Czech It: Skoda Cute Ute To Be Badged “Yeti”

According to a blurb in the April 4 issue of Autocar, Skoda is hoping that consumers remember their Yeti concept, as they’ve green-lighted the chunkily attractive softroader. Set to reach dealers in 2009, the vehicle (which is set to ride on modified Fabia underpinnings) will retain the concept’s evocative name.

We hope that at least a handful of the Yeti concept’s features make it into production (we particularly liked the split tailgate with the built-in bicycle carrier and the removable satellite-navigation system that can be liberated for use as a portable GPS), but we’re less-than-optimistic about showcar features like the self-chilling water dispenser.

Either way, drifting through the white stuff in a four-wheeled Abominable Snowman sounds like good fun to us.