As with most of James Batchelor's reviews, this was more about him than the car. We learned more about continental chocolate bars than we did about the Karoq...or was it a Kodiaq? He didn't seem sure.

@johnhodge1263

3 жыл бұрын

Would like to have long trip video on 1.5 petrol version.

@ahmedsalman617

Жыл бұрын

😄😄 cant agree more

so what was the mpg is there much luggage space what's the room in the back do you get a spare wheel what is the radio and sat nav like ??????? I got more info on the chocs than the car ????

Very pleased to see you once more James. I am much enjoying this review as I currently own and am very satisfied with a Yeti 4x4 DSG. Looks like a proper road trip too. Well done.

That pronounciation of czech names was hysterical :D thanks for that.....

@carlamagalhaes506

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Matuška e muitas opções que tenho em estoque no 7nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnüî

9.21 Kodiaq? Lol

@topcat4265

6 жыл бұрын

Lee M I laughed at that

@toryglen

5 жыл бұрын

Well spotted!

@zouhairsaoud8659

4 жыл бұрын

jumped to the comment section once I heard it lol

Thanks for this video - I am considering getting one for myself and that was useful

I like how James is eating his way through chocolate bars and delivering his verdict. It reminds me when Jeremy Clarkson drove a 2002 Jaguar XJR upto John O' Groats.

Is it correct to think the Karoq is also self cleaning? Despite the rain, snow and possibly dust, the car didn’t appear to collect any road grime at all. Might this be a first for Skoda that perhaps all other manufacturers will emulate?

Great video! Like some history repetiton. Great job James

For this type of review would have been interesting for the viewer to have been told things like the mpg for this 1500 mile trip and any negatives (none mentioned)

@andy14landy

6 жыл бұрын

Lee Newell it averaged over 40mpg

@jamiep61

6 жыл бұрын

Lee Newell Yes I agree

@q3b26

6 жыл бұрын

Me too. "Over 40mpg" is very vague... I have a 10 year old Focus CC 2.0 TDCi. Last year I did a 2200 mile trip around Europe, France, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands and Belgium... I averaged 45.4mpg even with the roof down for most of it, the boot and backseats full of 2 week's worth of clothes, food, camping gear. I got to 124mph on the autobahn but just couldn't reach the claimed top speed of 125 😂

@michalviktorin6758

4 жыл бұрын

@@q3b26 Clothes, food and camping gear does not goes more than 100 kg, which is one fat person, so it is not worth mentioning.

@johnhodge1263

3 жыл бұрын

@@andy14landy door elastic band in door useful for maps, really, No sat nav ???

Really enjoyed this, thanks. Great to see a review like this which is the kind where you really get to know a car. I dread northern France too but not as much as the M25. Is it a Karoq or a Kodiaq though (go to 9:14)?!

Has this guy been watching old Top Gear shows which included Quentin Wilson.

@vilebrequin6923

Жыл бұрын

*that* is who he strongly reminded me of! Thank you!

Cant deal with this Quentin Wilson impersonator

I enjoyed the Video and the Skoda Karoq Is a brilliant SUV and should be on buyers short lists

I can remember when every car had a realy convenient place to put ur key anyone else remember that

@odd-looking-dude

6 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah, totally !

@nickhickson8738

2 жыл бұрын

Keyless is an absurd idea tbh. Key in the ignition slot, safe there.

I think i found my new car, 10 years with my Golf Tdi MK5...Skoda here I come.

15 minutes of my life I'll never get back....!

very nice very brave to drive on a long journey well deserve rest has always a good review

I'm not a fan of Skoda , but this car is really good and it look's nice...

Four wheels drive doesn't do a thing if you don't have a good set of winter tyres for driving in snow. I live in Finland and I know what real winter drive is.

Good review but at 9.20 you called it the Kodiaq?

As someone about to spend 25K on a Karoq, I can safely say this was a pointless review. Not informative, no critique, not entertaining either.

l only watched this review JB learning Prague so so amazingly funny keep watching this just makes me laugh sososo much 10 out of 10 top review

Awesome script and review. This is how car reviews must really be made. Didn't feel like 15 minutes at all. Graceful script and class review

Brilliant, top 5 presents on youtube.

Did anyone notice the Top Gear Easter Egg in this? No? When James is eating all those chocolate bars and says "That was a most delicious lunch, much looking forward to my supper" it is almost exactly what Jeremy Clarkson said when he ate a load of chocolate when he drove a Jaguar XJR to Scotland but he said "tea" not supper.

I enjoyed this review.

Who here has done a long distance trip by car, how many miles/kilometers and what car over how many days? For me about 2500 miles or 4023 km over 3 days from Jacksonville, FL to Helena, MT in a '95 Infiniti G20 which is a Nissan Primera GT elsewhere.

james i quite enjoyed your review

I was more interested in the chocolate than the car. Fun review James, keep it up!

What is replacing the yeti?

This could just as well be a promotional video for the manufacturer, not an ounce of critical analysis. Please either label it a promotional video, or do the job!

Tusan is the way to go

You haven’t changed your t-shirt all the way from Prague to London? That’s the most striking thing I guess. And how can you make 870 miles with two tanks? I am making 750 miles with superb 1.6TDI DSG here with one tank full, isn’t it weird?

@jeremycubs8331

5 жыл бұрын

750 miles or kilometres? What's tank capacity of superb?

Why did you start reviewing the chocolate bars? Seems to have turned into a comedy sketch, with a David Walliams impression, thrown in.

doe his voice sound like quentin wilson?

London Diesel congestion charge + Studded snow tyres = an expensive trip even without the customer survey of service station confectionery 🤣😂

Please upload in 21:9 aspect ratio, not in 16:9. Now I need to pan the aspect ratio myself in full screen with an ultra wide screen TSSSSSSS!

Oops slip of the tongue called the car a Kodiaq while he was filling up ....lmao

Nice "advertorial" as the saying goes, for Skoda. When you've been around a while you start to spot the pieces for manufacturers vs genuine reviews.

Did anyone spot the 'deliberate' mistake? Referred to the Kodiaq when fueling up!

1500 mile jesus a day trip in Australia

9:21 he said Kodiaq XD

More chocolate reviews please!

Didn’t Jeremy Clarkson do a similar chocolate bar “review” when driving a Jaguar to the top of Scotland?

@hemmay

6 жыл бұрын

Did he? Who cares about that pompous lout? Well done James.

@absrecovery

6 жыл бұрын

Clarkson started it all without him car reviews would still be biring

@AGFe19

6 жыл бұрын

kevin heming I like James too, but it’s almost word for word, it’s odd.

When will we expect this car in India?

They run Promo skoda video's how can they be trusted?

Excellent video as always James!

Perfect review perfect car as for James he's a fruit and nut case.

Close your eyes, and you could me forgiven for mistaking him for Quentin Wilson!

Thanks for the comments below guys regarding the lack of critique or any useful information. Saved me wasting 15 minutes of my life.

One word, Topic

Confimed: James likes Nuts. Refreshing review btw!

I’ve driven the Karoq now for 6000 km. Brilliant car. It just needs to warm up.

what color is that car?

@vilebrequin6923

Жыл бұрын

Hearing Aid grey.

sounds like you were paid to promote the Karoq, did not come across as independent car review, a 3 day trip sounds like a promotion to me

Varsaw LOL! :-)

While fueling remember that it is still a karoq, not a kodiaq.............

Very strange driving from Prague when all of the Karoq’s are made in the Germany factory why they are updating the manufacturing plant.🤣

Shouldn't that be 2200 kilometers, since you're in Europe?

Karoq or Kodiak make your mind up

10:56 in x0.25 😂

Where did you get that T’Shirt James?, it’s a bit naff...😎

9.21 It is a Karoq not a Kodiaq. A Kodiaq is the bigger version of this car

If you really wanted this video to be in a cinemascope aspect ratio, you could have at least uploaded it as such, instead of just sticking black bars on a 16:9 video.

This a review or an advert?

@scoopermg8226

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Allan an advert, clearly.

1,500 miles and all he can do is eat chocolate and say it's a competent all-rounder? Ridiculous video

@sohamghosh8906

5 жыл бұрын

yeah coz the Skoda is a competent all rounder......

Did this guy got fired from car buyer.

£33000 is too much - that is excellent spec VW tiguan money

@skyhigheagleer6

6 жыл бұрын

You'll get 3-5k min. off list with Skoda though.

@leem5894

6 жыл бұрын

You can get £5k off a Tiguan too. Karoq is a nice car but 33k list price is way too much. You can get a tiguan SE-L or even stretch to R Line for similar money

@skyhigheagleer6

6 жыл бұрын

The R Line starts around £34k with similar engine, and has fewer options as standard. Badge snob.

@AliveGhost13

6 жыл бұрын

That's all crap though. You can say they are the same all you want but "underneath" the golf and the tiguan are the same. Are they the same? No. The Q7 and bentayga are the "same"? No. Can you get active info in ateca? No. Just because the platform is the same doesn't mean they are the same car.

@AliveGhost13

6 жыл бұрын

Omnislash Vince Gaming You can't. Go and drive a Leon and then a golf, drive an ateca and then a tiguan and come back. I have done both and found the golf/tiguan had less wind noise and road noise. I'm not saying the skoda and ateca are bad, however there is a difference especially in the relatively dull seat interiors

And Skoda is paying you........................

9.21" but the kodiac" , lol

the best chocolate bars review I've ever seen .

Looks like a (grey) shed

9:17 its a karoq and not a kodiaq

So he gets out of the vehicle to get fuel and leaves the key in the car! If something goes wrong and it locks up he cannot get back into the car! Never leave a key in the car that has keyless entry.

You’ve left car buyer ???

@ffchx129

6 жыл бұрын

car buyer and auto express are part of the same company

Started off ok then descended into farce with chocolate bars ! Barely informative

Not very impressive if you had winter tyres

Lol slow-mos of... absolutely nothing

Who could watch this dude for 15 minutes lol

@vilebrequin6923

Жыл бұрын

I like him.

I thought it was a car test/review. Not a chocolate bar test. At 9.21/22 the car has morphed from a Karoq to a Kodiak?? What the... How about showing the parking abilities of the car? Plus all the other things were and weren’t talked about? Or are the boring motorways of France more important? Geez, review the car next time. Please.

Why was he shocked at 40 mins Czech....it's in the title.

Didn't receive any useful information after 1500mls...

The trip would be fun, the car is as dull as ditchwater.

Usually does interesting and informative reviews but not this time. A great demonstration of how NOT to drive a car on a motorway anywhere. Driving without due care and attention in my book and as for pratting about with sweet packets while talking into a camera a danger to himself and everybody else on the motorway, every bit as bit as texting on a mobile for my money. No wonder he got mixed up over the name of the car.

Bring back the Yeti... at least it had a distinct style of its own and a practical shape. The Karoq looks like "just another smallish SUV", and you cannot (as yet) get it with 2-tone paint

assert portrait order glwtl legend butter gain earnings existing frankly risk alter.

Founded by who???? Vaklav?? ahahhaha its Vatslav!!! Maybe Vaklav founded something but definitely not Skoda...

Leave out the choc ads and the language course, stick to a shorter review with relevant info, as it stands just one big jolly at the expense of AE or.........

how come you are driving a right wheeled car across left wheeled countries?? is it allowed?? seems pretty dangerous

@Tradewind25

6 жыл бұрын

Mapa Mundi seems to have a very restricted world view; odd! (sic)

@Eddiestab

6 жыл бұрын

This is a joke surely?

@colinoneil7714

6 жыл бұрын

What? Having driven over 12000 miles in 5 countries in right hand drive cars I can say it's NOT dangerous. Ask lorry drivers

why are you still alive

Crazy hairy hands

Copying Top gear? 😂

@XzzVttll

6 жыл бұрын

yap, my thoughts too

@Tradewind25

6 жыл бұрын

Not a bad precedent to follow, though.

@wassupMannn

6 жыл бұрын

I don't mind.

@Thefighterspider

6 жыл бұрын

Well this idea is not that original that only top gear could have made it, it's simple, interesting and the most important thing is that it's beneficial and interesting information about daily drives, top gear is a show where the least thing of matter is cars daily usage.

@picklesrule69

6 жыл бұрын

Thefighterspider I'm not saying it's a bad thing!

Hi

Sponsored by Skoda.

what the hell happened? The colour of this video is hideous and the sound is not good also.... it seems like they recorded a tv broadcast with a camera pointed at the screen!

Booooorrrrriiinggggg

@luka6075

6 жыл бұрын

Nikola Ignjatovic slazem se,dosadan je ovaj lik

@BigBoiTurboslav

6 жыл бұрын

eik naxui

it's a VW

Can't stand that presenter !

@kraenk12

6 жыл бұрын

Wolfie James is fine, then leave.

@christianwold

6 жыл бұрын

Did he leave carbuyer for this? He's horrendous

@OlCrom

5 жыл бұрын

That thing presenting is the reason I will not buy Auto Express again.

Okay i'm sorry. But you are copying old top gear. With the language learning, way of speaking and everything

@kraenk12

6 жыл бұрын

Theforcer 1 And that is BAD.!!?