Skoda Slavia facelift launched at ₹9.99 lakh
The updated Skoda Slavia brings some exterior and interior updates
Skoda Auto has announced the pricing for the Skoda Slavia facelift, which starts from ₹9.99 lakh and goes up to ₹18.59 lakh. Customer deliveries are scheduled to begin from the second week of October. It will be offered across six trims and two engine options, all of which will be available from launch.
What has changed?
The entire front end has been redesigned to look more sportier, with a new segmented LED DRL design integrated into the headlight assembly. The grille continues to be completely blacked out with some chrome strips, rather than being an illuminated one similar to the one on the Kushaq. It also sits on new 16-inch diamond-cut alloy wheels as standard. The rear end has also been updated with sequential turning indicators integrated into the taillamps, along with a textured finish on the tailgate.T
The Monte Carlo edition is where things go a step further. For starters, it is available only with both engine options and gets four-wheel disc brakes as standard with red callipers, and sits on the same wheels, but now in gloss black.
The cabin has recieved some upgrades, although the layout continues to remain simialr to the outgoing model
On the inside, the cabin has also received some new updates: it gets a new 10.25-inch digital cluster straight from the older Kodiaq, along with the floating 10.1-inch infotainment screen, now powered by Google Cloud, along with a new 360-degree parking camera. Both front seats are now power-adjustable and ventilated, and the higher variants add a massaging function to the rear seats. Skoda has also addressed customer feedback about poor cooling on older Slavia models by adding a variable-geometry compressor for much faster cabin cooling.
The 1-litre 3-cylinder turbo-petrol engine is now mated to an 8-speed torque converter instead of the 6-speed AMT
The 1-litre 3-cylinder petrol engine produces 114bhp and 178Nm, but the old 6-speed automatic is gone; in comes the new 8-speed torque converter gearbox. The 1.5-litre TSI four-cylinder turbo-petrol makes 148bhp and 250Nm and is paired to a 7-speed DSG.
Pricing
Pricing for the updated Skoda Slavia starts from ₹9.99 lakh for the Classic variant and goes up to ₹18.59 lakh for the Prestige variant. The Monte Carlo variants is priced at ₹17.29 lakh for the 1-litre engine option and go up to ₹17.29 lakh for the 1.5-litre engine option.