Great Week for Yeti
It's been a good week in the press for the Yeti. First of all, this month's Evo magazine pitched the Yeti against the mag's current car of the year - the Lotus Evora - then Autocar ran a very impressive report on its Yeti long-termer.
Evo freely admits that the Yeti doesn't seem like its kind of car, but the team was so impressed after driving a recent loan Yeti, that they decided to give the car a real test in the French Alps alongside the Evora.. As Evo said: "Our logic is simple: if the Yeti shines in such dazzling company, even for a moment, our collective excitement (not to mention professional reputations) will be vindicated."
And shine the Yeti did. "I reckon it looks cool," wrote Richard Meaden. "The styling is sharp, neat and confident with some really high-quality detailing... What's more, it makes its obvious rival, the Nissan Qashqai, look even more pig-like.
"On our charge through the mountains, the Yeti's Haldex four-wheel-drive underpinnings make it predictable and trustworthy in the manner of a front-drive car, but you can also play some games, especially on corner entry, which helps neutralise the balance and even get the tail gently coming into play. It's subtle, satisfying stuff.
Meaden concludes: "What our 1700-mile Alpine odyssey has also proved is that the Yeti is truly multi-talented, an all-rounder of rare breadth and cohesion. It does the juinior SUV thing without the obnoxious image. It does the family MPV thing without being mumsy. It's a convincing all-wheel-drive soft-roader that can tow up to 2000kg, which, if you want a more useful unit of measurement, is a decent-sized trailer and a trackday sports car of your choice.
"Most impressively, it bubbles with enthusiasm, chuckability and the infectious spirit of a well-executed hot hatch, yet deftly avoids the pitfall of trying too hard to be overtly sporty. It's this amazing versatility and bold execution that ensures it manages to feel ‘right' so much of the time, and is why we're such big fans."
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