Had one of these as a hire car for a couple days..

Good points

+ Love the vRS 3 spoke leather wheel, feels so nice

+ Same seats as the Fabia Sport

+ Nice spec (15" alloys and sunset glass)

+ Great economy (61MPG combined claimed!)

Bad points

- Engine's got no go at all until the turbo kicks in

- Remote locking key is not the cool flick key

- Clutch is very very light, although you kinda get used to it (my Octy's felt really heavy for the first few miles after)

Would love to try a Fabia 1.2 Sport as it's got the aboce plus some nice extra touches such as body coloured mirrors/door handles, chrome pack, cd autochanger and the flick key (I think?)

Some pics:

Looks great, would definately consider one if I ever needed an Estate.

It's a shame there isn't a Fabia vRS estate.

I'd have one, although I'd have to buy a small dog to convince the W.O.

Apparantly the seats are the same as the vRS's only in a stay clean colour!

You could fit the vRS front bumper & i'm sure with some modifications the vRS rear bumper would fit, a quick PD130 engine swap and hey presto!

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Either that or just get the 1.9TDi 100 bhp version and fit PD130/150 injectors and a hybrid turbo and you'd see the darkside of 180 bhp

Thats a great looking interior , its a pity you cant get the new sport trim with the 1.4 16V 100ps engine tho , that would be a cracking junior vRS!

Edited to say - how come it hasnt got a flick key , I thought all Skodas got them , as my Fabia came with them , and that was in 2000!

Thats a great looking interior ' date=' its a pity you cant get the new sport trim with the 1.4 16V 100ps engine tho , that would be a cracking junior vRS!

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Surely a junior vRS would be the 1.9 TDi 100PS?

Surely a junior vRS would be the 1.9 TDi 100PS?

Prodlem with that is that the engine is basically the same as the vRS and costs about