Excellent car with great stability and build quality

Exterior

I have a Skoda fabia Ambiente 1.2 MPFI bought on 1st June 2011. Close to 4000kms.

The exterior is excellent when seeing from the front and the sides. When seeing from the rear it resembles more like swift. The high point in this model is the chrome finish on the front with the SKODA logo.

The build quality was tested out in the high way once when a learner santro car rammed us from behind. i got down from the car to check and i could not see a single scratch.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Interior finishing is great when compared to other models. Comfort for the driver is great. All passengers feel great except the unlucky one in the rear middle seat.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 Engine performance is great. I can easily start in 2nd gear with no fuss. pickup is low in midrange but acceptable to me. gear shit is excellent . You dont have to sweat when changing gears.

Fuel economy is good when driving in high way. I have seen mileage of close to 20Kmph when driving in highways. One precaution i took is not to drive beyond 80 kmph. In city conditions i get sometimes close to 12 kmph.

Ride Quality & Handling

 Great ride quality - i dont hear any sound from outside if i have AC and light music on. my friend who owns a Ford Figo drove my car and he commented that the sound attenuation is good than Figo. he said that Figo is proclaimed as a hatch back with great sound attenuation.

Handling is great. only issue is the crankling sound when turning sharply in slightly higher speeds. Apart from this one drawback there is no other issue. Dont get any issue when you push the car to speeds to 120-130. Not many hatch backs share this experience.

One another issue which most of the cars share is not being able to see the edges of the car when driving. very less cars like wagonr have overcome this issue.

Final Words

 Great car to own -its a owners pride. great comfort when driving. Fuel economy is a point to worry about but this is a point u have to sacrifice if u take the other points like safety and handling.

Areas of improvement  

1.  hump in front of the mid section of the rear seat.

2.  No rear defogger.

3.  i had a issue upfront when buying the car. This was due to the lethargic handling by one of the sales staff. apart from this there was no complaints.

4. No goodies worth mentioning was given by the sales people from Skoda Gurudev motors from Chennai , arumbakkam.

 

Stability, Driving comfort, body strength,Hump in rear seat, fuel economy, pickup in mid range , no rear defogger