Overall pretty solid compact car. Seems to be a good replacement for my aging Brio. Looking forward to driving it in January.
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Skoda dealership in Mumbai organized a preview of Kylaq at a Mall in Mumbai today. It’s a display car which will be moved across different cities. It will not be available for display at the showroom currently. Showroom display vehicles will be available in the second half of January and deliveries to commence by 1st week February as per the dealership executives. I got to spend a brief amount of time with the car and here are my first impressions.
At first look it’s a baby Kushaq. Looks quite smart in Red shade although I was expecting the display vehicle to be in Olive Gold color.
Visually looks smaller than the Mahindra 3XO, would like to check it out next to Venue and Sonnet to guage street presence. Personally I quite liked the stance of the car. The side profile is nice and clean. The chrome garnish on the door handles looks tacky. Lower variants get body colored handles which I prefer. The 17” dual tone alloys look smart however lower variants get 16 inchers with bland alloys.
From the back the Kushaq looks better with elongated lights. Thankfully the connecting strip at the rear is black and not chrome. The rear lamps could have been better integrated with the connecting strip. Boot space looks good.
On the inside the dashboard looks very nice, in fact looks better than the Kushaq’s. Obviously a lot of part sharing is seen. The steering wheel, Air vents, airon controls and basic layout is the same as in Kushaq. The light colored elements used on the dashboard in front of the passenger side looks good but was quite dirty on this particular car (Might be difficult to maintain in ling term).
Center arm rest does not slide and is fixed.
Key fob is flip type and has no place in the top end variant at these price levels.
The interior door opening handles look same as Kushaq and does not look built to last.
ICE screen is very slick and good quality. Audio system is good but not as good as the Kushaq due to the missing sub woofer.
The head liner looks decent and did not appear loose.
Gear throw is short and smooth
Rear seats are just like Kushaq – not for 3 people but very comfortable for 2. I am 5’10” and had enough leg space after adjusting front seat for my driving position.
The light plastic cladding on the door armrest does not look good quality. Should have been leather coating.
Overall pretty solid compact car. Seems to be a good replacement for my aging Brio. Looking forward to driving it in January. The 1.0 tsi engine in Kylaq should be fun to drive compared to the Kushaq due to compact dimensions and weight being less.
Thought my ideal car would be the upcoming Kylaq sibling from Volkswagen with the timeless Volkswagen looks and the killer 1.5 tsi engine. Now that would be a perfect pocket rocket.
Thanks
Jai
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