New Delhi: Skoda Auto India is all set to re-launch its premium sedan Octavia in a sportier variation in the nation, a senior business executive stated on Thursday.
The Czech car manufacturer is set to present Octavia RS as a fully-built system (FBU), in restricted volumes, with reservations starting next month and shipment anticipated in November.
Octavia was the business’s very first design in India. The business later on ceased it in 2023.
Skoda Auto India Brand Director Ashish Gupta stated, “25 years of Skoda’s legacy in India has been defined by one car with which we started our journey in India, and that’s the Octavia.”
Therefore what much better method to commemorate the special 25-year tradition in India of the Octavia however with the peak of Skoda’s engineering, which is the Octavia RS, he included.
The pre-bookings for the design begin on October 6, and just 100 systems would be imported for this year, Gupta stated.
“Currently, we are not in discussion for local assembly or parts and components operation,” he stated.
The car manufacturer is importing the design into India under the GSR 870 guideline, Gupta stated.
“Under the GSR 870 rule, basically, you need to have a UK or a Japan specification. So our cars are UK spec, but made in the Czech Republic,” he included.
Elaborating on the sales efficiency of the business up until now in the present financial, he kept in mind that since August, the car manufacturer has actually offered 46,600 cars and trucks.
“Last year, we were at around 35,000 cars. So this is a big jump for the brand in terms of sales volume, and the biggest months that are September to December have just started,” he included.
The business intends to double its market share in the nation, he kept in mind.
The car manufacturer had a market share of less than 1 percent in the domestic guest lorry sector at the end of in 2015.