My mother has just taken delivery of her brand spanking Fabia 1.2 TSI DSG.

I went over to have a look at and noticed that Skoda have fitted exactly the same front braking system as my Octy VRS! Surely this is a bit OTT as I think the brakes on my car are amazing!

On a different note tho, and I know slightly not relevant here, what a cracking engine that is coupled together with the DSG!

i doubt the fabias got 312mm's on the front dont even think the mk2 fab vrs has got 312's

Prob the same caliper but with a smaller disc..?

I would expect the economies of scale at VAG when they fit the same caliper to x-million vehicles means a greater saving vs. fitting each car with a "specific" part.

I have to say the setup looked identical, and when you have a look the disc looks massive behind the front wheels on the Fabia.

The caliper is definately identical though, although not painted red

The vRS comes with 288mm, not exactly the same caliper but both made by ATE.