[07CR]

Originally Posted by agambhandari

I recently took a Test Drive of the 1.5 TSI DSG as I was interested to see how the Kushaq drives and how good is this engine gearbox combination.

We have also had an Ecosport Ecoboost in the past. So my comparisons would be made w.r.t these cars
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How would you rate the build, ride, handling of Kushaq WRT to the Ecosport? I believe your Ecosport is the prefacelift one.

[agambhandari]

Originally Posted by 07CR

How would you rate the build, ride, handling of Kushaq WRT to the Ecosport? I believe your Ecosport is the prefacelift one.

Yes, mine was the Ecosport from the first few months of production.

In terms of Build quality of the exterior: I would say on Par but Kushaq does have better paint quality.

For interiors: Kushaq is definitely better by a good margin

Ride quality: Kushaq wins by a mile and a half. Ecosport (especially prefacelift) had very harsh ride quality and not at all comfortable at slower speeds

Handling: Ecosport wins hands down. The steering was light as well but felt more precise, quicker and there was lesser body roll as well.

And most importantly, the rear seat space feels like a proper one level above the Ecosport (whereas the Seltos/creta cousins feel very close to Ecosport in terms of rear seat space). I believe this is a perfect upgrade for Ecosport owners if driving pleasure is not your priority.

I would again emphasise, probably there is more fun to be had by tuning and modding this car. It would be interesting to see how the upcoming sedan on this platform drives. I'm not hoping for a next gen Hatch because doesn't seem like that is possible in this lifetime

[Sebring]

Tales of the flimsy build are flying fast. This one hit a scooty.

[Pancham]

Originally Posted by Sebring

Tales of the flimsy build are flying fast. This one hit a scooty.

Prime example of Kushaq bashing gone over board. This bloke has crashed his brand new car into a Scooty or God knows what. There is no proof of how this happened. Certainly does not look like a 20-30 kmph crash. And the owner takes it to the internet blaming Skoda for what is his/scooty’s fault entirely. This is what you call ‘Beheti Ganga mein haath dhona’.

Sir, I think we should refrain from posting these unless we have some evidence.

[Sebring]

I get your point, Bro. Even I can't believe this. Posted it for its incredulousness. But it's on the Skoda Kushaq Group now. People have seen it

Originally Posted by Pancham

Prime example of Kushaq bashing gone over board. This bloke has crashed his brand new car into a Scooty or God knows what. There is no proof of how this happened. Certainly does not look like a 20-30 kmph crash. And the owner takes it to the internet blaming Skoda for what is his/scooty’s fault entirely. This is what you call ‘Beheti Ganga mein haath dhona’.

[RD150]

Originally Posted by Sebring

Tales of the flimsy build are flying fast. This one hit a scooty.

No way he was at 20-30 km/hr. Certainly at 70 km/hr +.

Next what? Tagging Zac for punctures

[igemini]

Originally Posted by Sebring

Tales of the flimsy build are flying fast. This one hit a scooty.

Somehow this is only one side of the story. With such one sided information, I don't think it's wise to conclude the Skoda was built with below par standards. Anyway let's see.

[adventureseeker]

Originally Posted by RD150

No way he was at 20-30 km/hr. Certainly at 70 km/hr +.

Next what? Tagging Zac for punctures

If he was driving at 70 certainly the rider of the scooty would have landed in hospital and the owner of the car wouldn't be so idle to post on social media. Certainly the bashing is gone overboard but certainly the defending is gone overboard too. Every claim of an unsatisfied owner is being questioned without discussing the merits

[RD150]

Originally Posted by adventureseeker

Certainly the bashing is gone overboard but certainly the defending is gone overboard too. Every claim of an unsatisfied owner is being questioned without discussing the merits

Overboard bashing does deserve fact checking, you are terming it as defending. And I don't think anybody has questioned or defended EPC issues. But such posts on social media are just a way of seeking attention. Tomorrow the same guy may post, " Scratch/dent on mirrors, as biker hit my Kushaq at 10km/hr"

[igemini]

Originally Posted by CrAzY dRiVeR

Just wondering - what could be the other side of this story? What's the owner to gain from bashing his brand new car, one for which he spent 16-17L, on social media?
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There could be many things. And as far as I understood neither of us were present during this incident. Perhaps car was at a higher speed than 20-30 or may be it was doing only 20. We don't even have the photo of the so called scooty. How sure we are that it hit by a scooty? That is exactly what I meant by the other side of the story.

Most people are attached to their cars especially when it is brand new. Everyone will be frustrated upon such mishaps. People posting many things online and that doesn't means whatever they post online are accurate or vice versa. I was just pointing out that neither party should accuse each other without knowing actual FACTS.

Also, I am not saying Kushaq is the best built in this country. However at the same time I don't even think it's a bad built either. By no means I told the Skoda is niggle free but this is a different thing. Nowadays the trend is to post photos of the vehicles that had a crash and to raise claims on how good or bad the build quality was. Many have a feeling these days that they drive a big or better built car so nothing will happen to them or their car.

[Reinhard]

I tried to resist commenting on these points for quite a while but couldn't hold back now. People are getting involved into accidents (hopefully all are safe and nobody is hurt) - and then tagging a car maker's top executive for the damage ? Thats quite amusing to say the least. Thank god then that they have not purchased a car from one of the top 2 car-makers by volume. I wonder what they'd have done in that case. Those cars are known to fold like paper in case of even mild bumps (heck - I have one of those cars and seen how it fares in accidents personally ).
I hope this phase of rather exhaggerated disappointments gets over soon and the cars (Kushaq/Taigun) settle down finally in the market somewhat. Have seen quite a few Kushaqs on the road now and its a nice handsome machine. (The lack of a good diesel engine of course is like a kill-switch turn off for me.)

[Sidban85]

I just want to buy that bullock cart which can do 60kmph! More fun and no rising petrol costs to fear.

Just kidding.

[maverickNerd]

Style 1.0 MT Drive Impression

I went for a 250 kms ride last weekend, and ride quality was superb, my better half is totally impressed by suspension of this car, it absorbs most of the big bumps.

Gearbox(MT) was not smooth initially, especially 2nd gear, but seems like it is settling down now. Will observer more on this and then comment. I love 2nd and 3r gear of this car, this car becomes a rocket in these gears and you can zip pass all the cars with a big smile on your face.

Sound quality(Style variant) is awesome, just make sure that "Sygic" (in-built map app), notification is off, otherwise you will find issues with music, it keeps pausing music for a second and you might feel like it is a bug, but actually it is Sygic notifications regarding speed limit(though it is still a bug as no sound comes from Sygic, it just keeps interrupting music, so go to setting of Sygic and stop notifications).

At one of the stop, I found Creta near my car, so clicked some pics for perspective.




















Some pics of my car:







And mileage:



I have not faced any EPC issue so far, but driven only 600kms so far, so don't want to comment, but found this in one the what's app group. Hope solution is near.

[Kosfactor]

One cannot blame VAG for attempting to make a car with Japanese attributes - small engine, light build, maximum interior volume, fuel efficient etc - that is what the market demands.

Is this the lightest 4+M crossover? I guess so, surely that weight has to go from somewhere, this cannot be made like a Polo exterior wise.

[androdev]

Originally Posted by maverickNerd

Style 1.0 MT Drive Impression

I went for a 250 kms ride last weekend,

Which place is this, if you don't mind sharing?