karoq vs Ateca

[romft123]

Mr Pointy said:

What about the cost of servicing, MoT etc? For around £38 a month you can get 3 years of servicing, MoTs, full manufacturers warranty & RAC on the Skoda All-in plan, if your vehicle is eligable.
https://www.skoda.co.uk/owners/all-in-service-plan

Servicing/mot on either car would be approx the same

[WyrleyD]

Sheepshanks said:

fourstardan said:

Skoda always seems to be better for me but then they always seem to release new models so is the Karoq now EoL?

Skoda seem to have done quite a bit of twiddling with models which are just coming through now - they did make some tiny changes to Karoq but don't seem to be highlighting them.

Obviously it'll be EoL at some point, but I haven't read of any suggestion of that. Skoda do have a similar size EV coming, Elroq.

We got Karoq as my wife wanted something same size as her old mk1 Tiguan. The fact that all the controls etc are just the same is a useful bonus! She looked at new Tiguan and it terrified her!

I have seen articles stating that there's a "new" Karoq coming 2nd qtr 2025.

[akirk]

We have a 2018 Ateca - it is superb
2.0 petrol and complete with virtually every option from car play to heated windscreen (ex SEAT HQ car)
Auto but with paddles that work well - hustles down a country lane surprisingly well and takes 4 adults long distances in comfort. we don’t need it for the space day to day (and have a classic RR for load lugging) but we fully pack it for holidays and will drive to France in it later this year

We will drive it until it dies and then buy another

[romft123]

akirk said:

We have a 2018 Ateca - it is superb
2.0 petrol and complete with virtually every option from car play to heated windscreen (ex SEAT HQ car)
Auto but with paddles that work well - hustles down a country lane surprisingly well and takes 4 adults long distances in comfort. we don’t need it for the space day to day (and have a classic RR for load lugging) but we fully pack it for holidays and will drive to France in it later this year

We will drive it until it dies and then buy another

After the drive yesterday we preferred the Ateca BUT only maybe because it was a top specced Xperience and the Karoq was a lowly SE.

I did like the extra sized sat nav screen and its surround AND the readout between the dials....

[akirk]

romft123 said:

akirk said:

We have a 2018 Ateca - it is superb
2.0 petrol and complete with virtually every option from car play to heated windscreen (ex SEAT HQ car)
Auto but with paddles that work well - hustles down a country lane surprisingly well and takes 4 adults long distances in comfort. we don’t need it for the space day to day (and have a classic RR for load lugging) but we fully pack it for holidays and will drive to France in it later this year

We will drive it until it dies and then buy another

After the drive yesterday we preferred the Ateca BUT only maybe because it was a top specced Xperience and the Karoq was a lowly SE.

I did like the extra sized sat nav screen and its surround AND the readout between the dials....

Ours is the Xperience - with digital dash which is superb - you can even end up with car sat nav on the dash and apple car play waze on the central one - no idea why you would want to, but everything is intuitive and just works as it should

[Mr Pointy]

One thing I really don't like about the Karoq is that they haven't flipped the buttons on the screen so they are still on the left hand side which is correct for LHD cars but not RHD ones.

[romft123]

dare I say....The FR??????

[akirk]

FR models we saw were lower spec and no more power than the 2.0 petrol we bought - compare carefully…

Ours is also genuine 4x4 which most are not, so depends what you prioritise…

Now the cupra version

[romft123]

I am pretty sure we have settled on the FR I saw yesterday. As we wanted, the 1.5 tsi dsg with electric towbar that wasnt on the ad, that is a must have. (Which is about £650 to install a reg one let alone an electric retractable)

[akirk]

Sounds good - hope you enjoy it.

[fourstardan]

romft123 said:

I am pretty sure we have settled on the FR I saw yesterday. As we wanted, the 1.5 tsi dsg with electric towbar that wasnt on the ad, that is a must have. (Which is about £650 to install a reg one let alone an electric retractable)

I've had a Kia Sportage I bought with a tow bar, I never wanted it and took it off BUT I've had NOTHING but issues with it and its been in for about 5 warranty fixes on nosies and poor transmission, it was my fault and will learn, the stealership did say it was towed with a caravan but who knows what it's towed.

[fourstardan]

Elroq has entered the building

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/skoda/elroq

[romft123]

akirk said:

Sounds good - hope you enjoy it.

TY sold the Subaru on Motorway , pick up wed, getting car thurs!!!!

[akirk]

Look forward to the photo!

[romft123]

akirk said:

Look forward to the photo!

its just a deep bluey greeny Ateca FR.....

[ACCYSTAN]

Can you get a better deal on the identical VW T-Roc?

I am thinking the VW badge probably holds its value better than Seat or Skoda and you may get a more competitive PCP or lease even though it will be more expensive sticker price.

[romft123]

ACCYSTAN said:

Can you get a better deal on the identical VW T-Roc?

I am thinking the VW badge probably holds its value better than Seat or Skoda and you may get a more competitive PCP or lease even though it will be more expensive sticker price.

All the VW's we saw were £3/4k more than Atecas and Karoqs. Badge money.

[akirk]

ACCYSTAN said:

Can you get a better deal on the identical VW T-Roc?

I am thinking the VW badge probably holds its value better than Seat or Skoda and you may get a more competitive PCP or lease even though it will be more expensive sticker price.

When we tested them - the back seats were better for adults in the Seat than the T-Roc - the nearer VW equivalent was the Tiguan at a lot more money...
Something to do with proportions between boot and back seats...

[Sheepshanks]

akirk said:

ACCYSTAN said:

Can you get a better deal on the identical VW T-Roc?

I am thinking the VW badge probably holds its value better than Seat or Skoda and you may get a more competitive PCP or lease even though it will be more expensive sticker price.

When we tested them - the back seats were better for adults in the Seat than the T-Roc - the nearer VW equivalent was the Tiguan at a lot more money...
Something to do with proportions between boot and back seats...

My wife found she was peering over the dash on T-Roc even with the seat up - IIRC it was on max height. She has no such issue on Karoq (or he old mk1 Tiguan). I think it's just that T-Roc is set up to more car-like.

[romft123]

Hi Sheeps. 99.99999999% (approx) of the time its going to be just the 2 of us in the Ateca.

I liked the seat position of the Ateca. Its spec was fine by me. A cpl of extra factory fit items not normally on the spec sheet BUT it was the electric tow bar that clinched it. The hassle of getting one to fit....nighmare.

Now if only feckin Motorway could sort their st out for collection!!!!