Or a 150 bhp diesel with box options for £18500-£19000, not much more than the MK2's old selling price.

 

Or as the old mk1, stretch the current 1.6 diesel to the 130 bhp level - not a major upgrade to this unit.

Edited 11 October, 201411 yr by vrskeith

Using the latest engines, 150 should be enough?

Not sure if be interested in a Fabia that's 30 brake down on the current vRS. Would be sloooow :-(

I would be fine with a 150 Diesel, and if I ever got bored with its lack of legs, Shark are getting just shy of 200 brake out of them so there is always a route to woohoo!

who would really want a diesel manual.  I honestly can;t think of anything worse.  I keep hearing people saying they want the purist manual box but then they want to couple it with a non purist diesel.

 

The sad fact is you can go faster with a DSG, admittedly in manual mode but what benefit a diesel gives over a petrol in drive-ability i fail to see.  The torque figures of the new 1.8tsi petrol are more thna enough, coupled wit a proper rev range and a 7 speed box the only benfit a diesel may give is extreme fuel economy.  But with the quoted combined of 52mpg on the new polo 1.8tsi how tight do you really need to be to want a diesel.  

 

I think quick diesels have been fun in the past, but the new batch of petrols are so good now they have become the focus of engine designers again ( previously the majority of engine money was spent on Developing diesel) that going forward the diesels will drop back to the tight ass low power models as apposed to there being two high end models.

 

So lets hope 1.8Tsi in DSG with the option of manual for those luddites who think they are purists ( but if they were they wouldn't be buying a skoda in the first place).

 

In fact the more i think of it i don;t think VW will let Skoda have amanual option on the VRs, if you think about it sensbly they will say that by making the VRs DSG only it will make the Polo Gti look more like the supposed Driver's car..........  so yep thats my bet, 1.8Tsi DSG only Fabia .  If it does i'm in as long as i can get it in Brown

The vote on this topic is a bit like the eu vote,it won't allow me to vote either.is milliband or Cameron running this vote.

VW are going to make a 268bhp diesel 2.0 four-cylinder engine.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/volkswagen-reveals-new-268bhp-diesel-engine

 

That would make an interesting Fabia vRS.

If it looked like this then yes!!!

No more Skoda's for me. They make nothing interesting and the personal touch is going now. Although this applies to all manufacturers now as I found when getting parts in a Peugeot dealer this week. The fact I was trying to get parts for a slightly different model of Peugeot blew their minds! I still remember the days when some dealers had enthusiastic salesmen and parts people who knew the product and probably owned a nice example themselves.

The Monte Carlo trim level IMO is a farce, given it should be about rallying. I want something with wide carches, wide track and a powerful turbo engine. The new Octavia vRS I barely hear about. The Mk2 was so good, before and after the facelift it just seems the Mk3 is too bloated, not a big enough step on and is too expensive when compared to rivals, even ones withing the VAG group. Skoda have lost what I liked about them. It's a shame. 

If it looked like this then yes!!!

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That looks pretty decent. Fingers crossed a Skoda sort this lack of vRS issue.

No more Skoda's for me. They make nothing interesting and the personal touch is going now. Although this applies to all manufacturers now as I found when getting parts in a Peugeot dealer this week. The fact I was trying to get parts for a slightly different model of Peugeot blew their minds! I still remember the days when some dealers had enthusiastic salesmen and parts people who knew the product and probably owned a nice example themselves.

The Monte Carlo trim level IMO is a farce, given it should be about rallying. I want something with wide carches, wide track and a powerful turbo engine. The new Octavia vRS I barely hear about. The Mk2 was so good, before and after the facelift it just seems the Mk3 is too bloated, not a big enough step on and is too expensive when compared to rivals, even ones withing the VAG group. Skoda have lost what I liked about them. It's a shame.

I feels the same, the prices have gone silly and nothing out to tempt me at the moment.

I  don't entirely understand the worry about Skoda pinching VW and Audi sales. Is the money not all ending up in the same place? I can imagine some people cross-shopping a Skoda and VW, or a VW and an Audi, but a Skoda and an Audi?

 

It's the same mentality affecting Skoda Australia, which is especially handicapped as VW Australia calls the shots. Skoda needs to concentrate on its niche, and pinching customers from other marques' comparable models/price ranges.

 

Back on topic, talk of AWD etc is just being silly. For me, turbo 1.6 would seem to be the way to go, with a choice of manual and DSG transmissions. Diesel as well, if enough people pine for it, though I'd imagine the newer perol engines would have improved efficiency (at what cost of reliability??)

 

I revisted this as I was taking a good look around at future cars.

What I find perverse of how VW find it okay to continue plowing money into say, the Polo GTI.

Now please go to howmanyleft.co.uk and look how few of those they have sold

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=polo+gti

 

Having then read the thread above was perfect in summing it up - well you might not get any money, what is worth VW, selling a car or none at all ? Well done alienating previous buyers Mr Vahland, and I can't be the only one thinking this when it comes to buying next cars (and I've bought 2 new Skodas in the last 10 years or so).

 

My next car MIGHT be an Octy petrol vRS.....however it standard an equal or greater chance instead a Toyota GT86 or Nissan 370Z or something with the now absent Fabia vRS platform.....as this is really my ideal platform for purchase of the fabia/rapid size NOT a huge Octy.

Audi A1 192 all still hush hush , until Polo GTI gets selling, so who knows perhaps a Fabia mk3 192 when the time is right and additional sales needed along with a Seat no doubt.

To answer the poll question.. would you..? 

 

No.

To answer the poll question.. would you..? 

 

No.

Me neither.

Hi Skoda Owners,

A Fabia Vrs Mk 3 maybe not. Let me explain my reasons with VED going through the roof for new cars in 2017 and doing very low mileage which really eliminates a diesel for us with the partical filter problem. Also Insurance would increase and fuel consumption if petrol driven. We decided that after two red Mk 1 Fabia Vrs's (the first Left hooker) we could live with a lighter and slightly less bhp Fabia 3 TSI 110 which we have done and am pretty pleased with it. Would be nice to have a little more oomph maybe a German management kit later on. For those Mk 2 Vrs owners looking to change it might be a bit of a blow. A 135 bhp is possible out of the 1.2 110 engine and not much fuel penalties if driven sensibly.

I would be very interested by a Fabia Mk3 Combi vRS (1.8 TSI 180 DSG ?) to replace my actual Mk2 hatch vRS ...

 

Even a "Sport" with the 1.4 tsi 150 hp would be nice.

 

I'll have to try but I think the 1.2 tsi 110 is definitly not enough ...

I would be very interested by a Fabia Mk3 Combi vRS (1.8 TSI 180 DSG ?) to replace my actual Mk2 hatch vRS ...

 

Even a "Sport" with the 1.4 tsi 150 hp would be nice.

 

I'll have to try but I think the 1.2 tsi 110 is definitly not enough ...

 

Have to agree here! 110PS Is a poor show for a so called 'Sporty' Fabia.

I'd buy one but it would have to b at least 200bhp

They will have a 'sporty' model at some point. It's typical of all car manufacturers to release the sportier model later than the baseline models..

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Edited 15 August, 201510 yr by Purch123

So the CEO of Skoda Dr Winfried Vahland has been replaced and he has gone to some other part of the Volkswagen Group.

 

It probably makes no difference to there being a Hot version of the 3rd generation Fabia, 

but fingers crossed that VW need to improve the range of Petrol engine cars in the near future and use the Sporting Heritage and Success of Skoda while doing it.

Not just call car trim levels Monte Carlo and that is as Sporty as it goes.

 

http://blogs.praguepost.com/49954-skoda-announces-new-4x4-octavia-rs-diesel-model

Any changes of mind about buying if a TDI?  (until/if emissions get sorted)

 

The very clever 192hp 1.8 TSI, with both direct and indirect injection to further reduce emission is such a logical choice for VAG to put in a Fab3VRS.

 

Perhaps they will do so now the VW brand is damaged it might be more likely to get it out as a Fabia VRS rather than a Polo GTI??

Happy with my Monte Carlo estate order but I would be so disappointed if a VRS version came out. So for that reason out of spite I hope it doesn't. :p

Any changes of mind about buying if a TDI?  (until/if emissions get sorted)

 

The very clever 192hp 1.8 TSI, with both direct and indirect injection to further reduce emission is such a logical choice for VAG to put in a Fab3VRS.

 

Perhaps they will do so now the VW brand is damaged it might be more likely to get it out as a Fabia VRS rather than a Polo GTI??

VW have got enough on their plate at the minute to start thinking of building a relatively low volume selling halo model to compete with their very own slow selling Polo GTI.

The Volkswagen Group might just need to use Petrol Engines they have that are also slow sellers in VW's, Audis & Seats and get them into 

Skoda Fabias that are not exactly proving to be a big seller in the scheme of things.

 

The VW/Audi 1.4TSI / TFSI ACT / COD 150ps or the 1.8TSI is readily available to go into the 3rd Generation Fabia Hatch & Estate.

It is not as though the revised platform can not readily take that engine and the suspension and braking can be uprated easily enough.

 

I suppose it will all depend on if VW Petrol Engines get dragged into the emissions scandal and if they are as Green as they are supposed to be.