Definitely a Premium Hatch, if one can afford it.

I got my Ambiente Silver Diesel 10 days ago.   Its so beautiful car everyone in the road are stopping by the car and saying wow and Oh.  I am from US(stayed for 11 years and came back very recently).  I owned Honda Accord and Lexus RX330 suv over there.  Driving my skoda reminds me of my Lexus driving.  So elegant and precise driving.  No feeling of bumps or pits.  Good for my lower back pain.  Brakes are perfect. No need to move forward eveytime while braking like in many other cars. AC is also effective.  For us its 100%on.
So far I have driven twice from Pondy to Chennai and believe me or not there is no need to stop for rest.  I usually stop every 45 minutes while driving with my santro to strech my legs.  Definitely this is not a small car.  Yes the engine is a bit noisy and but one can accept it for the luxury the vehicle offers.  I see only 2 discomforts in Fabia, one is the horn.  You need to move your fingers from position to press it.  And the other is there is no remote fuel lid opener.  One has to stop the vehicle and give the keys. or carry the second keys with you.   I dont see any significant underpowered engine.  There is a slight lag in the pick up when you move from 1 gear to 2 gear in the suburbs(especially when you change gears quickly).  But wouldn't be a big issue in the normal city traffic.  Surprisingly 1st gear can handle upto 30 easily and 2nd upto 60 and 3rd upto 80.  Since I tend to move to 2nd gear in my Santro as soon as the vehicle moves which I need to adjust in Fabia move to 2nd after 20-25.  So its a matter of adjusting between my santro and fabia or get rid my santro completely as I don't like to drive my Xing anymore. 

And about the price yes its costly but definitely not over priced if one looks at all the feature this vehicles offers, airbas, abs, electric ORVM, heated side view mirror, height adjustable seat(manual), fog lamps,  much more.  Most of all the safety this vehicle offers, I am ready to buy it one more time.  I never drove my Xing more than 100 as Santro sways whereas I reached 130 and still felt safe and secure.  For whom can afford this vehicle this is a sweet surprise. 
And lastly many of my friends and big shots who have test driven are very surprised about the quality of driving this hatch offers.  People who drive fiesta immediately compared it with fiesta and said its better than fiesta.  As I was in the auto shop to add my mudflaps(surprising it does not come with the vehicle and spares has not reached skoda yet) Fabia was standing next to Swift and guys there told that the front look of Fabia was mindblowing.  Typical European car look. The owner of the swift came to me and sat in the car, felt it and said its an amazing car.  Its defintely fabia feel special.  I dont want to compare this vehicle with any other vehicle as this is in its own league and will not do justice for Fabia.  The reason for buying is I needed the best city vehicle(as I dont like fords and the look of logans, swift or sx4 are cheap build quality) and also luxury vehicle for long drives(as i am not interested in innovas, safari or scorpios).    People might give different reasons not to buy Fabia and but the only one reason I bought it is because I like it.  As for mileage is concerned I got around 285kms for 15 litres around 19kmpl (with AC on) in the highway.  Not yet done for city.

Inspite of various forums hate the price of Fabia this vehicle is definitely in demand in its own league.  In such a small town pondy itself inlcluding me there are 2 silver vehicles.   In Chennai I have seen 2(one silver and one white)  so far in the mount road alone and I  have been to chennai only twice last month.  And one while driving to Bangalore(black) on the highway before hosur early feb.  If one has the skoda eye to see it then he will see it.  So far only 2 lots have been dispatched and each dealer gets around 20-50 vehicles.  In the third batch only 20 ambientes are to be delivered to Chennai(no classics at all).

Recommendation:  Skods has to reduce the engine noise(not the price) for future vehicles in order to become a big sucess.  And for prospective buyers:  if you think saving 1 or 2 lacs is more important then you are definitely in the wrong place.  This car is not for cost consious buyers.  This is for self driven buyer who dont want to buy a fiesta or the expensive octy(which sits in the garage most of the time or used buy the drivers) to pick up kids. Rather a daily luxury car.
Great interiors, Fuel economy, Superb driving experience, Safe and Sturdyslightly underpowered, engine noise,