The Kamiq was literally love at first sight. When Skoda presented the Vision X over a year ago, I thought the design was absolutely gorgeous, much like the Citroen SUVs but a little more refined. I couldn't wait for that awesome design to hit the streets, but I didn't have much hope. Little did I know that just one year later, Skoda would release a street-legal car that looks almost identical to the amazing Vision X concept car!!
Not a fan of the exterior but that thing for the screen wash reservoir is brilliant! Skoda are really good at that sort of thing and it makes you wonder why nobody else does those things 🤔
The best way to protect the edge of your car door when opening it in a supermarket carpark, is to make sure that you park it... ...next to a Citroen Cactus. 😂
No, we have them too. Because they're rubber on the Kodiaq, I'm not sure if it's Skoda's marketing to say they're using a different material (and probably a different mechanism) and the Kamiq will be the first to use the revised door edge protector. Well, that's my guess anyway. I can, however, confirm that Skoda suffered multiple issues with long-term reliability with the DEPs on the Kodiaq which is why they weren't offered on the Karoq. Further supporting my assumption that the change from rubber to plastic probably includes a revised mechanism too. The issues caused prevented you from actually being able to close the door sometimes, even if you only accidently caught the DEP once.
That extra ground clearance should come in really handy for city driving. It's so annoying if some animal or elderly person crossing the street gets stuck in the front grill of my hatchback, takes ages to clean up that mess.
I don't understand the placement of the new Kamiq. Despite being 14cm shorter than the Skoda Karoq, it's wheelbase and interior room is more than 2 cm longer. Also the materials are top notch and it is much cheaper than the Karoq. So why buy one, if the Kamiq offers more interior space, has also very good materials and is cheaper on top of it ??
Yes. Haha. Kamiq is Scala without 20cm of rear overhang(or 10, I didnt check for some time). Literally 2.65m od wheelbase. Same quoted rear legroom as Octavia and Scala(73mm) and Karoq is like 67mm or so. Tbh, Karoq is more mature vehicle. It is on MQB A1 platform whereas Kamiq and Scala are MQB A0. Karoq has better materials inside(like all inside door panels are soft in few different ways, Kamiq is probably best in small crossover class in materials tho, but parts of middle door above that leather part, are hard plastic). In the end, Karoq is more mature, more comfortable, bit more solid vehicle with 120ish litres more of boot space. Skoda went smart way and went for Octavia rear legroom in a class where rear it is not big. You can make boot bigger(lowering down rear seats) but you cant make legroom bigger(if you and driver are tall, you are stuck with that).
I still like the arona that little bit more. Unfortunately its not available in Australia. The kamiq however most likely is. Seat I’m begging you please sell in Australia your cars are amazing and look great!
First I was split between the Kia Stonic and this the Kamiq...but that was clearly explained that the Skoda was better...but then new problem was revealed...the Kamiq or the Scala ( cut the later one is more spacious surprisingly)...any opinions??
Looks another classy car from skoda luv my karoq so comfortable and refined but will consider down sizeing in a couple of years when will carwow be test driving the Kamiq.
I’m quite confused... this second title says that it is a vw t-roc rival, which it is, however in the video the looks section compared it to the t-rocs younger brother, not the t-roc itself...
Last I checked, Vitara was a small sturdy off-road-capable SUV (well, the last generation is more like a bloody crossover as well) and Kamiq a Chinese-built crossover for helicopter mums.
Well as others have pointed out the kodiak already has the pop out door protectors, would be nice if your information was accurate & as for your comment about fuel economy I.e. mpg I think we all know now the rolling road method all car companies does not give accurate information as using a small engine can look more economical until it is actually pulling the vehicle!!!
