I'll have a blue estate with black roof and wheels and a dog guard

Best get on the case of the misses when she's home, I think it looks good but will need lowering

Well it's actually less than I thought it was going to be. Turns out the new Fabia vRS is.....

£15,700

The estate is a little more obviously and comes out at £16,495. Both variants are excluded from the VAT offer but still compared to the Ibiza/Polo it seems good value and the performance figures are pretty good 180bhp @ 6,200rpm and 250Nm @ 2,000-4,500rpm combined with 7 speed DSG should make it a little rocket.

Paddles are standard! Also standard is MDI, 17" alloys, curtain airbags, ESP, XDS, hill hold control, LED foglights with DRL function, maxi-dot, sunset glass, TPM amongst other things...

Ordering is available from now. So, who's going to be the brave one and order one without seeing/test driving?

You get the usual silver alloys standard but you can opt for dark chrome, black or white alloys as a factory option.

The colours available are:-

Rallye Green Metallic

Race Blue Metallic

Black Magic Pearl Effect

Brilliant Silver Metallic

Sprint Yellow

Corrida Red

Candy White

You can order a black roof as a factory option on the Rallye Green, Brilliant Silver, Sprint Yellow, Corrida Red and Candy White. You can have a white roof on the Green, Blue or Black models.

CO2 figures are 148g/km for both hatch and estate, which put the car into band F meaning RFL is £125 and there is no additional showroom tax on this vehicle.

MPG figures are:

-Urban 36.7

-Extra-Urban 54.3

-Combined 45.6

Performance-

0-62MPH tackled in 7.3 seconds

Top speed is 139mph for the hatch and 140mph for the estate.

Excuse me for being thick ,but, does that mean we have to pay VAT on top?! i.e true price £18448

Edited 17 May, 201016 yr by bingo765

Options list please

I'll have a blue estate with black roof and wheels and a dog guard

Best get on the case of the misses when she's home, I think it looks good but will need lowering

shame the combi doesn't have the option to have a different coloured lift though! :(

What!

Meh, will just have to take it to the bodyshop... or leave it alone!

So would you be happier if the price was £19k but they did a national campaign where it was only £15,700?

The price could always be better but the factory in CZ isn't a charity obviously they need to make money and I suspect they spent a fair bit engineering and designing the new vRS. I personally don't think the asking price is bad at all. I was just comparing it to the Alfa Romeo MiTo Cloverleaf, as some of you know Allams are a dual franchise between Skoda and Alfa. The vRS is just over £2k cheaper than the Cloverleaf and has more space and 2 extra doors. It's also faster and better equiped, also it's got the DSG gearbox which is usually a £1,100 option or so. As far as the drive goes I don't know, I suspect it will be rather good, the Octavia handles well and the Octavia vRS handles very well so I am hoping to be impressed with the Fabia. It isn't the most beautiful car in th world but it looks a bit different to the usual plastic hot hatches.

I'm looking forward to trying it out!

Well I suppose you're sat at the other side of the desk!

I still dont understand why a manual box wasn't possible. It would have offset the £800 that will be needed for a decent paint job with a few hundred to spare.

Price is competitive IMO, compared to the competition. I'm not a massive fan of the looks and the lack of gearbox choice, but I'll certainly try it out when I get chance.

I'd be after the next size up though next time really; so even if I was spending 16k on something, this wouldn't be it

Cheers,

Steve

Excuse me for being thick ,but, does that mean we have to pay VAT on top?! i.e true price £18448

Prices seem to be confirmed here

http://www.carsuk.net/skoda-fabia-vrs-skoda-fabia-vrs-estate-uk-price-detail/

Prices seem to be confirmed here

http://www.carsuk.net/skoda-fabia-vrs-skoda-fabia-vrs-estate-uk-price-detail/

seen polo gti earlier and tbh id rather have the fabia vrs cos the spec looks good imo

Brochure is now on the Skoda UK site here: http://www.skoda.co.uk/pdf/brochure_fabia_vrs.pdf

I think I may have one!

Brochure is now on the Skoda UK site here: http://www.skoda.co.uk/pdf/brochure_fabia_vrs.pdf

I think I may have one!

I'll take a brochure as well please if you're passing

Just been told there's only going to be 8 VRS per dealer for the year! Deposit asap...

Price is competative, or will be if the 'net brokers discount it like they do all the others, otherwise it is the same price as an octy.

I will probably take a test drivejust to have a play, but it will have to be seriously good to get me over the interior, and out of even the Mk1 Octy.

Just been told there's only going to be 8 VRS per dealer for the year! Deposit asap...

what a load of tosh, how can they only allow 8 customers per dealer buy

found this on the CZ accessories brochure, a yellow combi with the sport styling pack! mmm

Fabia_Accessories_ENG.tiff

She wants a green one lol

"Cracking fun to drive": http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/Skoda-Fabia-1.4-TSI-180-vRS/249751/

so you take away the white seats and then its understated ha! I thought auto express were going to have a review too but they seem to have forgotten :(

still expensive compared to the old vrs when new. £11,900 vs £15700, fuel consumption is a lot worse than the 1.9tdi and considering today's fuel prices...insurance i doubt it will be less than the old vrs

The estate is a little more obviously and comes out at £16,495. Both variants are excluded from the VAT offer but still compared to the Ibiza/Polo it seems good value and the performance figures are pretty good 180bhp @ 6,200rpm and 250Nm @ 2,000-4,500rpm combined with 7 speed DSG should make it a little rocket.

the octava II vrs is on VAT offer and fabia II vrs is not, so making the Fabia II vrs even more expensive as the octava II vrs is only about £1000 more than fabia II vrs hatchback and about the same price as a Fabia II vrs estate after the offer.

Edited 17 May, 201016 yr by fabia55

There is no doubt this will be a great car, but am thinking the same do you have to add the vat on top of the £15.700. My other concern is there is some cracking fun little cars that are for sale that some may argue to be better. Case in point Im in two frames of mind of getting a hot hatch, we are spoilt for choice at the moment and my concern is from a "drivers" point of view so ignoring practicality for one moment. I am a big fan of the little Twingo RS Cup and they start off under £11k with out discount. My frame of mind is... Is the fabia worth the extra £4.7k.... Or if I wanted a boosted engine. The little 500 Abarth comes in at £13.500 again is the extra £2.2k worth it. Its very hard to say, but then I guess its horses for courses. But I have no doubt it will be a wonderful car!

The little 500 Abarth comes in at £13.500 again is the extra £2.2k worth it. Its very hard to say, but then I guess its horses for courses. But I have no doubt it will be a wonderful car!

but you're not really comparing like for like, the fiat 500 is a little hot city hatch, the fabia is a 5 door spacious, big enough for a family , seat 4 adults in comfort hot hatch. the grande punto is in the same class/size though

£16500? More expensive than an Octavia vRS? They're having a giraffe!

And it still looks like Big Ears is your best mate!

but you're not really comparing like for like, the fiat 500 is a little hot city hatch, the fabia is a 5 door spacious, big enough for a family , seat 4 adults in comfort hot hatch. the grande punto is in the same class/size though

I said from a "DRIVERS" point, taking away "PRACTICALLITY" so extra doors, space and big boot etc....

I said from a "DRIVERS" point, taking away "PRACTICALLITY" so extra doors, space and big boot etc....

Ford Verve ST?

edit: I think it's around £13.5K in autocar magazine, so almost fabia size and if it live up to Ford's reputation forgood driving..

Edited 17 May, 201016 yr by fabia55