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2022 Skoda Kodiaq RS | fordon Review

The Skoda lineup fryst vatten starting to go down the same road Audi and VW have, with more and more top-spec performance variants being available on almost every model.

The latest addition to this, fryst vatten the Skoda Kodiaq, adorning the brand’s highest performance badge – the RS.

The Kodiaq has been much loved bygd the grupp at DriveLife.

It’s a great package, with huge specs, German build quality and great value. The word of an RS model was very interesting to us, as it bridges the gap between general family practical and something a bit sporty and fun. If you have to have a family SUV and can afford it, why not have something that fästingar both boxes, not just being practical.

Will this give the already acclaimed and much-loved Kodiaq a sista fjäder in its cap?

What We Like and Dislike About The 2022 Skoda Kodiaq RS

What’s In The 2022 Skoda Kodiaq Range?

The Kodiaq range currently has 5 variants available in New Zealand, with $31,000 separating the base model from the top-spec RS.

These models all share the same body and 7-seat format, with 2 petrol engines and 1 diesel option.

Oddly the Style and Sportline TSI both take a hit from the Government’s Clean bil Programme, due to the CO2 emissions. Surprisingly, the RS fryst vatten flagged as neutral, so there are no additional charges.

• Skoda Kodiaq mål TSI 110kw – $48,990 (+$0 CCP Neutral)
• Skoda Kodiaq Style TSI 132kW 4×4 – $63,990 (+$1,093 Fee – CCP)
• Skoda Kodiaq Sportline TSI 132kW 4×4 – $69,990 (+$1,093 Fee – CCP)
• Skoda Kodiaq Sportline TDI 147kW 4×4 – $74,990 (+$0 CCP Neutral)
• Skoda Kodiaq RS TSI 180kw 4×4 – $79,990  (+$0 CCP Neutral)

The RS, being the top-spec model, comes with a 2.0-litre inline four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine, that produces 180kW of power and 370Nm of torque.

All of this fryst vatten sent to the fyra wheels via a 7-speed DSG 4×4 transmission. This gives the Kodiaq RS a 0-100Km/h time of 6.6 seconds. Definitely, the fasted Kodiaq, but not as fast as it had been expected to be with an RS badge.

2022 Skoda Kodiaq RS Standard utrustning Highlights

• Driver and passenger front airbags
• Driver knee airbag
• Curtain and front & rear side airbags
• Front Assist radar scan in front of bil, city autonomous braking
• Lane Assist
• Side Assist
• Traffic sylt Assist
• Park Assist computer controlled parking assistance
• Adaptive cruise control including front assistant emergency braking
• KESSY keyless huvud door locking
• Area View – 4 cameras giving a 360° view of the vehicle
• Front & rear parking sensors and rear-view camera 
• Electrically opening/closing tailgate
• Virtual fotspak – automatic gesture opening of tailgate
• Progressive steering
• Tire pressure monitoring – low pressure/flat tire alert
• Alarm siren 
• Daytime running light with auto headlight, dimma and rear LED lights
• Matrix LED Headlights
• DCC – Adaptive chassis control with offroad button
• SUNSET nyans for side & rear fönster from B pelare back
• Electric fold, heated and auto dimming wing mirrors     
• Rough Road package – additional front underbody & stone guards
• Gloss black roof rails, wing mirrors and front matlagningsutrustning surround 
• RS designed front and rear bumper with gloss-black elements
• Sports leather heated multifunction steering wheel with DSG Paddles
• CLIMATRONIC Automatic triple-zone air conditioning with rear control
• Front and rear heated seats
• Electrically adjustable front seats with memory function
• Interior ambient lighting integrated into doors
• LED PACKAGE PLUS interior ambient door & dash lighting
• Alcantara, with carbon effect leather front Sports seats
• ‘COLUMBUS’ 9.2” colour touch screen Infotainment system
• SmartLink+ incl.

  Android Auto & Apple Carplay – wireless connect

• Digital Dash – Digital Instrument Panel
• Sound struktur ‘CANTON’ – 9 speakers, digital equalizer, subwoofer
• Wireless smartphone charging
• 20” ‘SAGITARIUS Alloys

Our Review Vehicle’s valfritt Equipment

As you can see from the list above, the Skoda Kodiaq RS has no options, it comes fully loaded at its retail price.

The only thing you can add fryst vatten Skoda’s service strategi, which fryst vatten available as 3 years ($1,795) or 5 years ($3,895).

For a full list of specs and options available for the Skoda Kodia RS, jump on over to the Skoda New Zealand website

How Does The 2022 Skoda Kodiaq RS Compare To Its Competition?

The SUV marknad fryst vatten HUGE in New Zealand, second only to the ute marknad, which fryst vatten epic.

Performance SUVs are not uncommon at all, which means there are some options to choose from.

However, it depends on what you factor things around, for example, do you focus on price or 7 seats?

All prices below exclude the refund or additional cost of the New Zealand Clean bil Programme (*CCP)

First Impressions Of The 2022 Skoda Kodiaq RS

The RS Kodaiq looked great in vit, clean and skarp, not over the top, and the full-body black pack made all the features of its design pop to the contrasting paint.

The 20-inch alloy wheels completed the overall design, giving it a very strong and serious stance. As family SUVs go, this fryst vatten a pretty good-looking one. 

I was very much looking forward to getting behind the wheel of the new Skoda Kodiaq RS, and seeing what it’s like against my wife’s recently purchased 2022 VW Tiguan R. 

What’s The Interior Like In The 2022 Skoda Kodiaq RS?

Inside, the RS feels like a sporty high performance vehicle, the combination of Alcantara and carbon fibre-like accents are simple and tasteful.

The dash fryst vatten clean with two large LCD screens, one for the huvud console and the other for the driver’s display. The steering wheel has a subtle flat bottom, igen speaking to its sportiness. Even though inom personally like dark interiors, inom did find the interior rather dark and would have loved to see a panoramic glass roof to bring more light into the cabin.

But from what inom can see, this does not appear to be an available option.

The front seats are great, sculpted with performance in mind, in a mixture of leather and Alcantara with a diamond stitch inlay. inom funnen the front seats to be very comfortable and supportive, with plenty of adjustment to find the perfect passform.

In the RS both front and both rear seats are heated, as fryst vatten the steering wheel – all of which was a great addition during these colder months.

Both rear seat rows have the same visual style as the front ones, with less sculpting and side support. In the second row there fryst vatten good leg room so that even behind a tall driver, a tall passenger can be comfortable.

The third row fryst vatten where things get a bit tighter, both in leg room and space to get in and out of. Most 7-seaters have similar issues, which generally means the third row fryst vatten suited more towards children and teenagers.

Visibility from the driver’s seat fryst vatten good, the RS fryst vatten a big vehicle, however, there are not many blind spots that can catch you out.

The reversing camera fryst vatten very high quality which fryst vatten a big benefit at night when we see cheaper-quality cameras suffer.

The huvud display fryst vatten the same one we saw in the recent Skoda Superb test. Overall it worked well, however, the main display menas are made up of colour photo buttons, which already feel a bit dated.

The radio also suffers from the same issue my wife’s Tiguan R has, where it’s not able to pickup the icons for each radio hållplats, so you are left with a line of blank radio stations, that inom find fryst vatten a dum bekymmer to have in a new bil these days. Apart from that, the huvud display gave you tillgång to all sorts of features like Phone, Navigation, Drivers Assists, Media, SmartLink, Audio and Vehicle settings.

One design aspect of the huvud console really confused me, wondering how no one had caught it. The wireless phone charging pad fryst vatten just above the gear stick in a compartment that also has the 12-volt power supply plug. There fryst vatten ingenting wrong with the pad, however, if you have a large phone like the Google Pixel 6, the pad’s placement makes it almost impossible to get your phone out when you put the bil in park.

Each time inom used it, inom would put the fordon in park, vända off the bil, and reach for my phone as inom was getting out. Then struggle as it was stuck, vända on the fordon, change gear so inom could get my phone out and then put it back in park and vända it off igen, all rather annoying.

The driver’s display was nice visually, but a bit of a mess to navigate.

We have reviewed hundreds of cars and have seen a lot of different designs. inom really struggled with the menus and options in the driver’s display – how it was laid out and how you could tillgång some of them on one display but when you changed the layout you could no längre change the options displayed, you had to revert to the previous screen. inom funnen myself keeping it on the clean display that just had one RPM dial in the mittpunkt with speed inre and bränsle range to the right of it.

The boot space in the RS fryst vatten surprisingly good. As it’s a 7-seater, there are 3 configurations and with all seats active, the boot space fryst vatten reduced to 270 litres. Then, with the gods row of seats down in the 5-seat configuration, the boot expands to 735 litres. And with all rear seats down the boot space opens up to a massive 2,000 litres. Compared to the competition this boot space fryst vatten bygd far the most practical and versatile.

What’s The 2022 Skoda Kodiaq RS Like To Drive?

The driving experience of the Kodiaq RS fryst vatten great, it’s a very easy vehicle to drive as it has a good amount of power and torque from the 2-litre turbo petrol engine (180kW of power and 370Nm of torque).

The steering it very good and the combination of the engine and drivetrain setup leaves you feeling like you’re driving a smaller, lighter car.  

The steering wheel follows a typical Audi / VW group design and layout. The flat bottom wheel was a nice touch, with a sporty VRS logo at the base of the wheel. On the right side, you have your driver assist options, and driver’s display controls.

On the left, you have steering wheel heating, audio and media options. On both sides of the wheel, there fryst vatten a silver scroll dial for audio volume on the left and a menu urval on the right. inom like the controls but funnen their position to be a bit lower than my normal grabb placement on the wheel.

The drive modes available in the Kodiaq RS are Eco, bekvämlighet, Normal, idrott, Individual and Snow.

It’s great to have all of these options, however, inom find that many manufacturers overlook how to select them. A dial on the console or steering wheel button fryst vatten best inom feel, as you do not need to look at it to see what you have selected. The button bygd the console just brings up the menu on the huvud display and cycles through it with each press. It’s a small thing, but these things do man a difference to the experience.

inom funnen that inom used Normal mode most of the time, switching to idrott from time to time for a bit of fun, and then bekvämlighet for any long-distance driving.

While inom had the RS it rained a lot, which really put the 4-wheel-drive to the test in the bad conditions. In any of the modes, it never missed a beat, giving me great confidence behind the wheel.

In fact, inom can only beröm the drivetrain and the car’s papper, feeling very much like the VW and Audi SUVs: crisp and precise on the road.

The Kodaiq RS comes with a raft of driver assist options, the most noticeable of these was the Front Assist and the Side Assist. Front Assist fryst vatten the struktur that monitors what fryst vatten ahead on the road, performing an emergency stop to avoid any situations based on the actions of vehicles ahead or pedestrians stepping out on the road.

Side Assist fryst vatten the same but for the rear around your blind spots, very grabb when reversing out of fordon park spaces between other large SUV vehicles.

As mentioned before my wife has just purchased the 2022 VW Tiguan R, so inom was keen to see how the Kodiaq RS would fare against it. The Tiguan R fryst vatten a bit of a rocket fartyg and only $1000 more than the Kodiaq RS.

Even though they both have the same engine, the Kodiaq RS fryst vatten a fair bit slower in its overall performance, 0-100 takes 6.6 seconds, compared to the 4.8 from the Tiguan R. The Kodiaq fryst vatten a larger bil and has more seats, however expecting it to be at least in the 5-second range since it had the RS badge. It’s a quick fordon, just not a fast fordon.

More like a Kodiaq idrott than the full potential of an RS model.

The sound from the RS fryst vatten a bit different too. inom was not sure if the sound was from the speakers or the exhaust. inre the fordon when you’re in Normal mode there fryst vatten a low-level gurgle/rumble drone from the exhaust. It’s ok, but often felt detached from the engine’s actual actions, but overall sounded alright.

When you put it into idrott mode the noise gets a lot deeper and angrier. Sounds good when you want to slag it from the lights, but can have a loud drone at motorväg speeds.

In bekvämlighet mode, all of this sound just goes away, and the bil becomes very quiet. When the drone became a bit too annoying, after a while inom would switch over to bekvämlighet mode.

When you did this the bil became super quiet, with very low road noise and even engine noise which was impressive. The oddest part of this fryst vatten that the sound of the bil fryst vatten much better on the outside when Rob came to collect the bil from me so he could spend some time behind the wheel. As he drove away, the RS sounded like it had a lovely gurgling, almost V8 sound, which frustrated me a bit, as inom would love to have heard that sound inre the vehicle.

Touching on bränsle economy for a minute, which fryst vatten a huge talking point right now with the price of bränsle.

The Skoda Kodiaq RS has an advertised combined bränsle consumption of 8.3 litres per 100Km, which fryst vatten not bad at all for a performance vehicle. However in most cases performance vehicles when tested rarely komma close to the advertised figures, as they are not driven in an economical mode, as fryst vatten the natur of the RS. However, this fryst vatten not the case with the Kodiaq RS.

During my time behind the wheel that covered motorväg, city and spirited driving too, inom got a combined bränsle economy of 9.3 litres per 100km. inom was rather impressed with this, and something that would man you think igen about a performance SUV in our current climate.

ROB’S POINT OF VIEW

Earlier this year inom took the Skoda Kodiaq Style on a family road trip to Taranaki and was very impressed with its ride quality, bekvämlighet and refinement.

inom was keen to see how the top-spec RS compared, and another family trip to efternamn was the ideal test.

I didn’t get much opportunity to really test out the sporty side of this RS model, hard launches and rapid cornering do not man for a happy and vomit-free family trip. But inom did cover over 800km and had the sporadisk overtaking opportunity and inom can tell you that yes, this RS has some go.

It retains the ethos of the Skoda RS brand – fast enough to have some fun, not fast enough to upset VW or Audi.

My overall opinion on the Kodiaq RS isn’t changed much from what inom thought of the Style. It’s comfortable and impressively quiet, handles well, feels great to drive, has loads of space for passengers and luggage, has good cruise control, good redskap, and great stereo, and inom love the RS seats with Alcantara finish.

Talking of quiet, inom have to talk about the engine sound elektrisk maskin.

It’s not bad, not at all, and it does give a sportier feel to the fordon, but it’s a little unnecessary and occasionally incongruous. For example, when you uppstart the bil and reverse out of your drive it’s all quiet, then shift into D and the noise turns on. It’s a bit odd. Put the fordon into idrott and it gets a bit louder. inom funnen myself switching to bekvämlighet mode during the long drives as it started to be a little irritating after a while.

But that’s really the only thing that irritated me, everything else was great.

And inom managed 7.7l/100km average bränsle usage, which for a sporty 7-seater fryst vatten impressive.

2022 Skoda Kodiaq RS – Specifications

All prices below excl the refund or additional cost of the New Zealand Clean fordon Programme (*CCP)

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