Exchanged my 9-year-old Honda Brio for a new Skoda Kushaq

Our Brio had done 75,000 km & was on its deathbed. Hence, we picked up the Kushaq, although deciding between this & the Volkswagen Taigun was difficult.

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Picked up the car two days back. My dealership experience was very smooth (from booking to delivery) and my SA happily obliged our request for a late-night delivery. Have taken up the extended warranty and the service pack also for peace of mind.

TBH deciding between this and the Taigun was very, very difficult. My LKO VW dealership denied having any allocation for the T-ROC else that would have further increased the confusion.

Personally, for us, the Kushaq scored in the exterior looks departments whereas the Taigun had a slightly better interior due to the digital instrument cluster (even if it wasn't the full-fledged virtual cockpit). VW straight away gave me a 2-month waiting period for the Reflex Silver color and 4 months for the Carbon Steel color.

Our Brio (which this car replaces) had done 75k kms in 9 years and was on its deathbed due to its rough use. So we wanted a car ASAP and couldn't wait for the Taigun, hence, decided to proceed with Kushaq. Since it will be used for doing daily chores and bumper-to-bumper duties, we didn't feel the absolute need for 6 airbags in the Taigun either.

The dealer had two colors in the style variant - White and Honey Orange. My family felt that they would get quickly bored of the white color so we went for the Honey Orange color. After using the car for two days I now feel that this was the right decision and the car indeed looks very graceful in this color.

The dealer also gave me a very fair price for my Brio, considering the condition the car was in, plus gave me 15k in exchange bonus. Taking into consideration the exchange bonus + loyalty benefits + Diwali discounts, I managed to get 50k of the quoted price. So the landed price came about 17.9L.

Will try to do a detailed write-up after I spend some more time with it. One thing is for sure though that it doesn't feel like a proper Skoda from the inside. It has a lot of rough edges and Creta / Seltos offer much better interior quality than this. But the heart wants what it wants.

Here's what BHPian CircleOfLife had to say about the matter:

Hearty congratulations and wishing you many miles on a fantastic car with that eye-catching signature orange color. The more time you spend with this car, the more it grows on you. I had the privilege (pun intended) to spend a couple of days in a Skoda showroom from dusk to dawn for a different reason altogether. The more I saw Kushaq, the better it looked. Before this, had test-driven Kushaq multiple times but never had that first love impression.

TROC vs Kushaq vs Taigun is a classic confusion for many who can extend budgets. Where local siblings score over their imported cousin is the back space and overall cost of ownership. Imported sibling is way more fun to drive though, even with the same 1.5 engine.

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