydelahunt842]

@@scottbonnes2682 I very much doubt vrt accounts for all of that increase. Irish people are astonishingly materialistic, there are no metrics for this that I'm aware of but if there was we'd be right near the top of the list. Manufacturers know this and can up prices accordingly because so long as the neighbours are glancing enviously at it, we'll pay anything.

[@scottbonnes2682]

@@terrydelahunt842 Hi Terry , it’s probably a mixture of both but the VRT bands were changed twice. We looked at a Mercedes’ GLE in 2020 and it was €85k. They are now well over €100k due to the 37% rate applied to anything over 191co2.

[@terrydelahunt842]

@@scottbonnes2682 do you know what the percentage increase in vrt was there? Would it have accounted for the 15k + jump? I genuinely don't know myself but that would be some jump purely on the tax side of the price.

[@lesleyclancy8693]

Great review! Im changing my vw passat comfort line. I went to drive both the kodiaq sportline and the tiguan r line allspace. Skoda feels more comfortable yet I'm tempted to go with volkswagon as its all I've known! Which one would you go for? Really didn't think I'd love this car so much but its a wow looking car in the flesh compared to the tiguan which although has the volkswagon precision just lacks the styling of this.

[@mohzaher2000]

It’s almost a carbon copy of my Karoq 2022 in the size of kodiaq

[@robertlloyd7493]

Happy new year...keep up the good work 👍

[@NobbyOnCars]

Thanks, you too!

[@mohzaher2000]

Second like on the video ☝️ Love your channel, mate. Keep going 👏🏼

[@NobbyOnCars]

Thank you

[@BenGoodbrand]

That price though! I've got a Sportline 2L petrol on order(who knows when it will come though?!), all options except leather and sunroof, for the equivalent of just over €40,000. Usually we get ripped off in Australia, but looks like we win on this one!

[@NobbyOnCars]

Deffo not compared to the taxes on cars here! G’Day

[@laatu1234]

No PHEV still ? Just wondering what really are the differences between #SeatTarraco and #SkodaKodiaq and #VWTiguanAllSpace . Seat Tarraco PHEV would be very interesting option in my opinion.

[@NobbyOnCars]

No PHEV coming. The differences are subtle. SEAT probably has slightly harsher depreciation.

[@rob_jarvis]

I have the allspace tdi auto never use sat nav (only for show in the dash/front display) Google maps is better but doesn't come up in front display or heads up display ....mine is also better mpg around town on motorway Galway to Dublin not much but definitely heavier on long runs doing a steady 120km

[@EV6-Gear]

New year to you Nobby. Sold my Kodiaq style in November still gutted but am going full electric now with Kia EV 6. Wished skoda done an elec or phev Kodiaq. Best best car I ever had. But pricing and everything an option now same with Enyaq. Sadly its bye bye Skoda from me.

[@NobbyOnCars]

I think you’ll like the EV6. Did you look at Enyaq

[@EV6-Gear]

@@NobbyOnCars I did look at the Enyaq. Very basic. You have to spec up if you want stuff that you use on Enyaq. You will not get that back when trading in. Skoda gone very expensive. But fantastic cars.

[@eyesofvenus]

@@EV6-Gear Depends on what you want though. We chose to not go with the EV6 as we felt the boot was too small. We regularly do longer trips and it just can't fit a buggy, cot bed and a load of bags in the boot. The enyaq comfortably fits it all in.

[@_MS__]

Would you recommend kodiaq over the superb ? The only benefit is higher ground clearance and extra seats but the legroom of the superb is just superb

[@NobbyOnCars]

If you don't want an SUV style or the 7 seats, Superb all day long.

[@_MS__]

@@NobbyOnCars did a test drive or both. Felt superb legroom at the rear is excellent but we occasionally need 6 seats . Kodiaq felt tight on rear legroom but extra GC is welcome . So conundrum on both 😂

[@_MS__]

@@NobbyOnCars also been recently diagnosed with a slip disc in cervical so wondering what is safer and better for the back .

[@NobbyOnCars]

@@_MS__ Perhaps the higher vehicle is better suited then? Superb seat is lower to climb 'down' into versus the Kodiaq anyway.

[@_MS__]

@@NobbyOnCars thank you for your help

[@keithronson2624]

Mark. Great review. I'm confused! Is the Kodiaq the VW Tourareg in 'drag'? Surely better value than the VW? And certainly more so than an Audi Q7! That said the race to make the SUV bigger and bigger has to stop somewhere. Have a brilliant, safe and HEALTHY 2022. Thank you. [ Not my bag but a VW Tourareg every time. Black Edition anyone?]

[@NEWBURYWAY]

It's a VW Tiguan Allspace in drag

[@whatwouldiknow1759]

The Tourareg is much larger.

[@brendanjburns2969]

Happy New Year Nobby, its a lovely car , but like all Skoda,s the entry level is usually quite bland if you want anything nice you will pay as you have said , and that the sme across all the VW group, but there is a lot more out there , especially in the EV market for better money, and spending €50 grand plus on a new motor in diesel now, well you would really want to think about, as a lot of dealers are saying to people to buy a hybrid or full EV over a diesel now because of future value ie your trade in value after 4 to 5 your depending on how the Government do on the roll out of infrastructure for EV,s , and the fule prices being pushed up to steer us into EV,s but saying all the, an 800km range and lower emissions may extent the life of these cars , good review , keep her lit in 22.

[@NobbyOnCars]

Great points Brendan, happy new year too.

[@terrydelahunt842]

Hybrids are a waste of time, they'll be even more obsolete than diesels in a few years. 50 odd km range then running on petrol for the rest of the time, no thanks.

[@bidunic]

If you have to pay extra for safety features, it means they DON'T care.

[@crispysunny1183]

Vrs is workshipped everywhere

[@rajindernijjer]

It's getting stupid now, seat, Skoda, VW all have the same interior.

[@dzumba9897]

And almost the same price as tiguain now …

[@rajindernijjer]

@@dzumba9897 I was looking at one not cheap and everyone keeps buying them it's Skoda end of the day. I brought ionic 5 for cracking deal it's pretty mega. But electric cars are dangerous surprised No1 else has said the same they have some very dangerous handling characteristics like mine hits some bad country roads with combination of cruise control pilot assist almost to the point of losing control

[@bp19870]

Yeah, great. Everything's a bloody optional extra now. 🤬