Mumbai, May 2:

The New Superb, the successor of Skoda’s luxury model the Superb, will be launched in India next year. It’s part of Skoda India’s strategy to strengthen its presence in the luxury D-plus segment, which is. currently dominated by Mercedes Benz, BMW and Audi.

“The New Superb will be launched in Europe in October this year. Following this, we will introduce it in India sometime next year. This will help us increase our sales in D segment as the new model will have many USPs,” Mr Thomas Kuehl, Member, Board of Directors, Skoda India, told Business Line.

Pricing

About pricing, Mr Kuehl said “We are placing it on the same lines of the Superb.”. The Superb is currently priced Rs 19.89 lakh. The New Superb will be available in both diesel and petrol variants.

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