Skoda Kodiaq Sportline: Free upgrade for run-out special

The current Skoda Kodiaq will offer a free upgrade to Sportline specification for the price of a Style, serving as a special run-out offer before the new-generation SUV arrives in the closing stages of 2024.

The special run-out offer sees a complementary upgrade to the sport-themed trim level which is worth $5000. It’s due to go on sale in April from $56,590 drive-away – the advertised price for the existing 2024 Skoda Kodiaq Style 4×4.

A number of equipment items form part of the upgrade beyond the sports styling, see below for details.

Sportline adds (over Style):

• 20-inch Vega alloy wheels
• Matrix LED headlights
• Sports seats in Alcantara
• Electric driver’s seat
• Driver memory function
• Drive mode select incl. Eco mode
• Exterior mirrors
  • Electrically adjustable
  • Heating function
  • Memory function
• Gearshift paddles
• Aluminium pedals
• Sportline exterior styling
  • Front bumper incl. diffuser
  • Rear bumper incl. diffuser
  • Tailpipe trims
  • Door sills in body colour
• Floor mats incl. silver stitching
• Alcantara door inserts
• Sport decor inserts
• Black roof lining

Options

Run-Out Pack: $4600

• Adaptive Chassis Control (dampers)
• Park Assist
• Power front passenger seat
• Heated front, rear seats
• 3-zone climate control
• 360-degree cameras (Area View)
• Adaptive Lane Guidance
• Emergency Assist
• Off-Road mode
• Sleep Pack
  • incl. airline style rear headrests

Ventilated front seats: $2300

Panoramic sunroof: $1900

Worth noting is that the Run-Out Pack combines the Tech Pack and Luxury Pack usually available on the Sportline variant for $5400 together – a saving of $800.

Like the Style, the Sportline Run-Out offer will also be subject to the Skoda Choice Guaranteed Future Value finance deal, meaning repayments of $140 per week at a standard rate of 6.99 per cent p.a. with 20 per cent deposit over a 60-month term.

The Guaranteed Future Value (GFV) at the end of the finance period is currently advertised as $20,892 for the Style.

It’s understood the Run-Out offer will see out the current-generation Kodiaq until the Australian launch of the next-gen SUV, currently earmarked for November.

Skoda has intimated the new Kodiaq will launch with the standard engines at launch, with the as yet unrevealed new-generation Kodiaq RS to arrive at a later date.

In the European market, the 2025 Skoda Kodiaq is offered with a range of four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, in addition to a turbocharged plug-in hybrid (PHEV).

There’s a 110kW/250Nm 1.5 TSI with 48V mild-hybrid (MHEV) tech, a 150kW/320Nm 2.0 TSI, a 110kW/360Nm 2.0 TDI and a 142kW/400Nm 2.0 TDI with 48V MHEV assistance, as well as a 150kW/350Nm 1.5 TSI PHEV with “more than 100 kilometres on the WLTP cycle” from a 25.7kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

CarExpert expects the 150kW 2.0 TSI – which comes standard with all-wheel drive – will be atop the list for an Australian launch. Skoda Australia boss Michael Irmer told us plug-in hybrids could be back on the table with impending Australian emissions standards, though he didn’t confirm the Kodiaq PHEV for Australia.

It’s unclear whether Skoda Australia has any plans to reintroduce diesel to the local Kodiaq range, with the 142kW 2.0 TDI 4×4 another logical option for our market.

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