A few days after the launch, we got to see the Slavia in skin and size, parked in an area in Mumbai adjacent to the expansive sea. The weather was humid and we were sweating like pigs. But no one was complaining. The car looked radiant and breathtaking under the hot sun. We had been given just about 45 minutes to absorb its beauty, figure out its features and do our video report on it. The time offered was too little and everybody was complaining. But a job is a job and we had to do it fast.
The Slavia comes in three variants: Active, Ambition and Style and will have the option of five body colours including a new crystal blue colour. Bookings for the car have begun and deliveries will be made in the first quarter of 2022.
The introduction of the Slavia marks the start of Skoda Auto’s next stage in the India 2.0 project. Following the successful launch of the midsize SUV Kushaq, the brand-new sedan is the Czech carmaker’s second India-specific model. The sedan is based on the MQB-A0-IN platform – an MQB variant specially adapted by Skoda Auto for India.
The elegantly designed car is 4541 in length, 1752 in width and 1487 in height. It has a wheelbase of 2651mm. The Slavia will have an option of a 1 litre turbocharged stratified Ignition or TSI petrol engine and a 1.5 Litre TSI petrol engine. The 1 litre engine will have an option of an AQ250-six speed automatic transmission as well as an MQ200-six speed manual transmission. The 1.5 litre engine will have an option of a DQ200-7speed DSG automatic transmission and an MQ281 6-speed manual torque convertor transmission. The 1.5 litre TSI engine will come with Active Cylinder Technology which automatically shuts down two cylinder when the engine load is low.
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