Skoda Roomster MPV review - CarBuyer

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Low costs and big practicality set the Skoda Roomster apart from rival small people carriers. It's affordable and cheap to run in any specification, and while the cabin doesn't exhibit the flair of the exterior, it's functional, well built, spacious and practical. The quirky looking body won't be to everyone's taste, but the Roomster is a sensible buy and meets the needs of those looking to transport more than your average amount of luggage without breaking the bank.

[@jamieflanagan7946]

I owned one for 3 years, 160 thousand miles put on it driving all over the UK, Europe and Scandinavia with all my kit in it. I chipped it >1.9tdi< I've even slept in it . Probably the best car I ever owned! I liked the looks because it was different and true to its concept. Sporty up front and a Minivan in the rear. Take the rear seats out and its a small van. Take the middle seat out and slide the outer two inwards and its a cruiser. My Kids loved being in the back with the DVD players on the headrests. I regret selling it but the mileage was getting high on it. My Daughter keeps harping on to me about getting another one! The Yeti was a flat roofed straight door version with larger wheel arched and higher ride height and sold like hot cakes.

[@bobwalsh3751]

Scandinavia ain't Europe huh?!

[@stevo728822]

I inherited a Roomster and it's a great workhorse of a car with plenty of room in the back.

[@___Steinn___]

Everyone: "It looks like a hearse!" Me: Buys a black one.

[@xXmilanXx-mj3wd]

I have a Black skoda roomster i am planing to sell it and Buy a škoda superb 2008

[@Whiponized]

Steinn lmaon

[@lj2684]

😂

[@Guted77]

Excellent car, look doesnt matter, got it for the space.

[@milosilic23]

A great car for people who don't want to pay a lot. Enough room, huge boot, and cheap. Built well [after all, it is a WV underneath], and great engines [obviously not this one]. Mat, great review, keep it up :)

[@nedtwolegs]

I have a 2008 1.6 petrol auto. I love it.

[@nainka11]

Thank you all for the adverse comments - I want a cheap second hand one. It may just tick all the boxes for me - Practicle car for me and my wife ( to park) dayto day. German engineering. I also want to tour Europe every winter. So confort, reliabilty, safety and economy, as well as the aforementioned practicality, are all important - Add to that the second hand price ..It's a winner.

[@dlwarren5340]

anyone else think this looks a little bit like the Popemobile

[@ricardlopez279]

😂😂 yeah indeed im planning to buy one tho.. ill paint it white defo now

[@ofoufoutos7110]

lolz, yeah

[@HowkeyLL]

@rahulthestudt Actually it was meant for family at start but with launch of Yeti, they mostly sell it as services car. You can see that many of inside clever parts were used in Yeti. Its actually very reliable car. Yes it looks really bad from outside in my opinion also. But due to reliability and taxes, this is sold quite good to companies.

[@addgrav]

Mat Watson should apply for one of the Top Gear jobs! Nice review.

[@mammadfy]

addgrav spot on! Ever since the trio left TG I've been thinking about Mat taking over to save the show.

[@taulantnesimi5542]

I just have skoda roomster scout version 1.9 tdi 77kw 2007 best car i ever had 280xxx km just service and goo cheap practical car.

[@Filipe1020]

fun fact: The Skoda Fabia (hatch version of that same car) was the first car he reviewed

[@markdennis6464]

Never heard of a Rooster before finding this - Great review & well presented

[@HowkeyLL]

@rahulthestudt actually yes, its mostly used as 2 seated version with back storage space used by some companies.

[@nikosz66]

Compines great style with practicality!

[@spookyarda]

MOAR! I want a new video every day.

[@YTinjustice]

this car is used as taxi in my town

[@randomthingsstuff6591]

My aunt has this car and im happy that She has this car🚙

[@HowkeyLL]

Funny that this was a mid-step to create a great looking Yeti :)

[@seannnn6]

I saw one of these in black the other day, I thought it was a Hearse at first.

[@sammyjbaker116]

Why is there no phone sisrerms like Bluetooth on the Skoda roomser and also cruisecontroll

[@bigleemac]

I think the yeti pawns this tbh, we want a yeti review! lol!

[@L.A.97.]

Do any of you recognice the place he's driving around?

[@mmarsh1972]

I went to see Skoda about this car and noticed that on the first 2 entry cars ESP was not included. Now I live in France, and a law was recently passes that required that ESP be standard on all new cars. They wouldn't give it to me unless I paid extra for it. Pay extra for something they are legally bound to give for free? Its actually that bad a car, although it is ugly. Compared to a C3 Picasso...yuck! I prefer the yeti however.

[@aguayocarlos]

Why don't we have MPV's here in america?

[@TheChertig]

This is a great car )

[@kaunas888]

The dashboard is nice and classic, but the outside appears to have been designed by someone intentionally trying to make it look weird and ugly. The front and middle do not match at all. It looks really neurotic.

[@robdavis16]

@PaintYourOffice he has done one

[@JoeyComedian240]

I kinda think the Roomster looks like a deformed Yeti...

[@nikola2403]

@maeglor i think that the ugliest car is the fiat multipla, definitly

[@NoneOfMeHaveDID]

We miss you Mat!

[@kristiaan1]

isn't the weird rear side-window good idea for keeping children amused, actually? and since it is considered a cheap family car, it's for beginning families who need to transport 2-3 children with ease for not much money, then the middle seat does make a bit more sense, IMO. what I don't really get about it is the stupid 1.2 HTP engine, which is probably good enough for a supermini, but a family car? too weak. you'd be more economical with the old bulletproof 1.6 MPI octavia used to have.

[@jimmyhoffa9]

The 1.6 used to be in the Roomster, now replaced with the 1.2 TSI which is cheaper to tax, more complex and probably more expensive than the 1.6. The 1.2 HTP is useless in anything more than a Fabia two up.

[@looney2416]

the host walked away thinking "what a load of crap i just said" haha!!

[@linneajansson3732]

My mum has one... like a tank to drive...

[@xXmilanXx-mj3wd]

Omg matt from carwow

[@luismdelangel]

omg, thanks god we don't have these cars in america!! what was the designer thinking about?!!!

[@PandaUzumaki]

you don't say....

[@L.A.97.]

@aguayocarlos Yeah, you have.

[@hippygeeza]

"lets have another montage" love it!,,,,,,the review not the car lol

[@arbimd2]

this car looks like the cars that carry coffins lol

[@hazza94123]

I don't get how skoda being made by VW can have the most boring and drab interiors.. Its like they take out the interesting things of the VW interiors and just shove it into the body.. Yuck.

[@L.A.97.]

@maeglor I will agree that it is pretty ugly, but I'm not sure it's the ugliest car I've seen.

[@XNarutoX67]

The Skoda Roomster. Mm.

[@gisellekalengankongolo7737]

SKODA Is Red

[@matthewdunne250]

It looks like a hearse

[@Artharjan]

ha ha.....such a blunt review...I completely agree with you...front half seems to be designed by one person and the rear half was designed by another... and they both seem to be highly illiterate and without any design skills... LOL It looks like a garbage or coffin carrier for sure !!!!!!

[@L.A.97.]

@PaintYourOffice He did that 9 months ago, lol! Here: /watch?v=r9TCsQkANaY

[@Trance88]

Definitely a strange looking car from the side.

[@gerby2hammy880]

This car looks like a herse!!

[@jimmyhoffa9]

I'd be well pissed if this was my hearse! Not as bad as those black, blacked out Mondeo wagons.

[@qvor12]

Who the fuck even drives a Skoda?

[@WILLIAMGUNAWAN77]

how mad is skoda to thing that its a good looking car

[@rscosworthfan]

ok for a vankar hehehe

[@skodaaresougly1230]

Why would anyone want to buy a car that looks like a child's hearse?

[@Pete762]

Are you mad? I love it for no reason at all,it has a sense of humor.And Jeremy Clarkson said the design is pure Lancia Stratos. You are just an idiot with too much spare time that you created an youtube account just to hate on skodas

[@2010Kraftwerk]

This car is as ridiculous looking as a Pontiac Aztec

[@Speck1119]

I wouldn't want to be seen in one of these

[@michaelhealy7350]

Practical but ugly

[@Brisk2124]

ugly Vehicle!!!!!!

[@daizmiester]

great review....terrible car, lol

[@GrotrianSeiler]

That design is a disaster. But Mat-you are SO funny.

[@skodaaresougly1230]

Noisiest cars on UK roads. Bar none. Awful.

[@musguelha14]

Did you seriously create a profile just for that?

[@skodaaresougly1230]

Pedro Silva If this profile stops anyone from buying this awful, ugly, badly-designed, misshapen, badly-proportioned, noisy, bad-handling, noisy-cabined, noisy-engined, Czech-built, British-job-destroying, British-economy-wrecking, eyesore of a vile, ugly, pathetic little car, then it will be worth it.

[@musguelha14]

Do you feel that way about all Skodas or is it just the Roomster?

[@skodaaresougly1230]

Pedro Silva Any Skoda with a diesel engine. That's not me being biased against Skoda - that's a FACT! Listen to ANY diesel Skoda that drives past you on the street and compare it to any other make of car that has a diesel engine - you will notice the difference. Even the small Skodas are noisy - the little Fabia can sound terribly noisy. Why is this? It's a small, light car the does't need a big, noisy engine, so why is it noisy? The answer is because ALL Skoda diesels are noisy - worse than any other make of car. This is just one example of many as to why Skoda are an awful make that people should avoid. I really can't understand why people buy these awful things.

[@musguelha14]

They're about as noisy as other brands. I can see why you don't like the Roomster, thing is ugly as hell, but other Skodas are ok. They're not the best, but they're not bad cars either.

[@vwmatt33]

wow...that car is a mess!

[@skodaaresougly1230]

This "car" looks like a child's hearse and is certainly one of the UGLIEST cars to ever be seen on UK roads. Why would anyone want to own a car that looks like a child's hearse and is so terribly ugly? Only a total moron would buy this car. Oh, and also, by buying this car, you've helped put yet more British workers on the dole and made the UK a poorer place.

[@aleksandarzivanovic750]

skoda fall appart then wv buy them now engine is same and transmition and other stuffs but car is ugly. I dont understand why skoda is so ugly. and how they dont see they make new models totaly new looks like 10 years old.

[@Aaidas2]

It's very subjective. The Rapid, Yeti and older Octavia models look way better than most VW's except 6-7 Golfs Imo.

[@04smallmj]

Everyone is gonna hate me for this, but I kinda like the design of it, I don't dislike it, it's just different. The Yeti seems way better though.

[@04smallmj]

6 years later, I have a Yeti and I don't like these :P

[@georgekosko5124]

Lol, I didn't expect you to come back and leave feedback. We got the roomster instead of the yeti and we are pretty happy with it

[@justletitsliiide]

The Roomster is a good car, it's just an uglier VW Caddy. I was a V.A.G tech but I'd probably have a Yeti tdi myself

[@skodaaresougly1230]

This "car" looks like a child's hearse and is certainly one of the UGLIEST cars to ever be seen on UK roads. Why would anyone want to own a car that looks like a child's hearse and is so terribly ugly? Only a total moron would buy this car. Oh, and also, by buying this car, you've helped put yet more British workers on the dole and made the UK a poorer place.

[@snakecold6755]

+Skoda Are So Ugly delete

[@Elaba_]

I like it because it seems a reliable, practical and cheap car.

[@___Steinn___]

It truely is... 👍

[@alphawolf122]

Skoda Roomster is well.. roomy? hehe nice one mat

[@BestCarSound]

Very nice car! Gears are smooth I think and interior not bland at all! I'm saying this cos my dad just got this as working car :)

[@TheCarArchives96]

the 2006-present Skoda Roomster is assembled in Kvasiny, Czech Republic (until 2011) Vrchlabí, Czech Republic (since 2011) Solomonovo, Ukraine

[@nickedwards212]

Scoda Roomster Is one of the best cars you will ever have. I know I've got one.

[@jona.valentin9967]

2021

[@TheCarArchives96]

the engine on the 2006-present Skoda Roomster Engine petrol engines: 1.2 HTP (44 and 51 kW) 1.2 TSI (63 and 77 kW) 1.4 16v (63 kW) 1.6 16v (77 kW) diesel engines: 1.2 TDI CR (55 kW) 1.4 TDI PD(51 and 59 kW) 1.6 TDI CR(66 and 77 kW) 1.9 TDI PD (74 and 77 kW)

[@maeglor]

That must be one of the ugliest cars i've ever seen. Shame on you Skoda!

[@callumfreebairn8082]

awesome! well done skoda!😉

[@NA-6969]

Well that is our dear little Mat from CARWOW!

[@Lookbusybuddy]

Not bad from the front just reminds me of a hearse from the side.

[@846524162]

@HowkeyLL I know... but the armrest? That is almost must-have item in a car, I can't imagine not having it.

[@BestCarSound]

I quite like the styling, but few years ago I almost said "bye" to my teeth 'cos design fault of front doors! That's where Mat closed them, his hand then. lol

[@loumidis15]

is it just me or this car reminds to all of you the pope's car? I MEAN THE GIANT CURVE THAT IS MADE FROM THE POINT WHICH IS BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT

[@846524162]

Eeew... no arm rest cabin. What kind of car is that? :S

[@ACCORDingtoTom]

The Ford Transit and Kia Soul had a baby. :O

[@00kirbyd]

I haven't seen a new one of these since 2007, and I have a degree in car spotting.

[@mitsoulas93]

The aesthetics of this car is terrible... It looks like a big Fabia...

[@2thedudestdude]

shit man i watched this just before going to bed.. i'm gonna have nightmares

[@123praim]

THAT'S BECAUSE HE'S REVIEWING AN UGLY CAR!!!!1HE HAS NO COMPETITION!

[@234jari234]

Mat Watson, you keep us suprising over and over again.. and i like it!

[@NCCVE]

Just finished the video and saw that me mentioned that. Oops!

[@ThatScottishFellow]

@paintyouroffice he has done a yeti. Ages ago

[@Golo1949]

Other glass cleaning products are available.

[@heysalovesyah]

god, he looks incredibly attractive in this video!

[@ThatScottishFellow]

@bigleemac he has done a yeti

[@thelastgood1forever]

that thing is hideous

[@Alexherrera183]

do one on the WRX

[@MrOrangewarning]

it looks like a goddamn hearse!

[@NCCVE]

Looks like The Popemobile :)

[@shaj345562]

Thats a hearse!!!!

[@scarabmex116]

wow the window is HUGE

[@JP-dw5ui]

Hello 1.9 tdci scout or the Kia soul 1.6 TDI ? Answers asp pls

[@JP-dw5ui]

@ZebsFrend explain , with your foolish comments

[@justazas111]

As always a brilliant review. Keep up the good work. :)

[@saadayahgbolo60]

It looks weird

[@warwickshiremidlandsweathe9067]

Agreed it looks horrific