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The Fabia I have is one of the first of the Mark 3, an SE but strangely seems to have a 5 speed gearbox matched with the 90 hp 1,422 cc diesel engine. In the VCA database it is not mentioned, oddly, but the various check tools for Clean Air areas confirm it is Euro 6. Having driven a 1.4 D in the Roomster a few ago, which was dreadful, I was very pleasantly surprised on the Fabia's get up an go as well fuel consumption of 60 to 75 mpg indicated. Has Android Auto and is 5 star safety, I seem to recall it was car of the year in 2015. Actually is a bit quicker than the 90 hp TCE Clio I have also. Been reading loads about the 62 kwh LEAF which is topping my next car at the moment now Rapid gate seems to be sorted. A blue tooth VCD and Leafspy seems to be a no brainer as well. Fabia 4 seems to miss a few tricks and no significant advantage over current models. Did the 2021 Vienna engine symposium give out any winners of engine catergories ? Manufacturer Model Description Transmission Engine Capacity Fuel Type Euro Standard Emissions CO [mg/km] Emissions NOx [mg/km] THC + NOx Emissions [mg/km] Particulates [No.] [mg/km] SKODA Fabia Hatchback 1.4 TDI 105PS M5 1422 Diesel 6 147 54 91 0 SKODA Fabia Hatchback 1.4 TDI 90PS M6 1422 Diesel 6 200 38 76 0 SKODA Fabia Hatchback 1.4 TDI 90PS 7speed DSG D7 1422 Diesel 6 128 44 76 0.1

Torque not impressive, fuel consumption not impressive. My Fabia is 88 gm/km, allegedly and does 60 to 75 mpg, NOX and PMs not so good. If it was a one litre turbo petrol it could have been awesome performance. If they want really good mpg they need to drop the engine size to the size of the Twin Air Fiat engine. Currently mainstream car companies are stuck in their old tracks and not likely to survive and in ten years or so it will be all the Tech companies and possibly all the currently look will be consigned to the history bools for failing to innovate like Tesla has.

Not a turbo engine sadly so not that effecient. Missed a trick here. Would have added a grand to the price but would have been awesome.

2 litre VRS are OK on 95 I recall, it was the Mk 1 1.8 litre VRS and the Twincharge VRS 1.4 litre that wanted the 98 octane or better I recall. Not sure about the 280 hp 2 litre Superb should run on with its higher specific output. Occasional tank of Momentum seemed like a fair idea when feeling flushed.

One of the best way to calibrate ones speedo is not follow a truck thru these 50/60 zone as they will be doing, usually, a steady 54 mph on the GPS, at least in England anyways. The Police Commissioner for Bedford police wanted to nick driver and have no tolerance. Skoda speedo not one of the betters one apparently..... https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/106674/uk-speed-camera-tolerances-revealed-is-your-cars-speedo-accurate 5% error shown below. Model True speed at indicated 30mph True speed at indicated 50mph True speed at indicated 60mph True speed at indicated 70mph Kia e-Niro First Edition 27mph 47mph 57mph 67mph BMW i3s 28mph 48mph 58mph 68mph SEAT Arona 1.0 TSI 115 29mph 49mph 60mph 69mph SEAT Tarraco 2.0 TDI 150 manual 29mph 49mph 59mph 68mph Skoda Kodiaq 2.0 TDI 150 manual 28mph 48mph 57mph 67mph

George, if memory serves you have played the percentages game of speed camera static and average and, as the stats show, most motorist often cruise over 70 mph but within the 10+2 "tolerance". I would dread to think of the many thousands of hours drivers would spend on the road, the missed delivery slots if drivers, car and truck, had to stick to under 70 mph (GPS with a tolerance of no more than 1% inaccuracy). Dual carriageways are 70 mph nominal as long as they have a central reservation and long may that continue. As I have said I would rather we implemented a legal OK to drive at 75 mph with a "your F*cking nicked son at say 78 mph, sure well have the tech to do this ie high sampling and accurate GPS. I level playing field with agreed tech please. I did my time in the Speed Awareness Course when I hit the big 80 mph down Air Balloon hill on the A419, should have broke more and wasted that kenetic energy and added more CO2 to the dying Earth's air mass. Please can we have speed limits like France or even Germany does, it is a point of national shame, and economic efficiency that we do not. Would be happy to have a F1 style fuel flow limiter so the car cannot do less than say 50 mpg. Would encourage me to change my mark 3 Octy for a more aero efficient mark 4 which for the same hp has a some 6 mph higher top speed as it so aero efficient, 143 compared for 137 mph I recall for the same HP ie 150. PLus more safety features as standard.

My boss just bought one of these castrated Volvos, Renault are doing the same thing I believe to this 180 kph speed limit. One of the cars on my short list is a Clio RS and maybe it would be good to get one before the law comes in and its long term value with be helped by such ISA laws or we just bight the bullet and go with the flow and get the track car, something like a Caterham, for those times when one want to blow the cobwebs out, and the motorcycle as well I hope. From what I have read these clever car systems will not stop the main accident for us motorcyclist which we are victims off which is a car making a right hand turn out of minor road and the bike, despite having right of way, then T-bones the car who has not "seen" the motorcyclist. I get even fathom how all these systems will fit and work on a motorbike and the cost they would add as a percentage of current buy price.

It has also been that Kawasaki have concentrated on WSB rather than being split over MotoGP and WSB. Shame this bike below is not allowed to race because of the supercharger........... King of the Road (track, one has to remap etc a H2 or H2SX to get up to 300 hp) ............ Kawasaki H2R 0-200 mph in 16.83 seconds

Toprak seemed opened to the idea but is in with a chance of the WSB Championship. Locatelli is quality as WSS 600 champion Gerloff I am not convinced. Always loads of promising talent as their a re dozens of great R6 riders who could setup to the R1M but you never know until they are in the mix. El Daiblo keeps scoring podiums, even in 3rd, the MotoGP title should be his.

I am going to drive a Lotus 7, "I am not a number I am a free man"

Rumours Crutchlow will take Vinales place for a while. Plenty of Yamaha web and Moto2 riders who will jump at the chance. So Diablo for the motogp championship, Yamahas first for a few years.

Vinales suspended for trying to blow his bike up !

These firms that promise one stop shop for selling in to Europe ie single VAT registration and handling all the VAT returns etc well good luck to them. It sounds more for parcel services and I am not sure that DHL and the like are worried and I think they will be doing something similar. We are doing container loads and usually for Multi National Corporations so they will do it all internally but it is still a multi-billion Euro headache for them anyways. We just do the customs movements ie export, import and Union Transit. We do not get involved much directly in Road Freight as Air Freight and Container movement is much more our thing, much cleaner, oh and a bit of trains these days which I think will grow and grow both from China and from EU Inland Clearance Depots and UK inland clearance depots. Devon police clocked an EU lorry doing 84 mph down Holden Hill on the A38, that is some kinetic energy.

BREXIT is now split milk but also a gift that keeps on giving in terms of a massive boost to turnover of international logistics companies and the employees, manna from heaven, or from British companies trying to export and EU companies importing in to the UK. Need to change the Octy next year but should be able to get a last vehicle without ISA. Ship has arrived in Bristol with over a thousand Long Range MG 5s so might try and get one of those or the next shipload.

I was definitely a Remainer and it is clear the Nissan in Sunderland, Toyota in Derby will make the cars to this spec and making the UK cars to this spec will add a bit of cost which will make for more expensive cars of course. Most EU safety things have been great ie mandatory ABS and seat belt wearing with all the warning when the driver or passenger are not wearing their seat belts, all good. I changed my mind about BREXIT when it started to feed so much extra revenue in to my company and our pay packets due to those thousands of extra customs entries ie full bonus this year and now a whole months extra salary in December, kind of won me over. We will see with this ISA stuff and hope much it might spoil driving but hopefully I will continue to have the option to use the motorcycle which, as with much of these regulations, takes several years more to usually get through to motorcycling. If driving on the road increasingly become dull until we eventually have autonomous cars well that is the way it is going, then having a bit of fun will have to go on the race track which is arguably where it should be anyways. Bike and car track days for fun, and then a respect for others bikers, car drivers, cyclist and pedestrians will happen due to the tech, inevitable. Maybe it might be set to limit plus 10% plus 2% like many speed cameras and then we can drive/set to drive at 79/80 mph on the motorways, Con government talked about doing this but again talk and no action. Hopefully it will not disrupt our distribution of Aston and Mclarens as they will be going to customers who will not be effected or have ways round.

Welcome to ISA - (intelligent speed assistance limiter) - UK to follow EU adoption on new cars. Like with the road tax changes will this make second hand cars more valuable ? At present looks motorcycles are excluded but suspect it is only a matter of time. Big Brother society ? Might people de-restrict saying they drive to Germany etc but it sounds like the system might be clever enough to upload the local speed limit at a country level, urban, country side etc by the sounds of it. Progress you are happy with ? What if one is doing an overtake and the system intercedes and put your life in danger ?

222 km real world tested range with an average speed of 120 kph. Not exactly close the car's quoted range of more like 360 kms. Car designers only achieving a drag coefficient of 0.288 is pretty poor. Mk 4 Octy is 0.24 as is the "normal" Ionic !!! Ionic 5 not a autobahn, autostrada, motorway car. 0.249[189] Škoda Octavia MkIV liftback 2020 0.24[190] Hyundai Ioniq 2016–Present 0.24[191] Kia Optima Hybrid 2016 0.24[c] Mercedes-Benz S 350 BlueTec[192] 2013 0.24[c] Mercedes-Benz C 220 BlueTec BlueEfficiency Sedan[193] 2014–Present 0.24 Tesla Model S[194] 2012 0.24 Toyota Prius[195] 2016 0.24 BMW i4 2021 0.236 Xpeng P7[196] 2020 0.23[197][c] Audi A4 2.0 TDI ultra (110 kW) 2015 0.23[198][c] Alfa Romeo Giulia Advanced Efficiency 2016 0.23[199][c] BMW 320d (G20) 2018 0.23[200] Tesla Model 3 2017 0.22[185] Porsche Taycan Turbo 2019 0.22[201][c] BMW 5 series (G30) 520d EfficientDynamics 2017 0.22[202][c] Mercedes-Benz CLA 180 BlueEfficiency Sedan 2013 0.212 (according to some sources: 1:5 model test)[203][204][205] Tatra T77A 1935[206] [207] [208] [209] 0.208 Tesla Model S[210] 2021

First article explains it quite well I think. The turbo engine must be a downsized version hence comparing the 1.2 TSI/TCE, the PSA 3 cylinder, Ford Ecoboost, usually 3 cylinder and not 4 but putting out up to 140 hp, then compare to a 2 litre NA engine and not the same capacity but compare similar HP. I find travelling just at the point where the maximum torque is ie just over 1500 rpm, which I feel is best exploited by auto gearboxes with 7,8, or 9 ratios. Also the brilliant double declutching in ECO mode ie both clutches are popped. Not sure I am up to the full engine shut down the latest VW cars do with just the reserve electrical system powering the power steering. A bit weird but something one get use to I suppose. All good for burning as little E10, E5 or diesel as possible.

Indeed two very distinct issues. Use of diesel vehicles in cities and the minute particulates ie the PMs 2.5, 10 that trigger lung problems and the CO2 which is causing climate change which diesels were generally quite good at lower figures than petrol vehicles and the dip in diesel sales has actually seen average vehicle CO2 go up. I am probably not a typical driver but it is good to hear my brother talk of his transition to from diesel SUV to mild hybrid turbo-petrol and his consistently mentions he is now getting better mpg out of the mild hybrid than he was on the diesel and not just on those sub 10 km trips but the long ones too. There is hope. The recalibration of CO2 and mpg under WLTP seems to have confused and depressed many. I am impressed what either of my cars do on my recent trips from Worcestershire to Oxford airport when taking the beautiful A roads rather than zooming round the motorway which can be 5 minutes faster but is nearly 20 miles further. MPG on the Fabia 3 1.4 diesel is showing 75 mpg and the Octy 3 1.4 TSI DSG 60 mpgs, wow ! Might even make some money at 45 pence per mile tax allowance. No towns driven though so not really polluting many people to but would love to be doing such journeys in an EV. Due to fill up the petrol car soon so will try and see how the E10 works out. Expect I will try and use Momentum 1 in 4 tankfuls.

India has been adopting Euro 6 level emission law a quite a rate and they are similar to Euro 6 for new 4 wheeled cars. Problems is with so many 3 wheelers and motorcycles which are back at Euro 4 level or even the dreaded, although fondly remembered by me, 2 stokes of course. Delhi and Mumbai are mega cities more than twice the size of London so have their problems and whilst India is growing economically about one and half times faster than China, ie nearly 10% rather than 6%, it has a long way to go its GDP per capita is still only just over $2,000 so still a very poor to China near $9,000 ie no longer a "Developing country" not that it gets preference in many trade deals. If this cars, even if Natural Aspirated, are EUR 6 equivalent and replacing some polluting Tuk-tuk that has got to be good. UK still has nearly a million Euro 5 and below polluting vehicles, which is still a significant percentage of the UK registered numbered so we have plenty to do ourselves. Birmingham clean air zone now been running over a month, even the 65 plate diesel Fabia is not charged thankfully. Clean Air Zone Daily charge Zone live Map Exemptions Bath No Charge Now Zone boundary Bath and North East Somerset Council Birmingham No Charge Now Zone boundary Birmingham City Council Portsmouth No Charge Late 2021 Zone boundary Portsmouth City Council Be interesting to see air quality improves https://aqicn.org/city/birmingham/ and we see a drop in that near 1,000 deaths a year in Brum from air pollution. E10 suppose to help CO2 by about 2% https://fleetworld.co.uk/e10-could-address-air-pollution-and-fuel-duty-concerns-in-short-term-appg-report-finds/

Mostly pretty bad........https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/ (SMMT data) MG, Suzuki and Volvo seem to be done quite well, most other brands bad times. Mazda 2,252 1.83 2,805 1.60 -19.71 Mercedes-Benz 6,786 5.50 10,254 5.86 -33.82 MG 2,411 1.96 1,846 1.06 30.61 MINI 3,136 2.54 4,442 2.54 -29.40 Mitsubishi 451 0.37 929 0.53 -51.45 Nissan 3,855 3.13 6,575 3.76 -41.37 Peugeot 2,602 2.11 6,392 3.65 -59.29 Polestar 309 0.25 8 0.00 3,762.50 Porsche 1,149 0.93 2,295 1.31 -49.93 Renault 1,304 1.06 6,598 3.77 -80.24 SEAT 4,352 3.53 5,357 3.06 -18.76 Skoda 5,196 4.21 6,121 3.50 -15.11 smart 114 0.09 168 0.10 -32.14 Ssangyong 103 0.08 172 0.10 -40.12 Subaru 135 0.11 60 0.03 125.00 Suzuki 2,307 1.87 1,877 1.07 22.91 Toyota 9,160 7.43 9,899 5.66 -7.47 Vauxhall 4,952 4.02 9,771 5.59 -49.32 Volkswagen 12,454 10.10 15,617 8.93 -20.25 Volvo 3,994 3.24 3,958 2.26 0.91

Sadly we have not the roads, or rather laws and police enforcement, to properly fully use our cars. I have the 110 Kw version of the 1.4 TSI Octy 3 and it should be able to show well over 225 kph on the speedo on a good quite bit of motorway. Had an Octy 2 petrols vrs with the 147 kw unit and that was still puling like a train with 240 kph on the speedo. The Octy is a wonderful stable and aerodynamic platform no wonder it was chosen and achieved the sub 2 litre Land Speed at 367 kph. New mark 4 Octy, with its incredible Aero drag coefficient of 0.24 will help it sip fuel whether it is E10 or E5.

Not sure I would want to try and join an unrestricted part of the Autobahn with less than much 100 kWs. Usually travelling in a A6 or Golf. The manager in the Frankfurt office changed to Skoda K something and oh my God it did feel far less safe changing lanes at 200-220 kph. Mind you this guy did quite well in a 66 kw mk 3 fabia same as one my cars, respect. 3:20 in on this wierd video. Figure is on the speedo and not GPS but would have thought it is a good 190 kph. Diesel, I presume, is still dinosaur juice rather than plant extract so not running in to these lowering of spec issues ?

You mean Lexus who have less than 1% of the UK market and have declined 15% since last year. You may have spotted the reason for the failure ! Why are people not buying new cars I wonder ? This year looks even worse than last and I thought we were all getting back to driving. Is the chip shortage killing new sales that much ? JULY % Change MARQUE 2021 % Market share 2020 % Market share Abarth 270 0.22 213 0.12 26.76 Alfa Romeo 114 0.09 185 0.11 -38.38 Alpine 9 0.01 10 0.01 -10.00 Audi 10,184 8.26 12,017 6.87 -15.25 Bentley 103 0.08 158 0.09 -34.81 BMW 7,863 6.38 11,446 6.54 -31.30 Citroen 1,858 1.51 3,330 1.90 -44.20 Cupra 593 0.48 0 0.00 0.00 Dacia 1,688 1.37 2,558 1.46 -34.01 DS 235 0.19 228 0.13 3.07 Fiat 1,613 1.31 1,949 1.11 -17.24 Ford 8,567 6.95 18,814 10.76 -54.46 Genesis 27 0.02 0 0.00 0.00 Honda 2,837 2.30 3,322 1.90 -14.60 Hyundai 5,959 4.83 5,425 3.10 9.84 Jaguar 1,288 1.04 2,746 1.57 -53.10 Jeep 517 0.42 555 0.32 -6.85 Kia 7,829 6.35 9,110 5.21 -14.06 Land Rover 3,240 2.63 5,730 3.28 -43.46 Lexus 1,114 0.90 1,309 0.75 -14.90

The top of the Range Aygo is well spec'd and has some good safety bits on it, still would rather have a Sandero TCE 0.9 and several thousands in the bank. The Corsa is currently the best selling car in the UK and is available with a 75 hp NA engine and some turbo petrol and diesel Parker's neatly sum up my experience with these NA town cars. And as we try and keep to the thread it does sound like these types of cars are going to find it tougher with the lower calorific E10 fuel. https://www.parkers.co.uk/car-buying/2019/which-vauxhall-corsa-is-right-for-me/ =========================================================================================================================================================== Which Corsa engine is right for me? At launch, the Vauxhall Corsa is offered with a choice of four different powertrains. These are: 75hp 1.2-litre non-turbocharged petrol, paired to a five-speed manual gearbox 100hp 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol, paired to either a six-speed manual gearbox or an eight-speed automatic gearbox 102hp 1.5-litre diesel, paired to a six-speed manual gearbox 136hp electric motor with a single-speed automatic transmission Which of these is best for you depends totally on the kind of driving you do. We’d recommend the 75hp 1.2-litre unit only for those who spend the vast majority of their time in towns and cities and rarely venture onto faster roads. Alternatively, it could be a good low-cost option for younger drivers looking to minimise their insurance costs. Its power deficit means it’s not particularly relaxed on fast A-roads and motorways, and there’s little in reserve if you need to overtake. In addition, the five-speed gearbox leaves the engine revving loudly at high speeds. We think the best petrol choice for most drivers is the 100hp unit. It’s still peppy around town but much more relaxed on the motorway, and the six-speed manual gearbox is useful for refinement. It’s also likely that this engine will return better real-world fuel economy, as it doesn’t need to be worked as hard as the 75hp model. =================================================================================================================================================================