Skoda Auto India today announced that the company will launch the Slavia compact sedan in March this year. The car made its global debut in November last year. The new Slavia officially replaces the Rapid sedan in India’s compact sedan space, and is built on the company’s localized MQB-A0-IN platform. This is part of four new products that the company plans to launch with Volkswagen as part of the Bharat 2.0 strategy. In fact, the car is the first sedan to be built on the new platform, and with the new Slavia, the carmaker aims to further expand its sedan heritage in India. The car will be offered in 3 variants – Active, Ambition and Style and bookings for the Slavia have already started in November and this will give the company a clear idea of how the car will be received in the country.
The Skoda Slavia replaces the Rapid in the company’s line-up.
Visually speaking, the Skoda Slavia is a 5-door sedan that comes with a coupe-like roofline. The car measures 4,541 mm while its width is 1,752 mm. The Slavia is also 1,487 mm longer, and comes with a wheelbase of 2,651 mm. The car has the longest wheelbase in this class and Skoda says it is bigger than even the first generation Octavia sedan. Visual cues include the signature butterfly grille with vertical slats and thick chrome border, sleek LED headlamps with LED DRLs and sporty multi-spoke 16-inch alloy wheels. The car also gets an aggressive looking bumper that gets a wide mesh-pattern grille for airdam. At the rear, the Slavia gets the signature C-shaped LED taillamps that split in two, and further extend into the boot lid.
Slavia’s cabin is also very spacious and will be full of amenities
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The Slavia will share its powertrain with the Skoda Kushak. This means, the Slavia will get the same 1.0-litre TSI three-cylinder engine and 1.5-litre four-cylinder TSI unit, and both are turbocharged petrol motors. The first makes 113 bhp and 175 Nm of peak torque, and comes mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox and an optional 6-speed automatic torque converter. The larger 1.5-litre motor makes 148 bhp and 250 Nm of peak torque and comes mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox and 7-speed DSG automatic unit.
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