Skoda Slavia in a Tier-3 city showroom: First Impressions

The sedan already has a waiting period of around 2 months.

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Yesterday, I paid a visit to the Skoda showroom. I would like to add my observations below:

• The showroom is located in a Tier-3 city in Kerala and was pretty empty. It was close to 4 pm yesterday, I spend a good 1 hour inside the showroom and I didn't notice any other customers.
• As per the SA, the current waiting period for Slavia is approximately 2 months as they have had approximately 50 bookings since November 21.
• He also mentioned that the bookings are considerably lesser compared to that of Kushaq.
• SA was also a bit concerned about the launch strategy of Slavia as he was telling people already have forgotten about the booking
• As per the SA, the 'launch' price can be 30 to 50k lesser than that of Kushaq.
• I checked out the vehicle (1.0L MT Style) and I must say it looks refreshing.
• Driver and Passenger seats get both height-adjustable seats which are not present in Kushaq.
• Even though I couldn't do a test drive I did adjust the seat position to fit my 6ft frame.
• Some exposed bits in the front grille is a bit of an eyesore in my opinion.
• I found the rear seats to be better accommodating for Kushaq than Slavia.
• Interestingly it is strictly a four-seater even though it is one of the biggest cars in the segment.
• Now comes the twist the SA was trying to push Kushaq over Slavia. He even mentioned that they have '21 model Style and Ambition trim "with auto-folding" mirrors with some good discount.
• He offered me a '21 model Red Ambition 1.0 AT at a discount of close to 1lakh which is supposed to be the actual price of that variant at launch.
• They also had a couple of 1.0 Style ATs with two airbags and we can expect similar discounts on the same.

In my humble opinion, I completely lost interest in Skoda products (specifically India 2.0) because of their market approach. They say it is a premium product but in reality, it is far from it.

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