Skoda Kushaq Facelift’s One-Above-Base Signature Variant Explained
With most things standard, you only miss out on a couple of handful comfort and convenience and an engine option
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The Skoda Kushaq facelift is on sale in five broad variants: Classic Plus, Signature, Sportline, Prestige and Monte Carlo. We’ve already given you an explanation of its top-spec Monte Carlo and its mid-spec Sportline variant. In this report, we’ll check out its one-above-base spec Signature trim in detail:
Exterior
Front
Up front, the Kushaq Signature variant gets an all black treatment to its signature butterfly grille. It gets sleek LED headlamps, LED cornering fog lamps, and a silver skid plate on its bumper. The thing it misses out on is a connected LED light bar. It's interesting to note that the Kushaq gets sequential turn indicators as standard. Read how the Kushaq Classic Plus fares with the Signature variant here.
Side
On the side, the Skoda Kushaq Signature sits on 17-inch silver alloy wheels unlike the dual tone design offered from the Prestige variant onwards. The ORVM has turn indicators. There’s a Skoda badging on the front fender, body-coloured door handles and tall silver roof tails.
Rear
At the rear, the Kushaq Signature gets connected LED taillamps with the illuminated ‘Skoda’ lettering. The bumper has a quirky silver accent on it. There are also rear fog lamps and rear wiper and washer. If you like the Skoda Kushaq Signature, but want it in a sportier avatar, you can consider the next-in-line Sportline variant (Signature vs Sportline compared here).
Colour Options
The Skoda Kushaq is offered in eight colourways: Carbon Steel, Deep Black, Candy White, Lava Blue, Cherry Red, Brilliant Silver, Steel Grey and Shimla Green.
Do note all the colourways are offered with the Signature trim except for the Steel Grey and Shimla Green shades.
Interior
The Kushaq Signature trim comes in a beige and black themed cabin with fabric upholstery. The dashboard is layered and has a similar layout to the higher trims. You see the two spoke steering wheel with chrome accents and audio controls. There’s a few physical buttons in the centre console and the AC and fan controls are given in a touch panel.
You won’t feel a lot of misses inside the cabin. Front and rear passengers get the comfort of a centre armrest, wherein the front armrest is sliding and the rear one has cupholders. At the second row, all three occupants have dedicated headrests. The driver seat is height adjustable and the presence of a single-pane sunroof overhead doesn’t snatch away the Kushaq’s modernity. That said, we’ll discuss the features in the Signature trim in detail.
Features & Safety
The Skoda Kushaq Signature variant comes equipped with features like an 8-inch digital driver’s display, a 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment with AI Assistant powered by Google Cloud, wired and wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, a 6-speaker sound system, dual-colour ambient lighting, a wireless phone charger, a single-pane sunroof, auto AC with rear AC vents, cooled glovebox, one-touch up/down window for driver side, paddle shifters (AT only) and cruise control. In fact, even the entry-level Skoda Kushaq gets all the features one would need (more details here).
Safety wise, the Kushaq Signature gets 6 airbags, electronic stability control (ESC), hill hold control, a tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS), electronic differential lock (EDL), rain sensing wipers, front and rear parking sensors, a rear parking camera and ISOFIX child seat anchorages.
| Feature Misses: Being one of the lower-spec variants, the Signature does miss out on things like a bigger 10.25-inch instrument cluster, power adjustable front seats with ventilation, massaging rear seats, the 8-speaker sound system, and footwell illumination. We appreciate that it doesn’t miss out much on safety. Read what other variants of the Skoda Kushaq get in our detailed variants explained story. |
Powertrain
The Signature variant of the Skoda Kushaq is only available with the smaller engine option, the specifications of which are as follows:
| Engine |
1-litre TSI turbo petrol |
| Power |
115 PS |
| Torque |
178 Nm |
| Transmission |
6-speed MT/8-speed AT |
| Drivetrain |
Front-wheel drive |
The two top-end trims of the Kushaq also get the option of a bigger 1.5-litre TSI turbo petrol engine paired with a 7-speed dual clutch transmission. It makes 150 PS and 250 Nm of output.
Price & Rivals
The Skoda Kushaq Signature variant is priced as follows:
| Variant |
Price (ex-showroom) |
| Manual |
Rs 14.59 lakh |
| Automatic |
Rs 15.59 lakh |
The overall price of the Kushaq facelift ranges from Rs 10.69 lakh to Rs 18.99 lakh (ex-showroom). It rivals compact SUVs like the Hyundai Creta, Renault Duster, Kia Seltos, Tata Sierra, Toyota Hyryder, Maruti Grand Vitara, Maruti Victoris, MG Astor, Honda Elevate, and the new Volkswagen Taigun facelift.
