While Dieselgate is depleting hard earned piles of VW’s cash, it needs to rethink its market strategy to refill the losses. Hence the sudden crossover offensive from the corporation, exploiting SUV craziness dominating last decade. That’s how we came to new Kodiaq last year, incredibly big compact crossover, along with new Ateca, all joining the Tiguan in already quite full automotive segment. But that’s not all from Skoda, as it is about to raise the game with upcoming 2018 Skoda Kodiaq Scout.
The moniker could be easily confusing. We had Octavia, Fabia, and Roomster Scout so far, gaining conclusion that Scout counts for AWD, SUV-ish plastic moldings, skid plates and some raised ground clearance for otherwise estate wagons, basically making it as the same idea as Audi’s Allroad. So, what does Scout do with one SUV? SUV should have AWD, plastic protection, skid plates and raised clearance from the start?
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