Let the battle begin

Skoda is all set to launch its first-ever Made-in-India SUV, the Kushaq. Skoda Auto Volkswagen India is hoping that it will make a serious dent in this highly competitive segment. Like Skoda, Volkswagen, too will soon enter this SUV segment for the first time with their Made-in-India vehicle, the Taigun. This segment consists of many key players and is unique not just in terms of price range as many of these vehicles overlap with others but also because of their size and dimensions. If we go strictly by dimensions, the Kushaq and the Taigun are all set to take on the segment leader, the Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, and Nissan Kicks. However, as mentioned earlier, it isn’t as straightforward as it seems. The pricing of the two bigger SUVs — the MG Hector and the Tata Safari have ensured that they gate crash this party too.  Skoda Kushaq The name Kushaq means the king or emperor in Sanskrit.  With localisation levels to 95%, the Kushaq, which is based on the new MQB-A0-IN platform, is the most compact SUV in the segment in terms of dimensions — 4,221mm long, 1,760mm wide, the height of 1,612mm and 385 litres of boot space. It also