Fabia RS or Octavia 1.8 TSI tuned

[vanillasky]

Hi, I am posting this question in both the Fabia and the Octavia Forum to get some balanced responses.

I am from Thailand and there is no Octavia RS, but I could get the Fabia RS or an Octavia 1.8 tSI tuned by MTM to 200hp. Price wise they are about 5,000 Euro different (it might come as a shock, but the Fabia RS is sold here for about 35,000 Euro and the Octavia 40,000 - all car prices here in Thailand are about double from Europe :(.....)

Not sure which one to go for, is a 1.8 TSI tuned good fun as well?

Don't really need the space of the Octavia, but would like a good driving car. Octavia surely has the better looking interior!

any comments or suggestions from those who have owned or driven both?

many thanks

[seboni121]

Depends on your needs, size of car and use fabia is a little tardis if you pay twice as much can you not import your self from europland

[Ad Lav]

Will the 160 bhp Octavia go to 200 bhp with just a map? or map, exhaust, filter etc?

The Fabia vRS will map to 210 bhp with just a map.

My parents have the 1.8TFSI in their Yeti, lovely smooth engine.