[4] It is manufactured in Chakan, Maharashtra, India with a local parts content of 95 percent to achieve a lower price point.

The highest 'Style' trim level is additionally equipped with side and curtain airbags, hill start assistance and a tyre pressure monitor.

At launch, side and curtain airbags and the tyre pressure monitor were not available on cars equipped with an automatic transmission, but this has since been corrected.

[12] In October 2022 the Kushaq was independently rated for safety by the Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP, based on Latin NCAP 2016) crash-testing a Volkswagen Taigun at Volkswagen's expense, and scored five stars for adult and child occupant protection, the first car to do so under the organisation's new assessment protocols.

In the frontal offset test, protection of all body regions was good or acceptable, except for the driver's left tibia.