Interior: Combining a spacious design and innovative controls with sustainable materials

› Free-standing 13-inch infotainment screen and premiere for head-up display
› Innovative rotary push-buttons – “Smart Dials” – with integrated digital displays
› Fast charging at 45 W via USB-C ports or inductive charging at 15 W in the Phone Box
› New interior concept with Design Selections and focus on sustainable materials
› Full connectivity: mobile online services, Functions on Demand and infotainment apps

Mladá Boleslav, 4 October 2023 – The new Škoda Kodiaq comes with a completely redesigned interior and a new set of controls. Its free-standing infotainment screen measures up to 13 inches. Positioned below the infotainment screen are the new Škoda Smart Dials, providing quick access to numerous vehicle functions. In a first for Škoda’s large SUV, a head-up display is available to complement the 10-inch Virtual Cockpit. The new centre console has a clean, tidy look, as the selector lever is now mounted on the steering column. Four USB-C ports with an output of 45 W ensure fast charging of smartphones, tablets or laptops. Also making its Škoda debut is a Phone Box that enables inductive charging of two smartphones at 15 W and includes a cooling function. Ergo seats with a pneumatic massage function are available as an option. Design Selections featuring numerous sustainable materials are now also making their debut in the Kodiaq. In addition, the new SUV is always online, offering numerous mobile online services and infotainment apps.

“With the second-generation Kodiaq, we're taking a fresh approach to interior design and functionality. Our new Škoda Smart Dials, featuring integrated displays, are customisable and streamline the operation of many vehicle functions. The Virtual Cockpit, combined with the optional head-up display and the free-standing 13-inch infotainment screen, provide all the information drivers need at a glance. Additionally, Design Selections have been rolled out in the Kodiaq, emphasizing our commitment to sustainable materials.”

Peter Olah, Head of Interior Design at Škoda Auto

The Škoda Smart Dials in the second-generation Kodiaq are three intuitive new multifunctional controls below the infotainment display. They can be operated by turning and pressing, and each carries a digital colour display with a 32-millimetre diameter. This clever combination of haptic and digital elements allows quick access to numerous vehicle functions. The controls have a Unique Dark Chrome finish and a very tactile surface texture composed of tiny pyramids. The two outer Smart Dials for the driver and front passenger control the interior temperature, seat heating and seat ventilation. Each Smart Dial’s current function is shown in the display and can be changed by pressing it. Drivers can customise the centre Smart Dial to control up to four of the following functions: the volume of the infotainment system, fan speed, air direction, smart air conditioning, driving modes and map zoom. Configuring the centre Smart Dial is done via the relevant infotainment system menu, and a long press is used to change between functions. Four additional hardware buttons between the dials provide direct access to windscreen ventilation, rear window heating, air recirculation and automatic air conditioning functions. In a first for Škoda, the Kodiaq’s selector lever is mounted on the steering column for easy access. As a result, the centre console has a clean and tidy look, and the storage compartment’s capacity has increased by 2.1 litres.

The infotainment system in the second-generation Kodiaq features a 10-inch central multi‑touch display and DAB+ radio reception as standard, along with gesture and voice control. The navigation function including online radio and a 13-inch screen are available as an optional package. A head-up display complementing the standard 10-inch Virtual Cockpit is making its debut in this model series. The all-new Kodiaq is also equipped with four USB-C ports as standard (two at the front and two at the rear). Providing an output of 45 W, they can even be used to power laptops, in addition to charging smartphones and tablets. A 15 W USB-C port on the back of the interior mirror is also standard. Eight speakers in the door panels and a central speaker in the instrument panel are standard for superb sound. A Canton Sound System with 14 speakers, including two surround speakers, is available as an option.

Another new feature is the climate control menu, which provides quick access to all heating functions for the seats, steering wheel, windscreen and rear window via a single, user-configurable Heaters button. It will be available for the second-generation Kodiaq in the near future. Ergo seats with a pneumatic massage function are optionally available. They each have ten air cushions that can be programmed via the infotainment menu or controls on the seat, with a choice of intensity levels and time settings. The Kodiaq also offers an optional Phone Box for simultaneous inductive fast charging of two smartphones at 15 W, complete with a cooling function.

The Kodiaq adopts the Design Selections already known from the Enyaq family, featuring coordinated colours and materials. The choices include Loft with grey fabric seat upholstery, Lounge with grey Suedia microfibre upholstery and X-shaped decorative stitching in Mustard Yellow, and ecoSuite featuring sustainably treated leather in black with grey X-shaped decorative stitching or in Cognac with tone-on-tone stitching. All chrome detailing in the interior has been replaced with the new Unique Dark Chrome finish. In addition to the Smart Dials, this also includes the trim on the door panels and on the redesigned steering wheel, the frame of the infotainment screen, and other decorative strips accentuating the instrument panel’s air vents, the top part of the dashboard and the cover for the storage compartment in the centre console.

The interior of the Kodiaq is focused on sustainability. All textiles used for the seat upholstery, the carpets in the cabin and the luggage compartment as well as the headliner are made of 100 percent recycled polyester or, in the case of the Design Selection Lounge, a combination of recycled yarns with 40 percent natural wool. The leather featured in the ecoSuite Design Selection is tanned in an environmentally friendly way using residues from coffee bean processing. Two iconic Simply Clever details, the umbrella and the ice scraper, are also made from sustainable materials. New to the list of Simply Clever details are a display cleaner stored in the centre console and a storage compartment on the central tunnel in front of the sliding rear seat bench, which once again enables backward and forward adjustment. Also on board in the second Kodiaq generation is the door edge protection.

The Kodiaq’s permanent internet connection will allow for convenient “over the air” updates, online-based route planning and numerous mobile online services from Škoda Connect. Special features for the all-new Kodiaq iV plug-in hybrid will include Remote Charging as well as Remote Air Conditioning, Departure Planner and Plug & Charge. Škoda Connect will offer functions like Proactive Service and Remote Access as part of Infotainment Online and Care Connect. The infotainment will also include Weather, News, Traffication, Calendar, Offers and Pay to Park infotainment apps. Navigation, ACC, additional colours and functions for the ambient lighting and High Beam Control will also be available as Functions on Demand.