New Skoda Scala priced from £22,096 with updated tech and styling

The new, facelifted Skoda Scala has been priced from £22,096 successful the UK, with the exemplary gaining an extended ocular overhaul and caller technology. 

Order books for the revised mentation of the Czech brand's equivalent to the Volkswagen Golf volition unfastened connected 3 October. It’s the archetypal clip the household hatchback has been updated since its motorboat successful 2019. 

Three specification levels are available: entry-level SE, mid-range SE L and sport-inspired, range-topping Monte Carlo. 

A Scala successful SE specification comes with an 8.25in infotainment system, wireless smartphone mirroring, LED headlights and an 8.0in integer driver's show arsenic standard. Also included is simply a acceptable of 16in alloy wheels, dual-zone clime control, rear parking sensors and keyless entry. 

Mid-range SE L cars summation bigger, 17in wheels, chrome exterior trim and rear privateness glass. There is besides a larger, 9.2in infotainment system, a 10.25in integer cockpit and interior ambient lighting. Prices for SE L trim commencement from £23,895.

Range-topping Monte Carlo models statesman astatine £27,795 and are equipped with sporty 18in achromatic alloy wheels, afloat LED matrix adaptive headlights, a panoramic sunroof and a rear-view camera. It’s besides the lone variant to person entree to a thrust mode enactment and sports chassis power arsenic standard. 

The updated Scala shares its motor scope with the recently facelifted Skoda Kamiq crossover, the line-up consisting of a bid of turbocharged petrol engines. 

It begins with a 1.0-litre three-cylinder TSI producing 95bhp, mated to a five-speed manual transmission. A 115bhp mentation is besides disposable with a six-speed manual oregon a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic (DSG).

At the apical of the scope sits a 1.5-litre four-cylinder TSI, producing 150bhp. It tin besides beryllium paired with a six-speed manual oregon a seven-speed DSG.

The Scala was Skoda’s eighth best-selling car past year. Design changes for this revised exemplary see a caller beforehand grille, slimmer headlights, updated beforehand and rear aprons and caller aerial curtains. 

Skoda has besides accrued the magnitude of sustainable worldly utilized successful the Scala. The extortion lining and overmuch of the doorway trim are present made of earthy works fibres; the wheel-arch linings and the windscreen’s h2o reservoir are recycled plastic; and the upholstery, flooring and level mats are made of recycled fabric.