From the Apex · Launch Mode · 2026-08-18

Skoda's answer to the sedan apocalypse is a gearbox. Honestly, fair.

The updated Slavia swaps the dual-clutch on its 1.0 TSI automatic for an eight-speed torque converter, adds a 360 camera and a rear-seat massage. The 1.5 keeps its DSG. Prices later.

• The updated Slavia was revealed on 18 August 2026 with bookings open at ₹15,000. Prices follow homologation.
• The 1.0 TSI automatic drops its dual-clutch for an eight-speed torque converter, which Skoda calls a segment first.
• Screens grow, a 360-degree camera arrives, and the rear seat gets a massage function.
• Six airbags stay standard and the Slavia keeps its five-star Global NCAP result.

Everyone updating a sedan in 2026 reaches for a bigger screen. Skoda reached for a gearbox instead.

Skoda revealed the updated Slavia in India on 18 August 2026 and opened pre-bookings at ₹15,000, with prices to be announced once the car is homologated. The headline change is mechanical. The 1.0 TSI automatic swaps its dual-clutch for an all-new eight-speed torque converter, which Skoda claims as a first for the segment; the six-speed manual on the 1.0 TSI and the seven-speed DSG on the 1.5 TSI carry over. Around that sit a 360-degree Area View camera replacing the old reversing unit, a 10.25-inch digital cockpit, a 10.1-inch touchscreen with a Google Cloud voice assistant, sequential rear indicators, a rear-seat massage function and two new colours, Arctic Silver and Cappuccino Beige. Six airbags remain standard and the five-star Global NCAP result carries over.

In a market that has spent five years quietly deleting sedans, a facelift that leads with a torque converter is an unusually honest read of what small-capacity dual-clutch owners have actually been complaining about. Everything else here is glass.