Skoda India Shortlists 15 Names For Upcoming Subcompact SUV

Skoda Auto India has shortlisted 15 names for its upcoming subcompact SUV which is slated to launch by March 2024. At the announcement in February 2024, Skoda Auto India shortlisted five names and 10 new names have been suggested by participants. 

The 15 shortlisted names are Kaiq, Kylaq, Kariq, Kwiq, Kaliq, Karmiq, Konarq, Kliq, Kamotiq, Kayaq, Kroniq, Kanishq, Kosmiq, Kyroq and Kymaq. Skoda Auto India now wants users to select and vote for the name of its upcoming subcompact SUV from these shortlisted names, or could also suggest new names. This second round will start on March 28 and run till April 12. Our Editor-in-Chief's, Siddharth Vinayak Patanakar, suggestion has also been shortlisted in the final 15 names.

Petr Jeneba, Brand Director, Skoda Auto India, said, “The naming process of a car is important for us. With ‘Name Your Skoda’ we want to extend this tradition to our upcoming all-new SUV and want the people, customers and fans to be involved in the naming process of their new car. We look forward to people across India embracing our new family member, which is locally developed, locally engineered and locally manufactured.”

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The Czech marque says it received over 1,30,000 entries which included nearly 20,000 unique names. Furthermore, the brand also said the name of the subcompact SUV should start with ‘K’ and end with ‘Q’, to match the naming scheme of its other SUVs – Kodiaq, Kushaq, Karoq and Kamiq. 

The Jury for this contest will include Martin Jahn (Member of the Board of Management for Sales & Marketing, Skoda Auto), Piyush Arora (MD and CEO, SAVIPL), Jan Bures (Executive Director, Sales, Marketing and Digital, SAVIPL) and Petr Jeneba. 

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Skoda Auto India mentioned one lucky winner would win the subcompact SUV, having the opportunity to be one of the first owners. It also mentioned that 10 shortlisted participants will get to visit Skoda’s headquarters and museum in Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic and get a tour of Prague. 

The new Skoda subcompact SUV will be based on the brand’s MQB-A0-IN platform. It will measure less than four metres in length and will likely be powered by the 1.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine that does duty in the Kushaq and Slavia.