Skoda has started delivering the ₹66.99 lakh Kodiaq RS after 50 imported units sold out in six minutes; new bookings now join an open-ended waitlist.
Key facts
- RS price: ₹66.99 lakh (ex-showroom), fully imported
- First batch: 50 units, sold out in 6 minutes
- Standard Kodiaq range: ₹36.99L–₹46.99L
- RS premium over Selection L&K: about ₹20 lakh
- Next batch timeline: not confirmed by Skoda
- Standard engine: 201 bhp 2.0 TSI, 320 Nm, 4x4
Six minutes. That's all it took for Skoda to sell out the first 50 Kodiaq RS units in India. Deliveries have now begun, but if you book today you join a waitlist with no fixed date. So the real question is simple: pay ₹20 lakh extra for the rarest Skoda badge, or drive home the fully loaded ₹46.99 lakh Selection L&K this quarter?
Kodiaq RS vs Selection L&K: the ₹20 lakh question
The Skoda Kodiaq RS costs ₹66.99 lakh (ex-showroom) as a fully imported (CBU) unit. The top standard trim, the Selection L&K, sits at ₹46.99 lakh. That's a gap of about ₹20 lakh. For that money you get a badge that's genuinely rare in India, plus performance hardware. But you don't get it now. The RS comes in from abroad in small batches, while the Selection L&K is built locally and available today. On-road prices add road tax, registration and insurance, so both climb higher and vary by state.
What the RS adds (and what it doesn't)
The RS package includes adaptive suspension (the ride firmness adjusts itself) and upgraded brakes as standard, not paid extras. Inside, you get a 12.9-inch touchscreen, a 10.25-inch digital driver's display, heated and ventilated front seats with memory, dual wireless phone chargers and automatic climate control. Skoda sells it in one fully loaded trim, so there's no variant maze. What Skoda hasn't confirmed is the RS's ADAS (safety tech that can brake or steer for you) kit. And with so few units here, local service history for the RS is basically zero right now.
Skoda Kodiaq price in India: ₹36.99L to ₹46.99L, what you get
The standard Kodiadd
Waitlist reality: no timeline, no guarantee
Here's the honest part. Skoda has not announced when the next RS batch arrives. If you book now, you're on a waitlist without a confirmed delivery date. Ask your dealer directly for an expected window rather than assuming anything. The scarcity is real, and part of the appeal. But it also means you can't plan around it the way you can with a locally built car. That's fine if the badge is the point. It's a problem if you actually need a seven-seater this quarter.
Should you book the RS or buy the L&K now?
If you want the rarest Skoda in India and can afford to wait, the Kodiaq RS makes sense as a statement buy. It's about exclusivity, adaptive suspension and sharper hardware, not value. But for most buyers, the ₹46.99 lakh Selection L&K is the smarter pick. It gives you Level 2 ADAS, the CANTON audio, seven seats and 9 airbags, and you can drive it home now. Against rivals, the Kodiaq range slots below the Toyota Fortuner's ₹50.46 lakh top price and above the MG Gloster (₹38.33–43.74 lakh), so it's already premium territory. The RS pushes well past all of them. My pick for a real buyer: the Selection L&K. The RS is *paisa vasool* only if rarity is what you're paying for.
References: Skoda India — official website
