This is my 3rd Skoda, 1.2 Fabia petrol,  after having 2 Diesel Octavias . No too impressed so far 

Hi, welcome to the community.

 

what about the fabia isn’t impressing you much?

 

 

Mainly the MPG and notchy gearbox , show it a hill and it has to change down all the time .

Aye the lack of torque was high on my list after diesels.

 

when I switched to the citigo, first sub 90ho car for 20years it was quite a surprise on big hills. Lots of keeping on top of power & revs.

 

wifes 1.0litre focus much the same, but oddly maybe better in time than the previous 1.6d she had. 
 

Time as they say.

 

 

 

re mpg, that I don’t know with the fabia 1.2. Might be in part driving it like a diesel and adjusting… or something else more mechanical.

 

it does seem that a smaller engine and bigger frame seems counterintuitive to b better. I’ll use more fuel ragging it to get going. Surprisingly after a while, again re wife’s focus with a 1l turbo, they do get through fuel in urban, hilly places, but sip it when on the motorway.

 

hth.

As above you may need to adjust your driving style...   These small capacity turbo engines seem to be more economical if you give them their head and let them rev a bit rather than using low end torque like you would a diesel (says the man having gone from two 1.9 or 2.0 pd TDi estates to a 1.4 tsi kodiaq...) 

My ex had a Mk1 Fabia 1.2HTP 16V which would drive pretty well provided you gave it revs rather than using the non-existent low end torque.

Well driving the car back from Doncaster think the best i got was 43mpg and thats at 50-60 mph not thrashing it