India 2.0 is a fresh start for India: Zac Hollis

Zac Hollis, Director, Sales, Service & Marketing, Skoda Auto India, tells us about how India 2.0 will deliver new cars to the streets of India, how like Europe, the share of diesel cars in india will also subside, as well as how the new products will be developed in India.  TOS: How are things looking in terms of the new offensive? ZH: We have a lot of new products for the Auto Show, if you come to the Auto show in a couple of days, you’ll see that before we bring this car (VISION IN) to the market in 2021, we will bring a face lifted Superb, a Karoq, Octavia RS, Rapid TSI and of course Kodiaq TSI as well.  TOS: Will the TSI on the Rapid be a 1.0 L engine? ZH: Yes, it is a 1.0 L TSI engine, very economical. What it does is, it challenges the traditional diesel buyer to take a look at petrol technology because the car is almost as economical as petrol, cheaper to maintain and in many cities such as Delhi, diesel is not an option because you can only keep it for 10 years, I think, as opposed to petrol, so TSI, is definitely