Actual real pictures of an undisguised fabia III

[sharkrider]

 

[sharkrider]

excuse my bad spelling, I'm ill :( (thats my excuse)

[Fabia00]

Hmmm not overly keen on that looks like they bolted the headlights off the new octavia and the grill off the rapid on to the general shape of fabia II. Maybe that colour is not helping either doesn't suit the shape. 

[Ootohere]

Sharkrider, hope you feel better soon.

 

Well that car is a bit of a 'Munter' IMO.

Not 'Squat & Emotional',

like the CEO of Skoda said, just looks a bit **** and would bring a tear to a glass eye.

 

Sooner it officially has a name & Skoda says they are all systems go,

and it has it's own Briskoda Forum Section the better.

[sharkrider]

I agree with you both... looks like a small rapid basically.... a mish mash of current skoda parts... not sporty at all... still too tall, blagh blagh...

[Ootohere]

We need to wait for the Sporty one inspired by the Championship winning Fabia Rally car.   

 

up to 104.3 bhp,

with 'Full Connectivity' to appeal to the Youth market.

 

All ready to connect to BEBO and other hip Social Networks,  Dr Winfried Vahland is right down with the kids.

[Big Sheep]

Much prefer the look of my mk2 green machine. The proportions and styling of the mk3 are not as good IMO (that's being polite). Will probably be going back to Ford in the future. If only the Skoda marketing and customer care people took more notice of us......

[Furbytom]

Not keen on that -looks like a dull boring box imho.

Hope it drives better than it looks!

[Ootohere]

This Journalist seems to have been having his plonker pulled.

Or as usual something was lost in the translation.

(it does have something in common with a Rallying S2000, they are showing cars with Green Metallic Paint.)

 

http://caradvice.com.au/268352/skoda-fabia-replacement-concept-model-to-debut-at-geneva

 

Autocar did publish an article, saying what he quotes,

then it disappeared as Autocar pulled it.

[Ally_bassman]

More reason to keep my MK2......

[the mad monk]

disappointing to say the least

[vxh26]

I'm sure the Estate will look wonderful

[Taylor93]

To me it looks like a Rapid who is dragging its backside along the floor like a dog.

[Beard]

Mk1 vRS still reigns supreme in the looks department! Or maybe I'm just biased 

[BossFox]

The looks get worse with every new generation! :peek:

 

What a boring copy cat piece of duplicated Rapid/Octy metal and plastic.

Have Skoda's styling house gone to sleep or are they now copying Audi?

[Official Ferris]

I like! Looks more like the mk1 than the mk2 did. If only they would just make a vRS...

[Toxicvrs]

Just looks like like a rapid space back that's been distorted with heat!

[stratosg]

Hmmm not overly keen on that looks like they bolted the headlights off the new octavia and the grill off the rapid on to the general shape of fabia II. Maybe that colour is not helping either doesn't suit the shape. 

 

 

I agree with you both... looks like a small rapid basically.... a mish mash of current skoda parts... not sporty at all... still too tall, blagh blagh...

 

It seems to me like a chopped Rapid

 

I'm sure the Estate will look wonderful

 

I agree, and her name will be Rapid maybe?

[Dr Zoidberg]

I don't dislike it but it's just dull.

[BossFox]

I don't dislike it but it's just dull.

 

Maybe that's the target market?

[Toxicvrs]

Maybe that's the target market?

That's what I'd say as well as if they had wanted to bring the other kind of targets in they'd have made a vRS

[Dr Zoidberg]

Maybe that's the target market?

Yep. For yeti owners wanting to downsize

[stratosg]

It also reminds me this at the rear...

Gee, I hope it will look better in flesh than what it looks in the photos

 

 

----- Later Edit -----

 

I think I hate the new universal look of the Skoda cars. That kind of obedience to MQB platform (or how else they call it) it reminds me the times in Army where everything was brown-green without any own personality and only carrying badges on the lapel.

Edited 17 June, 2014 by stratosg

[BossFox]

Yep. For yeti owners wanting to downsize

 

Funny thing is a lot of existing Yeti owners like the fact it's disctinctive.

I know I do and there is no way I'd buy a facelift one.

 

Overall I'm feeling a bit annoyed, because the way Skoda are going there soon won't be anything left that doesn't look a bit like everything else. :(

I like cars that are a bit unusual.

[Outofthi5world]

God that looks dull! They'd have to alter that dramatically before I'd be tempted by it. How much longer is an Octy? Will that fit up the drive? Or will I end up with a Seat?