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</p><p>&nbsp; Skoda India seems to have finally found the right recipe to penetrate the Indian market with much improved portfolio of models offered with aggressive pricing. Their sales number has been riding strongly on the back of Superb and face-lifted version of Octavia. Octavia RS, Rapid Monte Carlo and upcoming Kodiaq are expected to add fire to it. This calendar year, the company has already registered growth of over 22% with sales of over 10,500 units until the end of last month, against the sales of 13,300 units throughout in 2016.&nbsp;</p><p>Recently, Skoda India sales, service &amp; marketing director Ashutosh Dixit told, "Our internal target is to touch 18,000 units volume by December. In the first seven months of 2017, we've grown at over 22% to 10,500 units from 13,300 units we had sold in the entire 2016. So, we should be growing at about 40% this year to meet the target. The industry during this period grew just about 10%." He further said that in the last month, they had sales of over 1,750 units, which is the highest ever the company has achieved. This numbers are only expected to grow exponentially over the next few months due to the festive season.</p><p>Octavia RS 230, which is Rs 4.5 lakhs more expensive than its regular TSI sibling, has already received more than 100 bookings. It hits the 100kmph mark in just 6.8 seconds.</p><p>With this gained momentum, company might launch the much anticipated Kodiaq sooner in 2017. Earlier company had stop selling its only SUV, Yeti. Skoda Kodiaq is likely to be priced between Rs 24-28 lakhs. We’re likely to get the proven 2.0 L diesel engine that pumps out a power of 188 HP and 400Nm of torque. It's coupled to a 6-speed manual or 7-speed DSG auto gearbox. The official launch date is yet to be announced but is expected to be soon.</p><p></p>