还记得第二代Roomster吗？那其实是重新贴牌的大众开迪。而最近谍照记者拍到了另一款贴牌车型，或许这就是下一代斯柯达野帝。这款车采用了途观的车身，但前格栅和车标却是斯柯达的。目前还不能排除这款车是大众的一款早期测试车的可能性。因而未来可能会逐渐出现采用野帝新车身的原型车。不过，大众集团需要更多资金来应对柴油门事件，因此也有可能会缩减研发成本，仅仅简单对对途观进行重新贴牌就当做第二代野帝来销售。而野帝赢得市场的关键是它比途观更实用，价格更低。如果新一代野帝就是贴上斯柯达车标的途观，那么它的车身尺寸将与途观一样，内部空间也并不宽敞，行李箱容积也没有预期的充裕。至于价格，斯柯达版本将明显比途观更便宜，因此如何降低成本就看斯柯达如何做了。

 

VW Tiguan with Skoda grille is probably the next-gen Yeti

Remember the second-gen Roomster? That was supposed to be a rebadged VW Caddy. If the attached photos are any indication, at a first glance it seems VAG is preparing another badge-engineered car, the next Yeti. We are probably looking at the new-generation Yeti wearing the Tiguan’s body, but with a Skoda front grille and the Czech marque’s badge.

 

We are not excluding the possibility of this being an early test mule dressed in VW apparel, so more evolved prototypes could make the switch to the new Yeti’s actual body. However, VAG needs money to face the Dieselgate, so it might want to cut R&D costs and simply rebadge the latest Tiguan for a second-generation Yeti.

 

The key selling point of a Skoda is that it’s more practical and cheaper than the VW counterpart. If the new Yeti will indeed be a Tiguan with the Skoda logo, it means it is going to have the same footprint and will not offer a roomier cabin and a more spacious trunk as one would expect. In regards to pricing, the Skoda-badged version will obviously have to be cheaper than the equivalent VW, so it will be interesting to see how much it will cost.