Hyundai Verna Turbo vs Skoda Rapid TSI: Price and performance

NEW DELHI: The mid-size sedan market is back in full swing on the back few swanky launches. With new faces, Hyundai Verna, Honda City, and Skoda Rapid are delighting the customers. The evergreen Maruti Suzuki Ciaz and relatively inexperienced Toyota Yaris also shape up a good fight.
Comfort, space, and luxury are what all these C-segment sedans offer, however, there is little for a driving enthusiast.That said, Hyundai and Skoda have reinvented ways to cater to that needs.
In the garb of lesser emission, here comes Hyundai’s 1-litre Kappa Turbo GDi and VW-Skoda’s 1-litre TSI. In fact, Verna’s turbo is identical one from Creta while Rapid’s TSI is also a similar one from various VW portfolio cars.
Here is a comparison of how new Hyundai Verna Turbo and Skoda Rapid TSI compete on paper:
Performance:
The facelifted Hyundai Verna Turbo sports 1.0 Kappa Turbo GDi Petrol, which produces 120 PS at 6,000rpm and a torque of 172 Nm at 1,500-4,000rpm. Hyundai Verna engine is linked with a 7-speed DCT. The claimed efficiency of this variant of Verna is 19.2 kmpl.

Rapid is available only in 1.0 TSI engine. The 1.0-litre, turbo-petrol engine produces 110 PS at 5,000-5,200rpm and a torque of 175Nm at 1,750-4,000rpm. Skoda Rapid is offered with a 6-speed manual transmission option. New Rapid has a mileage of 18.97 kmpl. In fact, Skoda India has confirmed an automatic transmission is arriving very soon.

Price:

Hyundai Verna is priced Rs 9.3 lakh (ex-showroom) onwards while 2020 Skoda Rapid is way affordable at Rs 7.49 lakh (ex-showroom) for 1.0 TSI Rider.

Hyundai Verna Turbo costs Rs 13.99 lakh (ex-showroom). The top-specced Monte Carlo variant of Rapid which is the apple to apple comparison of Verna Turbo in terms of features is priced at Rs 11.79 lakh (ex-showroom).

Does number do the justice? Take a test run, enjoy the features and comfort, experience the characteristically different engines, and drive quality.