Skoda Laura...could do better

Exterior No complaints about exterior, although they could have made it look more modern for the price you pay.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Front seats are great, good for a single driver car, music system in the elegance is very dated with the mere basic, not woth it for the price you pay. least they could offer is steering mounted controls..cheap of the company.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is the best part, loads of torque, rockets to 180 km/ph in no time. You can feel the power pushing you back into the seat. Fuel economy is a question mark. Company will give you all sorts of promises just to make a sale but reality is differrent. Your realtime average meter will say you are getting 18-24 but reality you are not getting more than 8...otherwise your tank will last for months if you drive average of 1500 kms a month. this is my personal experience and complaint. gearbox is just wonderfull.

Ride Quality & Handling Exellent & Exellent.

Areas of improvement

1) ORVMs too small, there is a blind side on the right side ORVM where you cant see vehicles 10 ft behind and parallel to you, i have missed having accident at least 3-4 times. this is a priority.

2) The rear back rest is just too uncomfortable for a more than 17 lakh car ?? what the hell?? maruti has better rear bench,

3) Stiff ride qwality does not suit everybody, in mumbai you can feel every single small bump on the road, the car even jumps off track sometimes ??? 

4) Music system is like my granmother car..infact here was better. For the price you pay you get a very out dated and basic ssystem with no usb, or steering mounted controls..??? other competition at this cost is giving so much more.

5) The dealers are just ripping everyone off, i bought the car only becuase sales guy told me not more than 10-12,000 per year for service, part extra ofcource. But now skoda wants you to service car 2-3 times a year...get ready to pay 45,000 a year minimum for maintenance, whatever saving you thought you will get by buying a deisel car is out no longer valid. this is my biggets complaint,Dealers will take you for a ride and charge you a bomb because there a monopoly on parts. Thats why skoda cars have no resale value.

Since its a European car..its a highway performer (for 180 km/hr)back seat has stiff and upright back rest and poor lumbar support, less legroom,.