2025 Skoda Kodiaq review: Big 7 seat Skoda SUV for big money

Skoda's flagship SUV takes a big step up in luxury and price.

Published on Apr 17, 2025 12:30:00 PM

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Make : Skoda

Model : Kodiaq

We Like

Interior quality is at par with luxury cars
Strong engine delivers peppy performance
Third row lends seating flexibility

We Don't Like

Expensive by premium SUV segment standards
No diesel or hybrid engine options (for now)
ADAS missing in otherwise well-specced package

introduction. Mumbai’s historic areas and new roads are best experienced in the calm and quiet of the after hours, and the event presented the opportunity to get some meaningful driving in over roads very familiar to us.

The Kodiaq, for those who may not know, is a relatively large three-row SUV from Skoda’s global portfolio. It's a big deal for the Czech carmaker with the first gen model raking up sales of over 900,000 units worldwide, 10,000 of which went to buyers in India. Skoda wants to add significantly to the tally with this gen 2 model.