2026 Skoda Kushaq facelift revealed: What’s changed in Creta/ Seltos rival

Skoda Auto India today finally revealed the 2026 Skoda Kushaq facelift SUV in the Indian market. The new Kushaq is offered in five variants: Classic Plus, Signature, Sportline, Prestige, and Monte Carlo. This marks the first facelift for the Kushaq since its debut in 2021 and features cosmetic changes on the outside, a tweaked interior with additional features, and more. The Pre-bookings for the new SUV will begin from today, interested customers can book the new Kushaq online or by visiting the nearest dealership.

The prices are expected to be announced in February - and the deliveries are scheduled to begin from March 2026. Skoda is also offering an extended warranty of up to six years, six years corrosion warranty and three years for the paint. The SUV continues to compete with the VW Taigun, Kia Seltos, Hyundai Creta, Tata Sierra and Maruti Suzuki Victoris.




New Skoda Kushaq: Design

Talking about the design first, the overall silhouette of the SUV remains the same, however, it now gets a completely reworked front and rear end. Up front, it now features a redesigned grille with chrome accents, slimmer headlamps, and a new LED DRL signature that extends across the grille. The lower section gets a fresh skid plate, while the bumper adopts a honeycomb-style design. Changes along the sides are subtle, limited to newly designed 17-inch alloy wheels and thicker black cladding that enhances the SUV’s road presence.

At rear, it gets re-designed tailgate with new connecting LED taillights and a glowing ‘SKODA’ lettering. Other highlights include a shark fin antenna, silver skid plate, rear wiper with washer, roof rails, integrated spoiler and more.

New Skoda Kushaq: Interior, features and safety

Moving inside, the overall layout is still the same with minor changes. It continues to get a capacitive climate control panel, two spoke steering wheel and control panels. Features-wise, it gets a 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Apple Car Play/Android Auto, a 10.25-inch fully digital cluster, a six-speaker Skoda sound system with subwoofer and amplifier, automatic climate control, a panoramic sunroof, leatherette seats, electrically adjustable front seats with ventilation, Ai companion powered by Google, segment-first rear massager and more.

Safety features include six airbags, ABS, EBD, traction control, cruise control, front and rear parking sensors, reverse camera, all-wheel disc brakes, rain sensing wiper, defogger, auto IRVM and also gets five star rating by GNCAP for both adult and child occupants.

New Skoda Kushaq: Powertrain