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Exterior

The exterior is very very solid. Very Good Metal Quality from Skoda. Could have been little more stylish.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

1. Boot Space : Fiat Punto & The New Maruti Swift has to beg for this much of boot space. The moment you open the boot, you feel WOW for this hatchback.

2. Leg Room : The leg room is very good. I give more importance for Leg room, especially for ladies and elders seating at rear. Believe me, with this car, you can take the highway non stop for even a 300km.  The rear seat is very comfortable.

3. The AC is good, The car came with a Skoda Audio System which supports a AUX and CD. The sound quality is good. The audio system could have had a pendrive and Bluetooth portability.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

Engine Quality : Me before purchasing this car, read the reviews of others.  Many said that the engine noise is high. But believe me, the car had more engine noise only for the 800kms. Once the engine gets tuned and refined, The engine noise reduces. I have driven the car for 5200km till now in 3 months. I can see the difference. I cant harldy hear the engine noice now.

Fuel Economy : In City its 15 Kmpl & Highways 23Kmpl. I am satisfied.

Gear Box : U should realize that you are driving a diesel engine. When you cut the gear from 3 to 2, you can feel a little sluggishness in the pick up with AC switched on. But thats fine in City Driving. No body in city driving can touch 100km with top gear. So its useless talking about pickup in city limits.

Yes in highways the car is very good. The one driving should be a good driver.  

Ride Quality & Handling

The ride quality is good. Even when drivig in a Highway, you wont get the air noise inside the cabin. The handling is very smooth. The driver surely wont get tired.

Overall it has passed. 

Final Words

This is the question which veryone has when purchasing a car. Even i had, before 3 months. The question is which car to go for? I was looking only for the highend variants.

Ford Figo or Fiat Punto or Volkswagen Polo or Skoda Fabia

Ford Figo : It is a decent car. When i sat inside. Somehow i got this cheap feel of interiors. The glossy Silver Finish. I rejected it. Still its a good car overall.

Fiat Punto : Loved the technologies they have brought it. MAN you get everything inside the car. Steering mount Buttons. Bluetooth. Auto lights. Auto wippers, Auto climate control. It is superb value for money. but if you sit in the back, you will get knee pain and when you plan for a trip please take some additional surf excel or Rin to wash your clothes, becasue you got to reuse your clothes since you cant carry more due to very very small boot space.

Volkswagon Polo : Spot Rejected when sat inside the car, in the showroom. Its clear, folkswagen is makes us look like fools. The cheap steering and cabin look. The front & rear seat is very very cramped, you can even travel within the city.

Skoda Fabia : The fabric finish inside the interiors, the solid buit, very good Boot and Leg room. The height and Pull adjustable steering & SKODA Batch.  Above all, I give importance to people who are sitting with me in the car. Their comfort is very importance.

So went for SKODA FABIA & I AM HAPPY....... 

Areas of improvement  

Bring in the technologies into the fabia.... The rest will be taken care by SKODA Batch....

Hi guys, thanks for the reviews given, till date, i am convinced that it is one of the best hatchback in market and i have booked classic 1.2 petrol  today and about fuel economy and other things i will give a feed back once i start driving the vehicle,

thanks again

jayanth

As one unlocks the car from its remote, it doesn't make annoying noises. Its a decent click. You open the door and feel the strong built and you start feeling from then on that Skoda is serious about safety. As you sit on the drivers seat you have the flexibity to adjust the Steering wheel as well the driver's seat to your own comfort. Electrically controlled rear view mirrors make sure you have to do none other than moving a bit of your right hand to adjust those. Ready to drive, you put in the key and crank start your car. It picks up very nicely, and as it picks speed, you continue to like it more. At higher speeds also, it continues to be very stable. No wobble what so ever. The AC is just perfect. The integrated music system is a heart winner. The leg room is the best amongst the competing cars. The car has potential to compete with a TATA pick up if you folded the rare seats to use its boot space. That's a bit exaggeration, but truly it is never short of space.

Talking of safety, the car has pretensioned seat belts and dual air bags, ABS added to the fact that the car has been mad quite strongly to start with and no compromise has been done on quality of the materials used.

Its secure like a Vault. Each time you put in the ignition key, a new code a generated to match up the credentials of key put in. If broken in, it will get locked and become immobile. The stereo is also the secured in the same way, and even if someone manages to steal it, he would never be able to play it.

Maintenance wise, the frequency of the trips you need to make to the service centre is much lower than for its counterparts. First service is due after 7500Kms, to give you a hint.

The sense of style only adds to the value. In the nutshell, the car offers everyhting you could ask for in this segment except for the fact that it is priced higher than any other car in the segment, so being on the expensive side. Its fuel economy doesn't shoot through the roof but is decent enough givent the fact its a comlete quality package. All in all, those who want a car they want to fall in love with, this is the one.

I have a Petrol fabia. This car is a really luxiourous in its segment!

The performance of the car is very nice, it is stable at its top speed of about 155 to 160 km/hr. For long drives it is much much suitable as there is much space in the car, big leg room and a nice boot space at back.  The engine is sufficient enough for the car 1.2lts. It is 3 cylinders engine but the power is equivalant to 4 cylinder engine. The milage of the car is nice 15km on higways and 12 to 13 km in city with minimal A/c. The features of the car are real attraction, One can say no car in this segment has this types of features.

One important thing i would like to add "There are air bags not only in top end but also in basic models" this shows how important even an indian is for the company.  

Hi, I had a test drive of Fabia Ambiente 1.2MPI. Over all I was impressed by the car. on the positive side the car has all the safety and luxurious features that anyone will like to have. Also checked the classic varient it is also good but the it is not having  dual tone interiors and does not give u the fresh and classy feeling. On the other side Ambiente is having dual tone interiors, air bags and alloy wheels. Very much liked the heavy strong built of the car this will definately keep it stuck to the road, the gears are ultra smooth like a joystick gives excellent feel and will make comfortable drive in traffic.

But still there are three ponits which is holding me to go for this car.

1. The AC does not give good cooling ...in the rear seat AC chilling is negligible, I have read the reviews and its said the it has rare cooling ducts ..but the showroom guys said that it is not a feature in Fabia.

2. The average claimed is only 10/11km/ltr. Technically it is not clear to me why a 1200 cc engine with 70 ps power should give such a poor average. ( and that too with a poor ac).

3. Cost of spares and avaliablity.

 Any Fabia owners/lovers please help me with your experiances on the above points which will help me to decide on this car.