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I drove the new Skoda Kodiaq – it’s still a superb family SUV but now has a face everyone can love
“IT doesn’t look like a Skoda.”
I’ve heard those words at least twice while driving this Kodiaq.
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Since VW ownership, Skodas have become loved for their practicality, good road manners and solid economy[/caption]
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Hard to work out if it’s an insult or compliment.
You’d have to be living in a cave playing poker with Lord Lucan and Shergar to not realise Skoda makes great cars these days.
But it’s true Skoda’s design game has been upped only recently.
Since VW ownership, Skodas have become loved for their practicality, good road manners and solid economy.
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But to be spontaneously complimented on their looks, even if it is a back-handed dig at how boring they used to look?
It’s the final piece of the jigsaw.
Here’s a sentence I wouldn’t have written five years ago. Based on looks alone I would have something like the Skoda Enyaq over the VW and Audi equivalents.
And I’d take a Kodiaq over a VW Tiguan.
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The version I’ve been driving looks especially slick.
Sportline models wear some extra make-up – black grille, discreet boot spoiler, 20in wheels.
Overall it still looks sensible, but it’s definitely attractive. A bit like that woman on Countdown who knows all about words.
Beyond the pretty face, there’s still everything we’ve come to love Skoda for.
There’s an extra row of seats in the back on most models, which are big enough to be bearable for adults on short hops and plenty roomy enough for kids.
The rest of the cabin is airy and comfortable too. You could survive as a family of six or seven with a Kodiaq alone, no need to go down the MPV route if you don’t want.
The scratchier, hard-wearing plastics are where they should be – in the line of fire from kids – but elsewhere the materials are soft and squishy enough to make you feel like you’re in something more premium.
The infotainment system causes no grumbles – it’s responsive to inputs and has a sensible number of menus to get your head around. I had a choice of test driving the 1.5-litre two-wheel-drive version or the 2-litre all-wheel-drive model.
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Seeing as petrol costs more per litre than Chanel No5 these days, I went for the former.
I would recommend it.
Volkswagen’s 1.5 TSI unit feels plenty peppy enough, even in a bigger car like this.
The slick DSG gearbox helps too. It’s a solid partnership.
Out on the road the Kodiaq behaves sweetly.
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It’s a comfortable ride, without being too wallowy in corners, and the cabin stays peaceful even at higher speeds.
Is a Kodiaq the ideal family car? It’s certainly up there, especially now it’s got a face everyone can love.
KEY FACTS: SKODA KODIAQ SPORTLINE
Price: £38,815
Engine: 1.5-litre turbo petrol
Power: 150hp
0-62mph: 9.8 secs
Top speed: 126mph
Economy: 39mpg
CO2: 164g/km
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Twitter v. Musk judge says the trial is still on
In a new letter filed with Delaware’s Court of Chancery, Judge Kathaleen McCormick says it’s still game on — for now at least. In the letter, sent a day after news broke that Elon Musk would seek to seal the deal with Twitter under the original terms, Judge McCormick is weighing in with an important […]
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Space billboards could cost $65M and still turn a profit
Space-based advertising has been on the minds of every marketer on the planet since the Apollo era, yet no one has made it happen. A new study suggests that a billboard-like constellation of about 50 satellites, costing $65 million all in, could shine ads to every corner of the Earth for months — and potentially […]
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Stage Manager Still Has Several Issues as iPadOS 16 Nears Release
In the latest iPadOS 16 beta seeded earlier this week, developer Steve Troughton-Smith and MacStories editor-in-chief Federico Viticci highlighted various user interface issues they continue to face from time to time while using Stage Manager, including the dock disappearing when rotating the iPad, content failing to scale properly when a window is resized, keyboard input failing to register in certain apps, and more.
In August, Viticci criticized Apple for its “fundamentally misguided” approach to Stage Manager. The feature has improved in the weeks since, but it’s clear from the latest beta that several issues persist even as iPadOS 16 nears release.
A tour of the latest Stage Manager beta for iPadOS 16:
– Rotated my iPad and the dock was gone
– Black borders around windows
– The keyboard freezes in apps like Mail and @theSpringApp after opening new windows
– I resized a window and it blew up in my faceSo there’s that. pic.twitter.com/Twi5K3SeSH
— Federico Viticci (@viticci) October 4, 2022
We’ve come to the end of the dev cycle, and Stage Manager is still forwarding events to apps that should be gobbled by the system — e.g. dragging a titlebar to move a window is still sending that drag event into the app itself too. It also conflicts with swipe to go back pic.twitter.com/TX0uUFkCAV
— Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) October 4, 2022
Apple recently expanded Stage Manager to older iPad Pro models with A12X and A12Z chips released in 2018 and 2020, albeit without external display support, which limits the feature to four apps on the built-in display on these models. Apple also delayed external display support for iPad models with the M1 chip until later this year.
Stage Manager allows users to have up to four apps open in overlapping windows on an iPad’s display for an improved multitasking experience. A modified version of Stage Manager is also available on macOS Ventura for keeping windows front and center.
Apple says iPadOS 16 will be released in October, but it not did confirm a specific day. The software update will be labeled iPadOS 16.1, and it will likely be released alongside iOS 16.1 for the iPhone, as the updates share the same build number.
This article, “Stage Manager Still Has Several Issues as iPadOS 16 Nears Release” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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Sony wants to produce 2 million PS VR 2 units by March, still won’t tell us how much it costs
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Sony sounds like it’s gearing up for the eventual release of the PS VR 2, as it plans to make two million units by March next year.
This comes from Bloomberg, who says that people familiar with the situation provided them this information. Mass production apparently began last month (September), and as of yet there hasn’t been any supply chain issues. It’s also noted that the production figure might change depending on the headset’s sales momentum when it’s released early next year, whenever that might be.
According to the report, Sony’s roadmap for the PS VR 2 is predicting a much greater popularity than the original PS VR for the PS4. The company apparently hopes that big name titles like Horizon Call of the Mountain that draws on pre-established IP will bring players in, even with the general rise in living costs.