Skoda Slavia Vs Hyundai Exter - Price, Mileage, Specs

The Slavia is one of the widest sedans in its class and also boasts a fairly long wheelbase of 2651mm. Additionally, the Slavia also gets a large boot space of 521 litres. While these figures are longer class-leading after the launch of the new Verna, they are still very respectable. Apart from the large proportions, the Slavia also gets a ground clearance of 179mm, which is not only the highest in the segment but also on par with some sub-compact SUVs that are currently on sale.

The Slavia comes with a 1.0L turbo petrol engine with either a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed torque converter automatic transmission. It produces 115PS of power @ 5000rpm and 178Nm of torque between 1750rpm and 4500rpm. It offers great driveability and smooth torque delivery at lower RPMs over its rivals with the 1.5L normal petrol engines.

The Slavia also comes with a 1.5L turbo petrol engine with either a 6-speed manual or a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. It produces 150PS of power at 5000rpm and 250Nm of torque between 1500rpm and 3500rpm. Thanks to the active cylinder deactivation technology, it also offers better claimed fuel efficiency than the Slavia 1.0L automatic despite offering far better performance.

While the Slavia doesn’t offer the flagship features like ADAS and heated seats, it offers a good set of feel-good and must-have features. These features include ventilated front seats, LED headlamps, wireless phone charger, 10.1-inch touchscreen, wireless Android Auto and Apple Carplay, cruise control, sunroof, 6 airbags, full-colour LCD instrument cluster, paddle shifters and more.

The introductory price for the base Exter EX is really impressive and the prices of the higher variants are sensible too. The base model of the Exter offers 6 airbags as standard, which is not only a segment-first but also a first in any car below the Rs. 10 lakh price bracket.

While the base variant of the Exter comes with 6 airbags as standard, its EX (O) and S(O) variants also offer other safety features, like electronic stability control (ESC) and hill start assist, for a marginal increment in price.

The Exter offers the choice of a 1.2L normal petrol engine that can be equipped with either a 5-speed manual or a 5-speed automated manual transmission. Furthermore, the Exter also offers the option of a factory-fitted CNG powertrain, which comes with a 5-speed manual transmission as standard.

The Hyundai Exter comes loaded with a long list of features, including automatic climate control, sunroof, digital instrument cluster, rear AC vents, cruise control and 3-point seatbelts for all passengers. It also offers a few segment-first features like paddle shifters, dual-camera dashcam and multi-language support.

The Exter offers a ground clearance of 185mm, which is good by segment standards. Furthermore, it also offers 391L of boot space, second only to the Renault Kiger’s 405L boot space.

The Exter offers a claimed fuel efficiency of 19.4kmpl and 19.2kmpl with the petrol manual and petrol AMT, respectively. The CNG powertrain offers a claimed fuel efficiency of 27.1kmpkg. The fuel efficiency of all the Exter’s powertrains is good by segment standards.