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I got these GFX Rubber TPU mats from a local vendor for 3900 bucks. Looks to be a good alternative for those who don`t want to go with 7D mats. Even though I would have preferred 3D mats from Skoda, the lack of clarity on its availability, made me go with this mat. Moreover, my friend had these mats in his Thar for almost a year now and is holding up pretty well. Compared to 7D mats, cleaning it should be much easier.

Top-spec Skoda Kushaq now gets digital instrument cluster

Skoda has made some changes to the Kushaq SUV's feature list once again. However, this time, they haven’t deleted any features.



The top-spec Kushaq 'Style' variant now comes with a digital instrument cluster. The 8-inch display was already available in the Kushaq Monte Carlo.

Another feature addition is the engine start / stop button. It is now available across all variants of the Kushaq.

The Kushaq is available in Active, Ambition Classic, Ambition, Style NSR and Style variants. The crossover is powered by a 1.0-litre turbo-petrol engine producing 113 BHP and 178 Nm and a 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine that makes 148 BHP and 250 Nm.

While a 6-speed manual transmission is offered as standard, the 1.0L engine gets a 6-speed automatic option. The 1.5L motor comes with the slick 7-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox.

This is big.
After very Simply Clever deletions. Finally, we get to see the cluster, as it should have been on day one. Surely, early adopters will have a lot to complain, nevertheless, good to see Skoda adding the good bits.
Would love it, if Skoda adds the window up/down feature, at least for the front two windows if not all four using the key fob. Hope Zac is listening;).

Yes, I recently bought 1L MT Style on 27 June and my car has Digital Cockpit. Its good addition. Only slight grouse I have is that - digital cockpit shows either or Tachometer, Analogue Speedometer or digital speedometer.
I would have preferred 2 of those components at a time. Speedometer and Tachometer.

This goes on to make the Monte Carlo even less vfm.

Personal query, can any owner tell me if Push button start can be retrofitted on the Ambition 1.0 model?

Sales executive in Trichy TN has told me that company is taking bookings for Active Peace variant this month for customer's choice of colour. Maybe old pending stock available with dealer/stockyard of Skoda or Skoda is short of semiconductors required for music system. At 9.99L I find this 1.0 MT Kushaq active peace a great deal. The caveat here for me is the performance of AC. How did AC perform this summer? Still at B2B traffic AC cooling is missing?

I was lucky last time to get hold of Kushaq Active Peace. The AC has been performing really well and is better than our 10 year old Honda Brio. Car is being used in Lucknow which has temp more or on par with Delhi so I would say it is good.

Do note, active peace gets a manual AC which has less or no reports related to AC performance being poor.

Hi Pequod, please let me know if you have verified this.

Hi thanixravindran, did you find any similar differences in billed amount and amount paid for your purchase?

Nope. For me, everything matched correctly. Please provide your break up and mismatch.

3. Don't buy Acko, it's cheap for a reason. I haven't read great reviews and HDFC generally is a safe choice. With that said, I bought my Future Generalli insurance from the dealer and I got a good deal (don't remember exact amount, but it was around 45k or so and was on par with HDFC) and it included a lot of add-ons. Haggle with them. Only advantage of buying from dealer is they can raise a claim directly in case of repairs since they have a tie up with the insurance company.

4. Buy the Fastag yourself, that provides you with a choice from whom to buy. Plus, the dealers can mess up. I have seen couple of customers here whose Fastag didn't work from the get-go because the dealer messed up the kyc. Get Airtel if you already haven't bought. Banks have zero customer support in case of issues

5. Skip the accessories. I fought hard with the dealer to provide for free and I only got the rubber mud mats and door blinds. Everything else is pointless

6. Discount will depend on the dealer. Just inquire about maintenance package, are they still offering for 16k? At 25k, it isn't value for money since the standard service cost itself will add up to approx 28k. Obviously, it also offers RSA which otherwise is an additional cost of 4k

Here is the price breakup.

Tax invoice: 18,24,000
TCS on tax invoice: 18,240
Road tax and registration: 3,56,430
Insurance: 49,499
Total: 22,48,169

What I paid:
Booking amount: 15,000
Final payment: 22,50,619
Total: 22,65,619
Difference amount in excess: 17,450

(Apart from that I took the extended warranty, which is paid for separately)

Thank you,

Can someone compare the brakes in the 1.0 and 1.5 versions? The pad and disc have different part numbers across the range and are also priced differently. The brake pads of the 1.5 as well as discs are expensive compared to the 1.0L Kushaq/Slavia/Taigun. Hence it makes me wonder what the difference really is. Are the brakes on the 1.5 bigger or is it just a better disc and pad combination?

I've had a very strange observation today on my Kushaq.
While the AC was turned off, I noticed very small amount of warm air(atleast 3-4° more than outside temperature) coming out of the AC vents. It was a pleasant 21°C outside with windows down and the car ran for about 5km when I noticed this. Has anyone else observed this? Any reason why this could be happening?

When the A/C is off, keep the recirculating mode on. Then, outside air won’t enter. Very weird but I found this out few days back.