Skoda Rapid - An Affordable Luxury Car

Skoda carved its name in the Indian automotive market for space, comfort, and looks. These three aspects always helped all Skoda cars in collecting positive reviews from critics and fans. The present portfolio of Skoda consists of six cars among which Skoda Rapid happens to be the highest selling car. Skoda Rapid is currently being offered in eight variants, six petrol and two diesel models. The price range of these models extend from Rs.8.04 lakhs to Rs.9.78 lakhs, thee on-road price range though differs from state to state due to difference in amount of taxes and duties.

Some of the best perks that this Rapid offers to its owners are a lower cost of ownership, appreciable drive ability, an excellent diesel engine that offers torque of 250Nm and a mileage of 20kmpl, a smooth automatic transmission, superb handling, and multiple choice driving modes. Along with diesel engine the petrol engine of Rapid also plays its role quite efficiently. Skoda has blessed Rapid with a 1.6-litre MPI petrol engine that churns maximum power worth 105PS. The diesel versions of this car essentially mate with a 5-speed manual transmission while the petrol versions are offered with a choice between 5-speed manual and 6-speed automatic transmission.

Not only in terms of power train, Skoda Rapid is also affluent in terms of style, looks, and interior comfort. Recently when Skoda introduced its updated version it took all measures to make Skoda Rapid the most luxuriously comfortable car in C2 segment. Some of the major offerings include projector headlights, large fog lamps, and rear parking sensors on outer front. At the interior section, the features almost seem raining. Skoda bestowed Rapid with features like power steering with leather wrapping, steering mounted audio controls, USB port, Aux-in connectivity, SD card slot, MP3 player, latest instrument cluster, powerful air conditioning, automatic climate control, dual tone interiors, central lock, adjustable front seats, power windows, FM player, and four powerful speakers.

The safety front of the car has also been taken care of well and the car has been loaded with all standard stuff like Anti-lock Braking System (ABD), dual front airbags, Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD), engine immobilizer, 3 point seat belts with height adjust ability, power steering, front fog lamps, high mounted stop lamp, parking sensors, central lock, and several others. The only point where Skoda Rapid lacks is after sales service and a bit out of budget pricing.