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    Great Looking Car with Lot of Power but poor workmanship in interior fitting

    10 years ago | Manoj Kumar Tiwari

    User Review on Skoda Rapid [2011-2014] Leisure 1.6 TDI CR MT Plus

    Detail Review:
    Rating parameters
    (out of 5)

    5.0

    Exterior

    4.0

    Comfort

    4.0

    Performance

    3.0

    Fuel Economy

    4.0

    Value for Money

    PURCHASE:
    New

    DRIVING:
    Few thousand kilometers

    Exterior

    Is just excellent, Gives a rich look from front and side. Back look need improvements.  

    Body sheet need little reinforcement. Top sheets to be thickend or reinforced give a sound like Dubba. 

    Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

     Is OK, Driver seat need to be litte lifted up, Back seat is little less in width to creat leg room, Front leg room is good.

    Ergonics need to be improved for driver seat. Left knee touches the corner of dash borad angled area. Key also touches right knee sometime. 

    There are sounds coming out badly fitted interiors while vehicle is taking turn or on bumpy road.

    Sound is from dashborad, coverings of front door and transparent cover of instrument panel.

    Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

    Fukle econoy is 15.5KMPL in city and 16.5 - 17 KMPL on highway at rated load and ac.

    While driving smoothly on high speed at highway when you change gears there is a small jerk always. the poick upo is not smoot between gear shifts.

    Specilay in my car there is thus (mechanical )sound cming up when ever you disegngae the gear.

    Ride Quality & Handling

     Pickup is good at gear 3, 4 but jerky start at gear 1.  

    Some ergonomics is wrong for long drive. They should learn from Hyundai.

    Final Words

    I chose to puchse the car only for its GREAT, Styled Look, Power and the Brand

    Areas of improvement  

    1. Body sheets need reinforcement and need to be toughend (better heat treatment).  Better packing between sheet and interior required.

    2. Driver Seat suitable for long drive and visibility of the road in front.

    3. Workman ship of interior fittings to reduce cracking sound.

    4. Some work Suspensions to minimise sound when passing over bumper. 

    5. Ground Cleance, atleast ud guard fittings.

    6. GPS/ Navigation Screen Touch quality.

    7. Back side look

     

    Look, Style, Stability, Pickup at gear 3, Control, Ground clearanceJerky pickup at Gear 1, Left side Pull, Cracking Sound from interiors, Sound on Gear Shift,
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