The Skoda Slavia has received its first facelift in India since its launch in 2021. The facelift has given it a slightly revamped exterior and interior design, while also introducing a new automatic gearbox and some comfort and convenience features. Here are all the improvements the new Skoda Slavia facelift offers.
New automatic transmission
The 1.0L TSI engine Slavia facelift is offered with a new 8-speed AT
The Skoda Slavia facelift continues with the 115hp, 1.0-litre direct-injection turbo-petrol and the 150hp, 1.5-litre direct-injection turbo-petrol engines. However, the smaller engine is offered with a new 8-speed torque converter automatic transmission (AT) which replaces the predecessor’s 6-speed AT. The 1.0L TSI is also offered with a 5-speed manual transmission, while the larger 1.5L TSI engine gets a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission (DCT) only.
Rear seat massager
Top-spec Slavia facelift gets a massager on the rear outboard seats
A massage function has been added to the rear outboard seats of the Slavia facelift, making it the only sedan in its segment to offer such a feature. It borrows this rear seat massager feature from the Skoda Kushaq, which is also the only midsize SUV in India with such a feature. On the Slavia facelift, Skoda will be offering this feature on the top-spec Prestige and Monte Carlo trims.
Larger digital driver’s display
It gets a larger 10.25-inch digital driver’s display with the facelift
With the facelift, Skoda is replacing the predecessor’s 8-inch digital driver’s display, which featured massive bezels around it, with a newer 10.25-inch unit. This screen, along with showing the digital feed of the speedometer and tachometer, will also offer turn-by-turn navigation. However, the 10.25-inch driver’s display will be offered only on the Prestige and Monte Carlo trims, while the mid-spec Signature and Sportline will continue with the smaller 8-inch display, and the entry-spec Classic and Classic+ will sport analogue dials with a multi-information display (MID).
New 360-degree camera and front parking sensors
Skoda has yet to reveal which variants will be equipped with these new features
The Skoda Slavia facelift also gets a 360-degree camera and new front parking sensors in addition to the rear parking sensors, which are definitely expected to make navigating tight lanes and parking in tight spaces easier. However, Skoda has yet to reveal which variants these features will be offered in.
Improved AC performance
Skoda now uses a variable-geometry compressor to boost the AC performance
One of the major criticisms of the Slavia was the climate control performance, which the manufacturer claims to fix with the facelifted model. What Skoda has done is replace the previous model’s fixed-geometry AC compressor with a variable-geometry unit, thereby making the climate control more powerful than before.
Introduces a Google Cloud-based AI assistant
The AI assistant provides real-time information and enables hands-free controls
While the 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system is the same as before, it gets a more modern user interface and gets an AI companion powered by Google Cloud’s Automotive AI Agent. Skoda says that the AI assistant is “developed to recognise Indian English accents” and “provides real-time access to information via voice commands and enables hands-free control of music, calls, climate settings and other functions.”
New exterior lighting elements
Lighting elements in the DRLs, fog lamps and taillights have been revamped
With the facelift, Skoda has made some design changes to the Slavia, including fresh lighting elements. At the front, the headlight housing is the same, but is offered with segmented LED DRLs. The front fog lamps have also been redesigned to have a pixel-like shape. Like the headlights, the taillight housing is the same as the older model, but it sports new LED elements that make it look sharper and more modern than before.