Anyone know any more about these yet?Understand fabia sport is to be vrs lookalike with something not so potent under the bonnet 100 bhp 1.4 16v??. Was an octavia sport mentioned or just L&K version? sure someone else mentioned new octavia using existing 1.8t badged as sport to tide us over till the monster arrives(225bhp pleeeeeeease ) January is not far away and skoda seem to be playing their cards close to their chest!(I know vrs is dec2005).

Fabia Sport...75bhp 1.4 16v

Octavia Sport...148bhp? 2.0 FSi (normally aspirated)

1.8T is not in the A5 Octavia as it doesnt meet emission regs, hence the move tot he 2.0 16v FSi and FSi turbo.

Oct Sport will also be available in 2.0Tdi. DSG or manual.

Cant see the Fabia Sport being very sporty with a 75 bhp engine under the bonnet. Even my old Micra Sport had more power than that, and it was MUCH lighter.

Octavia Sport is to have full body kit, sports suspension and Pegasus alloys so will be interesting to see what that looks like. Engines are 2.0 FSi or 105TDi only.

Thats a shame.

A 2.0 TDI octy sport would be a tempting alternative to an Elegance

I'm very interested in Ocavia sport! when is it available and at what cost?

Also is it a new trim or just one of the existing trims with a few extras thrown in?

Any info would be greatly appreciated as I've first refusal on my dealers 1st 2.0TDi Elegance Estate and want to make sure i make the right choice.

Octavia Sport is to have full body kit, sports suspension and Pegasus alloys so will be interesting to see what that looks like. Engines are 2.0 FSi or 105TDi only.

Thats lame, it should definitely have the 2.0 TDI option...

Wouldn't the non-vRS diesel outperform a 1.4 petrol ? (the pd100, that is)?

Doesn't really make a lot of sense to me to call something Sport when it's gonna have to be worked real hard. Still, if that 1.4 can rev to 7000rpm it may be great fun to drive, dunno really

Personally I'm surprised they didn't go for something like this:

* Faster top-end Furby with further uprated brakes, suspension (read: equivalent to Octi brakes, Seat struts & intake perhaps, slightly more tuned engine, say 10..20% more power) - call this the Furby vRS

* Introduce slightly detuned version of existing Furby vRS and call that Sport

That Octi should be pretty awesome. Perhaps they could also consider a TD version that's similar to the Furby vRS, I'm sure there is a market for that too

A PD100 furby sport with most of the styling and toys of the VRS , then change the VRS to a PD150

A PD100 furby sport with most of the styling and toys of the VRS , then change the VRS to a PD150

Only thing is, if they did that they would **** a lot of people off since it would destroy the residuals of all the existing models, and I dont think they'd want to risk that...

Didn't the performance Ibiza start off as a 130 then 150 and 160?

Cant see the Fabia Sport being very sporty with a 75 bhp engine under the bonnet. Even my old Micra Sport had more power than that, and it was MUCH lighter.

I think it's just a badging/body-kit exercise - I don't think it's actually meant to be a performance car...

Kind of like the Fabia vRS.

Rob.

Debate it all you want... its a Marketing tool.. like (golf) GTI or SRI

Vauxhall deliberately price their "sri" spec astra and vectra in the mainstream close to the respective Ford LX models.. so your average rep thinks "ooo... i can have a mundano LX or a Sporty vectra SRI" humm... what should i get??

and i doubt the fabia sport will look like the RS. it wouldnt be effective unless it was 5k cheaper. :thumbdwn:

Wouldn't the non-vRS diesel outperform a 1.4 petrol ? (the pd100, that is)?

It certainly would I'm pretty sure that the 1.4 TDi would give it a run for its money too At the end of the day, it's just a marketing exercise to offer people a sporty looking car who can't afford to buy or insure a vRS.

Chris

I think it's just a badging/body-kit exercise - I don't think it's actually meant to be a performance car...

Kind of like the Fabia vRS.

LOL aye, thats why I took my badges off, didnt want to have delusions of grandeur

Now I just pretend its an SDI :P

Didn't the performance Ibiza start off as a 130 then 150 and 160?

The sporty Ibiza started off as a 130 sport with the same underneath as a Fabia vRS but still looking like a std Ibiza (much like the Polo GT), They then replaced it with the Ibiza FR in petrol and diesel engines which in diesel guise is the pd130 and has new bumpers and so on. Above the FR trim is now the Cupra again in petrol and diesel, and in diesel guise pushes out 160bhp due to a large front mount intercooler and intake and a different ECU map IIRC.

Yeah, but Seat have also had a sub brand re structure.

The Ibiza pd130 was just a quick top of the range - never meant to be seen as a hot hatch. Then FR rplaced the old 'cupra' because the cupra batch could no longer be applied to sporty Seats that have not been developed by Cupra.

The current Cupra 160 was always on the cards - no one ever tried to say that the 130 was even a pretender.

Thats why Skoda can't now change the vRS - they have made their bed with the pd130 and they (us) will have to live with it.

Talking of residuals - a friend in the trade told me that the little black book does not hold a value for 04 Furbies because they are holding their value so well. To be priced according to circumstances that means app!! Even 53's like mine are still prefroming brilliantly. First car I have ever bought that isn't a chronic depreciator

Thats lame, it should definitely have the 2.0 TDI option...

Don't worry definitely 2.0Tdi not 1.9.

Octavia Sport

Based on Ambiente, 2.0 FSI, 2.0 TDI, 2.0 TDI DSG

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