Even though the compact SUV segment is riding on a high horse and affecting the sales of C-Segment sedans, the beloved Skoda Rapid is the one which has surprisingly achieved good numbers in terms of sales. Not only the response is good from the Indian market but it is also booked for the year and the company is getting more demand than production.
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In a recent tweet by a fellow car enthusiast Faisal Khan, he expressed his opinions as to how the Skoda Rapid is slightly overpriced and the cars of Rs 8 lakh gt features like keyless entry, push-button start and among others. He directly mentioned Zac Hollis in his tweet.
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Zac Hollis is the Director of Sales, Service and Marketing of Skoda Auto India confirmed that not only the Rapid is booked for an entire year but also the demand is more than the production. That means, both the India models and the export models are now full and the demand is such that there is limited production for the Rapid.
The overwhelming response is only because of the aggressive pricing of the Rapid making it the cheapest C-Segment sedan in the Indian market right now. The prices for the same starts at Rs 7.49 lakh and the top model fetches as high as Rs 13.29 lakh, ex-showroom, Delhi.
Powering the Rapid TSI is a 10-litre turbocharged petrol engine which is the same as Volkswagen Polo TSI and Vento. This engine generates 109 bhp at 5000 RPM with a peak torque of 175 Nm at 1750 RPM. This engine is BS6 compliant and gets mated to a 6-speed manual and an optional 6-speed torque converter gearbox. The ARAI certified fuel economy of Rapid sticks to 18.97 km/l for the manual and 16.24 km/l for the automatic.
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