India is a crucial market for the Skoda brand, which hopes to sell more than 100,000 vehicles per year there by 2026. An objective that is certainly ambitious but nevertheless realistic which will necessarily involve a product offensive adapted to the particularities of the subcontinent. For the moment, Skoda’s local range is based around the Slavia sedan (a Fabia with a 4.54 m long trunk) and the Kushaq urban adventurer SUV with a size of 4.22 m, a sort of version Kamiq Indian.
To which are added the Superb and the Kodiaq which we know at home but which have not yet been replaced. This is in fact the third generation Superb and the first version of the Kodiaq.
Skoda Kylak, an SUV urban de 3.99 m
The family of leisure vehicles from the Czech brand will be enriched from spring 2025 onwards. Skoda Kylaq, whose size of 3.99 m is well suited to India, where vehicles of less than 4 meters are tax favored and occupy more than 50% of the market. Its rival, the Renault Triber (see our photo gallery) can attest to this. The selling price of the Skoda Kylaq will be 789,000 Indian rupees, the equivalent of €8,700.
The Skoda Kylaq sports the brand’s new stylistic identity called “modern solid” characterized by very fine daytime running lights perched on the edge of the hood. While at the rear, a black plastic strip glued to the tailgate sheet metal is reminiscent of certain Citroën creations. The chevron brand is also very present in India, notably with its local version of the C3 Aircross, which still sports a snout with the old look and has just launched its SUV Coupé, the Citroën Basalt.
Skoda’s “Indian” answer to the Citroën C3
Based on the MQB-A0-IN technical platform, those fitted in particular to the Audi A1, Volkswagen Polo, Skoda Fabia, Seat Ibiza, the Skoda Kylaq is powered by a 1.0 TSI three-cylinder turbo petrol engine delivering 115 hp of power and 178 Nm of torque can be combined with either a 6-speed manual gearbox or an automatic transmission. The technical sheet indicates a top speed of 188 km/h with a mechanical gearbox and 0 to 100 km/h in 10.5 seconds.
5 places only
In the passenger compartment, instrumentation on an 8-inch panel faces the driver, it is accompanied by a 10.1-inch touch screen.
The trunk capacity is particularly generous for the Kylaq, which boasts a carrying capacity of 446 liters in a 5-seat configuration under a shelf, expandable to 1,265 liters when the seat backs are folded.
