Petr Janeba, Brand Director, Skoda Auto India, said: "Safety has always been intrinsic to the Skoda DNA. We were the first brand to score a full 5-stars for adults and children under the Global NCAP tests. Our emphasis on safety embodies our Human Touch approach, and underscores our focus on being a family brand."
The latest introduction of six airbags as standard across the range furthers the safety quotient in the proven and tested India 2.0 cars. With the full 5-stars under Global NCAP for the Kushaq and Slavia, and the same score under Euro NCAP for the Kodiaq 4x4, and the recently introduced Superb luxury sedan, Skoda Auto India continues with its tradition of offering a 100% fleet of crash-tested cars rated 5-stars for adults and children in the Indian market.
MY24 star additions
Skoda Auto India, has now introduced six airbags as standard across the line-up of both the Kushaq and Slavia. The Kushaq starts with the active variant, going upto the ambition.
The Slavia also begins with the active, progressing to the Ambition and the style with the style edition and elegance edition at the top ensuring immense value for customers across the spectrum, the company said in a media release.
The enhancements to the Kushaq's and Slavia's MY24 range are a further addition to updates already introduced by the company in G4 2023.
The centre of the dash saw the familiar 25.4 cm infotainment screen with Skoda Play Apps. The system links wirelessly with Apple Carplay and Android Auto. While this full-fledged infotainment system was available in the Style and above, recent updates have seen the company introduce them even in the mid- level Ambition trims furthering the value proposition for customers.
"We always offered frontal airbags in our base variants and six in our higher variants, each as safe as the other. As part of our MY24 updates we now offer six airbags across all variants of the Kushaq and Slavia. We are always listening to our customers and shall continue to provide relevant upgrades and significant product actions within our product portfolio and our variant line- up", he said.
These upgrades further Skoda Auto India's 2024 product actions with the announcement of the all-new compact SUV to make its world debut in India in 2025 and the re-introduction of the Superb in limited numbers to meet continued demand for the luxury sedan among fans and customers.
The Kushaq, introduced in July 2021, and the Slavia, had earned a full 5-stars in the Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) for adults and children-the Kushaq in October 2022 and the Slavia in April 2023. The MGB-AO-IN was the first made-in-India platform to have achieved dual 5-stars, that too under Global NCAP's newer and more stringent test protocols.
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