Skoda Slavia Prestige vs Monte Carlo: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹40,000 ex-showroom Delhi on the same engine and gearbox: ₹17.29L for the Monte Carlo against ₹16.89L for the Prestige.+₹40,000
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹40,000 ex-showroom Delhi on the same engine and gearbox: ₹17.29L for the Monte Carlo against ₹16.89L for the Prestige.
None of the equipment we track changes here, and the Monte Carlo opens up no engine the Prestige cannot be had with. Worth asking a dealer what the money buys before you spend it.
Prestige or Monte Carlo, and what each costs
Where you start
Prestige
From ₹15.89L to ₹18.59L ex-showroom Delhi
The comfort flagship: ventilated leatherette seats with 6-way electric adjustment, the larger digital cockpit with navigation, rear-seat massagers, auto headlamps and a subwoofer-backed sound system. Also the only door to the 150 PS 1.5 TSI.
The step up
Monte Carlo
From ₹17.29L to ₹18.84L ex-showroom Delhi
Prestige's equipment in Monte Carlo dress: black alloys, red calipers, black leatherette with red stitching, red ambient lighting and black exterior details. Rs 40,000 over Prestige on the 1.0 automatic and Rs 25,000 on the 1.5 DSG, and nothing on the spec sheet changes, so buy it for the look. Automatic only.
Our take
Same features, same engine: the Slavia Monte Carlo shifts itself while the other is a manual. Pick on gearbox and price alone.
What Prestige to Monte Carlo costs on the road
What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹42,000 to ₹47,948 on the road, against the ₹40,000 the price list shows.
Why the road figure moves, and by how much
Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹40,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts.
The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹5,948 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Arunachal Pradesh comes out lowest, and Karnataka comes out highest.
Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹5,948, and both be right.
What the Monte Carlo adds
Nothing we track, and no engine the Prestige cannot be had with either. Ask a dealer what the difference actually is before you pay for it.
Prestige vs Monte Carlo: the questions people ask
- Is the Skoda Slavia Monte Carlo worth ₹40,000 over the Prestige?
- On the equipment we track it buys nothing at all, and it opens up no engine the Prestige cannot be had with. Ask a dealer what the difference actually is before you pay it.
- How much is the Skoda Slavia Prestige?
- From ₹15.89L for the Prestige Turbo Petrol MT to ₹18.59L for the Prestige Turbo Petrol 150 PS AT, ex-showroom Delhi, across 3 ways of buying it.
- How much is the Skoda Slavia Monte Carlo?
- From ₹17.29L for the Monte Carlo Turbo Petrol 115 PS AT to ₹18.84L for the Monte Carlo Turbo Petrol 150 PS AT, ex-showroom Delhi, across 2 ways of buying it.
- Is there an automatic Prestige or Monte Carlo?
- Both: the Prestige Turbo Petrol 115 PS AT at ₹16.89L and the Monte Carlo Turbo Petrol 115 PS AT at ₹17.29L, ex-showroom Delhi.
- What does the step from the Slavia Prestige to the Monte Carlo cost on the road?
- What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹42,000 to ₹47,948 on the road, against the ₹40,000 the price list shows. Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹40,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts. The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹5,948 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Arunachal Pradesh comes out lowest, and Karnataka comes out highest. Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹5,948, and both be right.
Prices are ex-showroom Delhi and features follow each maker's official material. Data updated . Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.