For the vast majority of consumers, buying a car should be a big event in their lives. Before spending more than ten or two hundred thousand yuan to take the car home, the daily expenses of this "new member of the family" can be said to be the level of attention of car owners. Therefore, a vehicle with high cost performance, long maintenance intervals and low cost of ownership will be very popular.
In the increasingly hot medium-sized SUV market in China, manufacturers have also come up with their most competitive products, many of which are sincere works, and Skoda Kodiak is one of them. At the time of launch, the competitiveness and cost performance of the model were impressive, but was its post-maintenance and use costs equally satisfactory?
Although Skoda Kodiak is based on the MQB platform of the Volkswagen Group, it presents a completely different style from Volkswagen in terms of styling. Kodiak has a more distinct body line, which also gives it a sense of power. Kodiak uses a split headlight design that blends in with a straight waterfall grille. The model was the TSI330 5-seater Comfort Edition, which featured LED daytime running lights and halogen headlights.
Kodiak is positioned as a medium-sized SUV, its length, width and height dimensions are 4698/1883/1676mm, the wheelbase is 2791mm, and the more abundant body size also allows Kodiak to have a good interior space, so it also has a 5/7 seat two-seat seat layout. The rear of the car also adopts the design language of "crystal cutting", which looks very young and sporty in appearance.
In the interior, Kodiak's family style is also obvious, and the shape is mainly functional and practical, supplemented by design. The size of the central control LCD screen is 9.2 inches, and the car machine system includes navigation, voice control, Apple CarPlay/Baidu CarLife and other functions, and this central control screen is standard for the whole series. In addition, the model has a front automatic dual-zone air conditioner and a 10.25-inch full LCD instrument.
The model was shot in a 5-seat version, and the seats of the vehicle were covered in leather and soft padding. The front seats are manually adjusted, while the higher-equipped front seats have an electric 12-way adjustment function and seat heating, while the driver's seat also has a seat memory function, while the second row seats of the 7-seater model can also be adjusted backrest and front and rear.
The Kodiak is equipped with a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine model EA888, the TSI330 model has a maximum power of 186 kW and a maximum torque of 320 N·m, which is matched by a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission. The chassis uses the mainstream front McPherson, rear multi-link independent suspension, except for the top model is four-wheel drive, other models are front-wheel drive.
Taking the Shanghai area as an example, at present, Kodiak has a terminal cash discount of about 16,000 yuan, and its terminal price range is about 161,900-23.29 million yuan, combined with the high cost performance of its own model, so that the whole vehicle has a very strong competitiveness.
Taking the kodiak TSI330 5-seat comfort version with a guidance price of 187,900 yuan as an example, the current terminal price of the model is 171,900 yuan, calculated by the car purchase calculator of the easy car App, the vehicle purchase tax is 15,212 yuan, the traffic insurance is 950 yuan, the vehicle and ship use tax is 400 yuan, the license fee is about 500 yuan, and the necessary cost on the road is about 17,062 yuan.
Commercial insurance takes the total insurance and third-party liability insurance 1 million compensation as an example, and the insurance amount is 7505 yuan. Therefore, the full landing price of the new car is about 196467 yuan. In the case of the insurance type remaining unchanged, the annual vehicle compulsory insurance + vehicle and vessel use tax + commercial insurance totals 8855 yuan.
Due to regional, policy and other reasons, each Skoda 4S store in the working hours, after-sales accessories prices will be different, this article parts prices and working hours by Shanghai Huayou Skoda Malu 4S store to provide, for reference.
The first maintenance of Kodiak is given away by the manufacturer, which must be carried out within 5000km or half a year (whichever comes first), and then every 10000km or 1 year (whichever comes first), with a long maintenance cycle, saving a lot of money and energy in post-maintenance.
Oil and oil filter replacement are required for each routine maintenance. The air filter and spark plug are replaced every 20,000km after the first guarantee is completed. After the air conditioning filter is first insured, it is replaced every 10,000km. The brake fluid is replaced every 40,000 km after the first insurance.
The Kodiak is equipped with a 2.0T engine, which needs to be added to the No. 95 unleaded gasoline, and the entire series has two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive models. Taking the real-time TSI330 5-seat comfort version as an example, the vehicle is front-wheel drive, its NEDC comprehensive fuel consumption is 6.8L/100km, the current price of No. 95 gasoline in Shanghai is 7.44 yuan / liter, and the fuel cost of the Kodiak TSI330 5-seat comfort version driving 60,000km is 30,355 yuan, an average of 0.5 yuan per kilometer.
The cost of a kodiak TSI330 5-seat comfort version for 3 years and 60,000 kilometers is mainly composed of three years of insurance costs, 60,000 kilometers of maintenance costs and 60,000 kilometers of fuel costs. Among them, the insurance cost is calculated according to 8855 yuan per year, and the total cost for 3 years is 26565 yuan. Considering the annual premium discount, the actual insurance cost for 3 years will be less than 26565 yuan.
After removing daily parking fees, tickets and other uncontrollable expenses, the comprehensive cost of kodiak TSI330 5-seat comfort version for 3 years and 60,000 kilometers is about 64,633 yuan, an average of about 1.07 yuan per kilometer.
Editor's comments: Through the above we can see that While kodiak maintains the competitiveness of vehicles, its comprehensive car cost is also prominent, which is indeed a good temptation for consumers who pursue affordability. In addition, SAIC Volkswagen Skoda 4S stores are evenly distributed and the maintenance operation specifications also allow consumers to obtain a worry-free after-sales service experience after purchasing a car. In this case of both soft and hard power, Kodiak can gain a more comprehensive advantage in the competition with opponents at the same level.