[codelad]

Originally Posted by arvind_ravi01

How to find if we are a part of the 1st 33,333 customers ? Has Skoda provided any VIN lookup as such ?

The Skoda website presently lists a "Complimentary 1-year SuperCare Package", which is what was offered to me, when I booked in early March. When asked, the dealer just danced around the 33,333 customer offer, saying it had ended with initial pre-bookings in January. And I've not seen Skoda come out with a forthright answer to this either, with this offer still being mentioned.

[arvind_ravi01]

Originally Posted by codelad

The Skoda website presently lists a "Complimentary 1-year SuperCare Package", which is what was offered to me, when I booked in early March. When asked, the dealer just danced around the 33,333 customer offer, saying it had ended with initial pre-bookings in January. And I've not seen Skoda come out with a forthright answer to this either, with this offer still being mentioned.

If you have taken delivery of your car, can you check in the Myskoda plus app under Mycar section, scroll down and see if you can see any maintenance package listed ?

[codelad]

Originally Posted by arvind_ravi01

If you have taken delivery of your car, can you check in the Myskoda plus app under Mycar section, scroll down and see if you can see any maintenance package listed ?

Awaiting delivery - should hopefully get it in the next few days. Will check the app and report back. Going by what the dealer said, I'm not holding my breath over this, though.

[wooka]

Originally Posted by Vikram9193

Congratulations to the Kylaq owners, you have probably the fastest affordable car in India. At CoASTT, In Narain Kartikeyan’s hands, the Kylaq is quicker than the BE6, VAG 1.5s, Verna, N-Line - basically every other performance oriented car below the premium brands!

Would be interesting to see the 3XO turbo petrol tested, and the BE6 without traction control forced on (modulates braking and acceleration) ruining the result.

A very limited sample size, this. However, excellent result, and inspiring. Now only if the car had better interiors...

[sunikkat]

Originally Posted by Vikram9193

Congratulations to the Kylaq owners, you have probably the fastest affordable car in India. At CoASTT, In Narain Kartikeyan’s hands, the Kylaq is quicker than the BE6, VAG 1.5s, Verna, N-Line - basically every other performance oriented car below the premium brands!

Wow Skoda with normal suspension set up beats Hyundai with sportier steering and suspension, even with higher GC. To take it further it does better number than few other powerful cars. That says about Kylaq. Hope Skoda find more numbers consistently through Kylaq.

[MDED]

Oh man! I’m delighted to the core to see Škoda take up some good numbers. Fun to drive car reaching many customers is what a sagging brand needed, notwithstanding amazing vehicle they make.

I own Taigun 1.0 TSI AT and completely in awe of my car. Having driven Maruti and Honda, VAG is like going on a date with Noora Fatehi every time I drive with her.

[vvs29]

Originally Posted by rkv_2401

That's pretty impressive with the extra ground clearance, no 4-wheel disc brakes and a 40+hp deficit compared to the Verna, 1.5 TSis, etc. Do you know if the tyres are normalized among the cars?

I am skeptical here. I don't see how the Slavia DSG is slower than the Kylaq. It's a similar weight, 40hp more with a quick shifting DSG, lower CoG and a more aerodynamic shape with I guess similar handling capability.

I did see somewhere that some loose gravel in corners have been fixed and the time should be lower now, but no idea on how much lower until they retest something from last year.

[mally2]

Originally Posted by Vikram9193

Congratulations to the Kylaq owners, you have probably the fastest affordable car in India. At CoASTT, In Narain Kartikeyan’s hands, the Kylaq is quicker than the BE6, VAG 1.5s, Verna, N-Line - basically every other performance oriented car below the premium brands!

Not surprising, Today a Red Kylaq was eyeballing me and racing me down on the ORR very fast for such a small car, I was in my Nexon45. But looks like he did not get the memo that EV drivers are playing the range game

[rkv_2401]

Originally Posted by vvs29

I am skeptical here. I don't see how the Slavia DSG is slower than the Kylaq. It's a similar weight, 40hp more with a quick shifting DSG, lower CoG and a more aerodynamic shape with I guess similar handling capability.

I did see somewhere that some loose gravel in corners have been fixed and the time should be lower now, but no idea on how much lower until they retest something from last year.

If the tyres aren't normalized or at least comparable across the different cars, there's no point in these comparisons because a much better tire will make up for these marginal differences in performance around the track.
Interesting video on the topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMghLAsR4U8

[nsahula]

Originally Posted by nimbus1

Also has anyone noticed that the boot door takes an extra bit of effort to close.

Yes, I have similar experience with the boot door. It gets fully closed on second try.

[Sebring]

Why has the season ended for SILVER? I thought it looks stately

[arjab]

Had a back seat ride in a friend's Kylaq a couple of days ago.
He was driving. He is 5ft-11inch'-ish and I was sitting behind him.
I'm 5ft-10in, and i found the rear legroom to be quite less. My knees were brushing the back of the driver's seat. There was space to tuck my feet under the driver's seat but the lack of knee-room meant I felt quite hemmed in and unable to splay my legs for a more comfortable seating position. Headroom was acceptable. The cushioning of the rear seat was nice and rear seat squab length was just about acceptable. The rear seat is just not wide to accept 3 people - even average sized people. Maybe a kid upto, say 5 - 6 years may be able to travel in comfort. But then again, everything in India is subjective, what with auto's carrying 6 people sometimes! The Kylaq felt like a Tata Punch as far as rear seat room was concerned. Fact is the Punch is a segment down in the pseudo SUV pecking order.

Which made me wonder. Why couldn't VW-Skoda not achieve greater rear seat roominess with the Kylaq? It is not that they lack engineering wherewithal. It's other sub 4m competitors, like the: Tata Nexon, Mahindra XUV 3XO even the old and long gone Ford EcoSport - all had better rear seat room and comfort. Heck even the Maruti Jimny, which is a certified 4-seater and has a sliver of a rear bench seat, has better knee and legroom (despite having a space - inefficient longitudinal powertrain configuration).

The Kylaq may be a good option for people who does not use the rear seats much. For a one car family with daddy, mummy, kids, granny & grand-pa, in my personal opinion, it is not the ideal product. There are others who do a better job.

[Bane214]

Originally Posted by arjab

The Kylaq felt like a Tata Punch as far as rear seat room was concerned. Fact is the Punch is a segment down in the pseudo SUV pecking order.
Which made me wonder. Why couldn't VW-Skoda not achieve greater rear seat roominess with the Kylaq? It is not that they lack engineering wherewithal. It's other sub 4m competitors, like the: Tata Nexon, Mahindra XUV 3XO even the old and long gone Ford EcoSport - all had better rear seat room and comfort.

I think a lot depends on the wheelbase and the vehicle platform capability along with optimizing for front seat space and boot as well. IMO the Kylaq prioritizes the front seat space and boot considering its mainly targeted at small families (probably with small kid), as you rightly mentioned, who would also need decent boot for outstation travels. On the other 2 names mentioned, I found the Nexon front seat less airy and roomy, and the 3XO compromises on boot space.

[agambhandari]

Originally Posted by arjab

Which made me wonder. Why couldn't VW-Skoda not achieve greater rear seat roominess with the Kylaq? It is not that they lack engineering wherewithal. It's other sub 4m competitors, like the: Tata Nexon, Mahindra XUV 3XO even the old and long gone Ford EcoSport - all had better rear seat room and comfort. Heck even the Maruti Jimny, which is a certified 4-seater and has a sliver of a rear bench seat, has better knee and legroom (despite having a space - inefficient longitudinal powertrain configuration).

The Kylaq may be a good option for people who does not use the rear seats much. For a one car family with daddy, mummy, kids, granny & grand-pa, in my personal opinion, it is not the ideal product. There are others who do a better job.

Absolutely disagree, I'm the same height and tried out the kylaq. The rear Legroom is fine, and on par with nexon, venue, sonet. A lot better than Punch and jimny. The seat is a bit upright to give decent bootspace. Ecosport was very similar in terms of space, had one at launch.

[arvind_ravi01]

Took delivery of our Kylaq Prestige AT today with parents.

A huge shoutout and heartfelt thanks to fellow BHPian @Raghav_K for helping me through the entire process and the team at KUN Skoda Guduvancheri and SA Mr.Vignesh for the prompt response and quick delivery.