Skoda Fabia hatchback 2020 in-depth review - Carbuyer

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A supermini must be roomy, practical and comfortable. The Skoda Fabia is all three. It’s simply a very usable car that doesn't force any compromises on owners by trying to be sporty or fashionable. It’s up against some first-rate competition, of course, including the Ford Fiesta, SEAT Ibiza and Vauxhall Corsa. But how does it compare? Ginny finds out.
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@stephandolby
@stephandolby 5 жыл бұрын
Scratchy plastics can't be too much of a complaint given that the scratchy plastic Ibiza was #2 in Carbuyer's best supermini list... and you pay more for one of those!
@petercavellini3232
@petercavellini3232 5 жыл бұрын
Every car is built to a price?, you want more?, you pay more, that’s how it works.
@Dan-up6do
@Dan-up6do 5 жыл бұрын
One of the lads in work has one, the the older version & it's not a bad little car, it's also in a very 70's green (which i quite like) Totally agree with you about the scratchy plastics, just because something is cheap doesn't mean it has to feel that way & in this day and age there's no real need for it. The price for the Monte Carlo pack is getting there in price, the ST would be worth the extra change imo.
@bobfranks6445
@bobfranks6445 5 жыл бұрын
Relative replaced a 2016 1.2 110bhp 6 speed with a 2019 1.0 110bhp 6 speed and said it was noticeably more gutless, harsher and noisier with poorer fuel consumption. Just a cost cutting measure 1.0 3 cyl over 1.2 4 cyl.
@runawayronnie
@runawayronnie 5 жыл бұрын
Why on every review about a Skoda do they say it has some clever features "like an ice scrapper in the fuel cap"? Has anyone actually lived with or reviewed a Skoda during a frost? The fuel lid is one of the things that's frozen shut thus preventing you from accessing the ice scraper. Simply Clever eh?
@MonteiroM
@MonteiroM 5 жыл бұрын
Not another SUV in my feed? wow! clicked and viewed.
@MrRohanThomas
@MrRohanThomas 5 жыл бұрын
'Rangerover new crossover SUV 2020', 'Audi new crossover SUV 2020' and it goes on and on'
@stevenireland54
@stevenireland54 5 жыл бұрын
Didnt no they made STI engines I've heard of TSI
@biggabutdalltheway2175
@biggabutdalltheway2175 5 жыл бұрын
Scratchy plastic. I can’t remember the last time I touched the top of my dash, and the plastic lower down is for muddy feet getting in and out of the car I always hit the bottom of the inside of the door when getting out
@iandouglas451
@iandouglas451 3 жыл бұрын
you get a female perception with a female reviewer, so blokes are probably best watching reviews by blokes
@Lorenna1234
@Lorenna1234 3 жыл бұрын
@@iandouglas451 so then, females will have their hands all over the dash material while driving? This explains a lot...
@iandouglas451
@iandouglas451 3 жыл бұрын
@@Lorenna1234 ?
@ethangillespie7969
@ethangillespie7969 3 жыл бұрын
@@iandouglas451 as in they're hitting things a lot
@egli1207
@egli1207 5 жыл бұрын
Are they CarWow ?
@PerpetualTiredness
@PerpetualTiredness 5 жыл бұрын
@1:30 How often during ownership do you feel a car's dashboard?
@phillipmarnik
@phillipmarnik 5 жыл бұрын
True that some plastic parts are rarely touched but reporting the quality of an interior is part of a vehicle review. Some of us are glad she and Batch do this. What I wish was fleshed out more is the nuances of the drive line, particularly in stop start traffic.
@robertcook2572
@robertcook2572 5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. It's an obsession, with these types. Do they complain that the wood in a Rolls-Royce is 'hard and scatchy'? Would they prefer the burr walnut to be 'soft-touch'?
@LasVegar
@LasVegar 4 жыл бұрын
Isn’t fabia changed out for scala?
@EinkOLED
@EinkOLED 5 жыл бұрын
I have a 2015 silver se spec Fabia, great little car. The scratchy plastics doesn't bother me because it looks and feels well built.
@EinkOLED
@EinkOLED 5 жыл бұрын
​@John Bell Every car is boring to drive. If I want excitement I'll take my kawasaki motorcycle for a ride. It drives like a previous mk polo, but the interior in my opinion is nicer.
@jdmguy44
@jdmguy44 5 жыл бұрын
@@EinkOLED All cars are boring?! What cars have you driven all your life to come to that conclusion?
@EinkOLED
@EinkOLED 5 жыл бұрын
@@jdmguy44 Boring in comparison to riding a motorcycle is what I meant. I'm not sure there is any car out there that is as fun to drive as riding a motorcycle.
@johnnydeff33
@johnnydeff33 5 жыл бұрын
4:00 Did she say STI engines? :D Damn, give me subaru´s sti engine into small fabia and I will buy it for this price :)
@brayengerges4608
@brayengerges4608 5 жыл бұрын
A best sporty car
@bonzobanana1
@bonzobanana1 5 жыл бұрын
The red paint and black grill improves it but seems a very ugly car to me and this particular model seems about £3-4,000 over priced. Seems like Skoda reliability is dropping and prices are increasing so not the value option it used to be. Still think overall Skoda cars make more sense than any other Volkswagen group brands but not keen on this particular model. I believe the 3 cyclinder engines in these don't have a great reputation for reliability but at least it isn't a turbo which further erodes reliability considerably. Nothing appeals about this car really and I certainly wouldn't spend £16-17,000 for one.
@keithisaacs6092
@keithisaacs6092 5 жыл бұрын
Skoda make great cars but this one's looking a bit dated it even makes James Batchelor look exciting.
@jdmguy44
@jdmguy44 5 жыл бұрын
Skoda makes great cars. Really?! They are completely forgettable to look at and drive. Probably the most tedious car brand out there.
@keithisaacs6092
@keithisaacs6092 5 жыл бұрын
@@jdmguy44 stick to playing with your dinky toys mate.
@jdmguy44
@jdmguy44 5 жыл бұрын
@@keithisaacs6092 Oops looks like I have hit a nerve of Skoda fanboy! If you like to enthuse about dull Czech white goods made by a cheating and corrupt German parent, go right ahead!
@CloroxBleach-kf8ql
@CloroxBleach-kf8ql 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah still a nice car
@SrdjanPoznanovic
@SrdjanPoznanovic 5 жыл бұрын
In jacket :-O ...In Serbia +35c :-)
@rivorianest
@rivorianest 5 жыл бұрын
Had MY2016 full optioned Fabia Combi for a year. Listening to build quality and overall quality just make me laugh. Plastics almost “melt” when hot coffee drop hits it (true story) when something is pried open (because I had like 3 places where it started to rattle) the way the plastics just bend because of it is something I have never seen before. Most of the functions are not “intuitive” at all, like the stupid cruise control. Drove it for 1 year, gave it away and never looking back at Škodas. The new owner reported of rusting tailgate last Summer, steering wheel buttons have been changed, multimedia system crashes and above all the 1.2 TSI engine has started to build a weird noise when deaccelerating which Škoda dealership told is norma. Just glad I didn’t get Superb as apart from more squishy plastics the base of everything is quite the same... but I guess I am demanding. :)
@petercavellini3232
@petercavellini3232 5 жыл бұрын
An ice scrapper is a deal decider......🤨
@mike969696
@mike969696 2 жыл бұрын
Nobody I know scraps their ice these days.
@245thegreat
@245thegreat 5 жыл бұрын
No VRS model? Lost out there....
@markd8799
@markd8799 5 жыл бұрын
How much?! 😭
@yassirmansour1166
@yassirmansour1166 4 жыл бұрын
c est une trais belle voiture
@TheJirator
@TheJirator 5 жыл бұрын
Will 2020 in-depth reviews take just below 7 minutes? I'd rather stay in 2019 forever.
@petercavellini3232
@petercavellini3232 5 жыл бұрын
Four cars in one?, or should I say four cars on one chassis?, I’d say Seat do it better out of the four, and it’s reasonable for price too.
@ashliehiggins
@ashliehiggins 5 жыл бұрын
It's still based on PQ25 Skoda needs to hurry up with the MQBA0 models as it's a 10 year old platform.
@sunill9619
@sunill9619 8 ай бұрын
Still better than a MQB A0 platform
@harissandi596
@harissandi596 2 жыл бұрын
Cantik mobil nya
@sandorlemperger3594
@sandorlemperger3594 4 жыл бұрын
Is it has 3 door version?
@arminsteinke2301
@arminsteinke2301 5 жыл бұрын
New Corsa/208 , new Clio , Ibiza/Polo...poor Fabia stay strong for the next two years. You are dead; but we will always respect you.
@2011ppower
@2011ppower 5 жыл бұрын
Who apart from a cliche driven car reviewer ever touches the top of the dash?
@dohnjoe1337
@dohnjoe1337 5 жыл бұрын
68 plate looking like a 2002 car
@Leonfr_2022
@Leonfr_2022 5 жыл бұрын
I hate cheap hard plastics on dashes, VW T ROC, nice car except for the dash, and that price is even more, close to £30k probably more I'm sure!!
@rustyfrombluey
@rustyfrombluey 3 жыл бұрын
Overall, it’s absolutely fine back here. It’s not best-in-class, but it does the job. -Ginny Buckley, 2019 Yooka: You don’t say? #YookaLaylee.
@seb1things1
@seb1things1 4 жыл бұрын
So.... You are reading the comments....👀🤔😁
@mike969696
@mike969696 2 жыл бұрын
You still haven't really told us WHAT it is about the plastic that feels "cheap"!
@mkkravist11
@mkkravist11 5 жыл бұрын
Ginny is simply the best.
@d0ru
@d0ru 5 жыл бұрын
am I the only one still in 2019?
@kevinscott4938
@kevinscott4938 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah....it was 2025 yesterday.
@abelisraelcruzayuso4682
@abelisraelcruzayuso4682 5 жыл бұрын
Sensible look, I guess you don’t mean the seat trim, innit? Red and black... berkkkk...
@arnoldtabor3767
@arnoldtabor3767 4 жыл бұрын
... you can tell volkswagen is strangling them ... with the engines ...
@Lasijne
@Lasijne 3 жыл бұрын
Dont break the car down because of scratchy plastics you aren’t going to touch it every second and it still is a “cheap” car tho
@user-itschad1954
@user-itschad1954 3 жыл бұрын
If you have an itchy back.....................Scratch it, the dashboard should never become itchy, so why scratch it?
@markopekovic2417
@markopekovic2417 5 жыл бұрын
Ginny 😊 😊 😊
@georgemaster3845
@georgemaster3845 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like a 2011 audi. Beautiful enough to me.
@izmirubel9821
@izmirubel9821 4 жыл бұрын
Ginny Buckley is much prettier than the Skoda :-)
@jaysterling26
@jaysterling26 3 жыл бұрын
5:54 copyright Mr Clarkson.
@sullysullivan1187
@sullysullivan1187 5 жыл бұрын
Dateeeeed now
@tommullen2958
@tommullen2958 4 ай бұрын
Most people don't share your fetish with scratching dashboard plastic, the only time you ever touch up there is to wipe it with a cloth, so it's of no importance what sound it makes when you rub your fingernails against it.
@technoboy21
@technoboy21 5 жыл бұрын
You can't forget VW's group reliability issues (DSG anyone?) so for the long term, I wouldn't touch these..
@MrRawUK
@MrRawUK 3 жыл бұрын
The smart money is a 2 year lease if evening thinking about one.
@jackkirowo3022
@jackkirowo3022 5 жыл бұрын
"if you are spending well over 19k £, you don't want to feel this 'cheap' plastic". Well that is quite profound way of discribing, if you would. In Africa we are quite modest and never get to notice such our focus are pretty much on basics. All in all I hope skodas make a come back to Africa as an earlier attempt to introduce them failed and to see any nowadays is a red herring event and it would definitely be an old model of skoda oktavia.
@jackkirowo3022
@jackkirowo3022 5 жыл бұрын
@swansea007791 Kindly allow me to speak hypothetically as I am not an authorty on matters marketing, I am also not privy of any research data in the automotive industry in Africa and as such mine will be purely on observation. To be able to push any vehicle brand especially in the Kenyan Market requires a confluence of of various factors: 1. DEALERSHIP You have to work with established dealerships with country wide reach that way you could easily levarage on on their countrywide branches to make the much needed servicing and spare parts available as close as possible to the clients Also be aware that various dealerships have their areas of specialisation whereby others sell more commercial vehicles as opposed to personal vehicles, others also specialise in selling luxury vehicles. 2. GOVERNMENT ln Kenya, the government plays a big role in the success of vehicle sales mainly through direct purchase and leases as they are the single largest purchasers of vehicles needless to mention that the government comes up with policies that can affect vehicle sales. For instance in Kenya, duty was increased recently based on engine capacity, this simply means, the bigger the engine capacity, the more the duty, this will definitely affect the sale of high performance cars which are mostly luxury cars. Further to that there is a policy whereby the Kenyan government will only buy locally assembled cars, that locks many dealers out and the government is the biggest purchasers and leasers of vehicles in Kenya. 3.FINANCING Kenya being a middle class nation whose population demographics is mainly of youths who have just graduated from collage meaning their only chance at buying a vehicle is through financing and majority prefer used vehicles as opposed to new ones the other segment of the population is small leaving the government as the biggest purchasers of new cars as government , the government policies require they buy new cars and keep renewing the fleets . Borrowing is quite expensive , you can imagine someone borrowing Ann expensive loan to buy a Jaguar which costs double what it is sold for in England owing to duty, transport costs and dealership profits and advartisments and other overheads such factors affect small cars to such that they push the cost benefit factors above the threshold of reasonable limits. An example I'd rather buy a used 8 year old marcedes c class from Japan at 19k £ rather than buying a brand new Toyota for more or less the same price 4. BRAND LOYALTY AND BRAND ALLGENCE This is key in that certain nations are loyal to certain brands like the American government with cardilacs, vehicles such as jeeps, Chevys etc, in Kenya it is Toyota all the way from economy segment to luxury segment that is vitz to landcrusers. Brand ALLGENCE comes in the form, probably my parents mostly owned Toyotas or subarus then when I buy a car I decide to buy subarus, or I'd the Uncle I admire once gave me a ride on his marcedes then I work hard and become successful, definitely I'd buy a benz 5.MARKET NITCHE BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SKODA STANDS A BETTER CHANCE SELLING THEIR NICELY DESIGNED PICKUP TRUCKS AND THROUGH THE RIGHT DEALERSHIP THEY CAN SELL THE POPULAR SUV, BY THE WAY HONDA CRV HAS STORMED THE MARKET AND HAS CAUSED RAV 4 TO BE RELIGATED OFF THE MARKET SEGMENT IN JUST 4 YEARS MEANING YOU CANT REST ON YOUR LOURELS IN AFRICA, by the way Prados have made pajeros obsolete, that is how intense market battles are in sub Saharan Africa Also on market niche of late low gas consumption engines below 800 cc are popular with taxi or cab drivers especially Suzuki alto 650 cc 6. PATNERING WITH LEASING COMPANIES COULD BE A MAJOR BOOST FOR AS LONG AS THE PRICING IS RIGHT That is how peagot has made a comeback in the Kenyan market All in all the African market has matured with Africans buying vehicles such as Jaguar, range Rover, Hummer, porshe, maybach, bently, rolls Royce, Aston Martin etc at almost double what it costs in Europe and that's just a tip of the iceberg . Because of time allow me so stop here. To the team at Skoda " bon chance" in all your endeavors, of course needless to mention the evolution in the automotive industry is one that is very dinamic such that if you were to bring someone from the 13th century he would describe a car as a " sophisticated carriage, without horses" my parting shot.
@jackkirowo3022
@jackkirowo3022 5 жыл бұрын
@John Bell quite strong sentiments there, though my view are quite conservative and I'd rather go with the Bible definition. The rich man who got a record hervest and had to tear down his warehouse and bild another one because before he had never had such a harvest to warrant such expansion, he beat his chest and told himself that now he can rest for his lifetime because he had hervested enough, bit then the Bible calls him a fool because the very night GOD ALMIGHTY CAME TO TAKE BACK THE LIFE GIVING BREATH, HEFETH HAIM, THE FIRST BREATH GOD GAVE ADAM THAT ALL HUMANITY IS BREATHING TODAY
@jorgenascimento9710
@jorgenascimento9710 5 жыл бұрын
Lol ditch the vw group crap with its problematic tsi cancer. At least until vw manages to make a deal with Ford to use the top prized market leader ecoboost low displacement. 10 prizes since 2011. Check the 50mt ISO test it is insecure and hard to control. Get a Ford fiesta as a small car or the focus for mid size. Proud owner of the fiesta st 2018 since November.
@actorsreels1
@actorsreels1 5 жыл бұрын
In the name of God can they not make it look more stylish? It’s like something made in the Soviet Union. Up against the new Peugeot, Clio, or even Fiesta, it’s basically just a cavity block with wheels.
@repo4
@repo4 5 жыл бұрын
Transmission tunnel (what transmission?!?!), STI engines?! Try again.
@frantiseklupinek6189
@frantiseklupinek6189 5 жыл бұрын
The only thing that makes sense is the r5 rally car. Otherwise there is no reason to keep that on the back floor. But Fabia is a car for pensioners, maybe some people living alone. These cars are built to be cheap and cheap to run. We need to look at them that way, small hatches are not cars. They are for people, who need something like a car.
@aji85x
@aji85x 5 жыл бұрын
1st
@minniesaab7255
@minniesaab7255 5 жыл бұрын
❤🚘
@tuta123seb
@tuta123seb 5 жыл бұрын
She is beautiful😍❤
@AoyagiAichou
@AoyagiAichou 5 жыл бұрын
Meh. Skodas are soul-less cars for businesses that want practicality (i.e. space and fuel economy) for money. That used to be the case anyway, now they're just as expensive as better cars.
@tonymahony2282
@tonymahony2282 4 жыл бұрын
Stop with that scratching over cheap plastic attitude...like as you have nothing really important to say.
@petarmaksimovic4048
@petarmaksimovic4048 4 жыл бұрын
Too freaking tall.
@yamcha111
@yamcha111 5 жыл бұрын
Dosent even look new
@insideout8837
@insideout8837 5 жыл бұрын
Not a car you would buy in 2019. 10 years ago...maybe.
@EinkOLED
@EinkOLED 5 жыл бұрын
It didn't exist 10 years ago.
@insideout8837
@insideout8837 5 жыл бұрын
@@EinkOLED Read AGAIN. And again. And again....
@EinkOLED
@EinkOLED 5 жыл бұрын
@@insideout8837 Like I said, you could not buy this car in 2009. It was released in 2014
@insideout8837
@insideout8837 5 жыл бұрын
@@EinkOLED ;) Read again.
@EinkOLED
@EinkOLED 5 жыл бұрын
@@insideout8837 Explain yourself. Your comment makes no sense.
@ralphnguema3360
@ralphnguema3360 5 жыл бұрын
At first that SKoda looks ugly but when you look well... It's very ugly
@kienfung3045
@kienfung3045 5 жыл бұрын
What a Ugly car, from every angle!
@MrRohanThomas
@MrRohanThomas 5 жыл бұрын
Its ok
@kienfung3045
@kienfung3045 5 жыл бұрын
@@MrRohanThomas if you're blind as a bad, than yes
@Silver-st2zq
@Silver-st2zq 5 жыл бұрын
No 6th gear, not very good on the corners and that price! no thanks.
@ely8667
@ely8667 5 жыл бұрын
Only time I’d give that car a second look is if you was driving it but I’d probably smile and wink too 😉😍
@ely8667
@ely8667 5 жыл бұрын
John Bell oh the car couldn’t agree more
@jdmguy44
@jdmguy44 5 жыл бұрын
What a dreary little German/Czech box this is. If you are looking for a small car but actually like cars, there are better options.
@Jay-B1750
@Jay-B1750 5 жыл бұрын
God it's so dated, the design was pretty awful when it first came out, it looks really akward
@TheNTGamez
@TheNTGamez 5 жыл бұрын
The jacket makes u stand like a dude
@Daveodaddeo101
@Daveodaddeo101 5 жыл бұрын
DropItLikeIts1942 moron
@gporourke627
@gporourke627 5 жыл бұрын
I just don't get that car. Why would anyone bother with it. It's just so bland. Oh, and can I suggest . That if you need a magnifying glass in your car , then you probably shouldn't be driving at all..🙂
@Sanpedranoazul
@Sanpedranoazul 5 жыл бұрын
This is getting ugly every gen, oh my!
@paulpaulo1442
@paulpaulo1442 5 жыл бұрын
Seventeen thousand pounds for a skoda 😂, good luck with that! !
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