great review as always tish hope you get better soon

Get well soon Tish. I like that Skoda has evolved this car in a positive way. I like that it retains the physical knobs and buttons for the climate control as well. As for the rear it just makes sense to have that extra storage in the middle footwell where most middle passengers would place the feet either side anyway. I have to say that I love the manual handbrake remains even though I've got used to the electronic one on my car. Many thanks for sharing.

Hello Tish. I wish you to get better from your flu. I am curious though, which side of the road do you enjoy driving the most? Right side or wrong side?

Bless you Tish. I know how you feel. You are definitely dedicated to the channel. Great review under the circumstances.

When will you be reviewing the new puma facelift version.

Better than other vw group vehicles by keeping buttons and knobs.

This is really a RAIN Channel ☔️ 🎉😂❤

You are right to highlight that SUVs are not that much more capable offroad than normal cars. What many in the media do not say though is that ONROAD, where SUVs will spend 99.9% of the time, they are remarkably LESS capable than normal cars. Less capable of steering changes. Less capable of braking. Less capable of acceleration, so manufacturers fit them with way too much power to hide that problem. Ultimately, SUVs, regardless of size need to be taxed off the road. Cities around Europe are starting to do this and the trend will snowball. SUVs are just stupid fashion statements that cost the planet and shock horror are LESS safe than normal cars. In 2022, if you drove a jacked up SUV/4x4/crossover, you would have been 43% more likely to be involved in a collision in the UK and 22% more likely to be injured!!!!!!!!!!

Tish, Great presentation, as always. But, I need to address the problem of reviewing a left hand drive car. Things that are different from right hand drive cars. The glove box is in most cars different in size, by some considerable margin, in favour of our European neighbours because the fuse box is not switched from one side to the other. I cannot say which makers of different models converts from left to right, but, in the recent past, they stopped the practice and right hand drive cars are served with tiny gloveboxes.

My mother in law and husband had a really nasty crash in their 72 plate Kamiq a few weeks ago. They came off the road, climbed a stone wall, hit the tree behind and ended on its side. Both suffered some serious injuries and NOT ONE of the airbags deployed.

Really nice review, I was actually looking at one of these or the equivalent T-Roc RLine with the 1.5 engine to replace our aging Mazda CX 5 which we are passing on to our nephew. I was shocked at the list price of 36,000€ with only 10% discount for cash. Looks like we will buy a new CX5 advantage for 32,000€ from our current dealer instead😅

First let me say that I'm hoping your feeling better sense taping this and second what are the chances of seeing some mid to small car reviews in the future ❤

If am Not wrong in Uk driving is right hand side but indeed u drive left excellent this show how much experience u have ….🎉

Well done Tish. Do appreciate your hard work. Get well soon. Any idea when the face lift Renault Captur is coming?

price increased, but features not so much. With their current pricing I don't see the point of buying Skoda over VW

You've earned another subscriber. I really love your reviews, I used to like Carwow before they just got a bit too big for their boots. If you stay like this when reviewing cars then you will go far.

I'm choosing between this model and Renault Captur 2023 model. Those two are my favorites in this class. But still waiting for Kamiq 2024 to get in my local Skoda store in second half of March so I can try it. For now I prefer Renault Captur, as I own one from 2019 and I'm quite satisfied with it, and was test driving the 2023 version and I'm even more satisfied with that model. Also new Ford Puma and Toyota Yaris Cross were in the consideration. But to be honest my first choice will probably be Renault Austral if I could get those 7-8k € extra in the next few months.

Super review. I don't know why none of the other sites have covered the update so congrats on having original content. That storage box in the back row may be removable because it was in the pre-facelift version. It would be madness if they compromised seating for a storage bin.

How tall is she? 150 cm?

As the former owner of the pre-facelift Kamiq, I can appreciate the improvements like the Matrix LED headlights and kick to open tailgate - previously powered but minus the 'virtual pedal' feature. However, the instrument cluster is identical to the previous model. The only change I can see to the infotainment setup is the change from text to icons for the touch buttons on either side of the display. The software looks identical - not necessarily a bad thing. One thing I'd love to see Skoda add back in, is the removable torch. It was deleted from the Kamiq in 2021 and never returned. Same thing with the bag hooks that mount on the top tether/child seat points. I also think that the new cup holder behind the centre console like the Fabia is good. In Australia, we don't get the fold down armrest to accomodate a third top teacher point - Australian Design Rules state a car must have a third top tether point to be classed as a five seater - we also can't have child seats in the front. So no cup holders in the rear otherwise.

2:27 PM Review in the rain 🌧️ Tish? You do love 💕 your subscribers. The front grill is nice, the headlights should have been combine with the day time running lights, separately it looks like a lot is missing in front. Great seats and dashboard, love 💕 the screen on the dashboard. The center console should have been in the center of the two seats instead of so far in the back and an automatic parking brake would have been better which would free up space for the center console armrest to be higher up front. All wheel drive is standard on cars and SUVS and it should have been standard here,Skoda is lagging behind and needs to catch up. Not worth an increase in price, I wouldn't get it. Always love 💕😘 the review Tish.

I test drove one of these along with the xceed (after your review)and yes it's a good car, but I ended up with the Xceed GT line S. Just felt the better car, more power, spec and general driving feels certainly spec wise

Ah yes the maze which is Frankfurt airport 😂 Also been there and back in a day for work Tish, feel your pain! (Munich Airport is the win for me in Germany) Great review as always though 👍

Oh my God! Another underwater review! 😅 Please Tish, come to Barcelona for a month to do your tests! 🙏 We have plenty of Seat and Cupra models to check out! 😜 By the way, for me Skoda currently has the products with the best “quality/price” ratio of the entire VAG group and this Kamiq is a good example. 👍

Hi Tish hope your well, Great review and road test , nice looking car. catch you soon Take care

Glove box will be half the size in right hand drive because they won't move the fuse box.

Greetings from Australia! Thanks for the review Tish. This is very likely my next car as it checks out all the boxes for me - at a good price as well!

I like your reviews very much, but my one complaint is that you always pick the top of the line models to review. Most of us will most likely buy the base-plus-one model. All the cool things on the top of the line are just too far beyond the regular budget. Choose the model range that sells the most as your car to review. That would be way more informative.

Let me get my umbrella ☔️ to watch the video…

The Kamiq is currently the best selling crossover in Serbia. The best selling car in that market is the Octavia.

Your dedication is always appreciated by this impartial Pilsen-based VW Group shareholder. The weather doesn't look great and we just read that there are 5,000 drug addicts on the Frankfurt train station and streets full of Happy Ramadan lights, nice. ;-) On a happier front, Kamiq is likely to remain underestimated in broader Europe but a new smallest Škoda India SUV may change it next year. The competing names sound like a parody. Kwiq, Kymaq, Kylaq, Kariq, and Kyroq. All of them sound like some rather common Czech words but those also have different meanings in Hindi. It is good they ask about the names because... only after they released the Indian Octavia as Laura, they found the deeply controversial meaning of Laura in India.

They need to do away with the manual handbrake particularly on the automatic versions.

Well done Tish.

Just finally finished my lease on one of these. Worst car I've ever had. I loved it at first but the build quality is awful, at about 15k miles the dash got a really bad squeak, the screens would randomly glitch also and no matter how many times I took it to skoda they couldn't fix it

Head beams? Nothing like an expert eh?

Looks more like an estate car than an SUV to me..

Baby SUV (4, 24 meters) for 32/33 . K Euros is too far expensive ( made in Chech Rupublic) and not in Japan (Madza) with zero loading flexibility No back seats sliding forward 15 cms.( Captur T-Roc T- cross), no Varioflex sistem (Karoq). This is latest small face lift and price up once again.....

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Im sorry tish but i had to laugh when u said u flew to frankfurt and back in 1 day with flu.. people with genuine flu wouldn't be able to get out of bed let alone fly abroad! but 10/10 for the sales spiel

Had a drive of a pre facelift Kamiq as well as a Seat Arona last year. Went for a Peugeot 2008 facelift. No regrets. The 2008 is sharp, stylish and characterful and feels much more like a genuine SUV to sit in (and look at). The Kamiq is bland inside and out and the driving position is little different from a Fabia. Not at all SUV esque. Little wonder the Kamiq (like most Skoda products) appeals to OAP's.

This is not an SUV, and it will never be. Just this one point.It is a hatchback on stilts or HOS.

You never showed the car that you had at hand from the back😑. Does it not have the back, only front? What kind of a review is that!? For that reason i leave a dislike

Mediocre mobile is mediocre

Another boring SUV

Hello Tish if yoyu would like to contact me I will tell you what a total disaster this vehicle is .Its a death trap .