I recommended a Fabia to my sister

I recommended a Fabia 1.0 litre to my sister as a replacement for her faithful 18 year old 118,000 mile  Toyota Corolla, a test drive was arranged last weekend, the model was the latest revised sel 114 bhp.

Car size would be ok , although when we sat in the car I could not believe that this car was priced at over £22,000 , swathes of hard plastic and a very mediocre interior  that were somehow cheaper looking than the interior  in  my old mk 1 Fabia vrs.

Then the test drive, well it was so noisy, yes I know three cylinder engines can thrum a bit but they must have missed the sound proofing in this build,  and it was very sluggish, pushing the throttle made it go of course but at the expense of more unwelcome cabin noise with the feeling it would not be very reasonable on fuel or relaxing to live with yes I know its available with the 1.5 engine but come on Skoda what went wrong from the days you built the mk1 Fabia which was an affordable good quality car to the very poor presentation that this new Fabia is never mind the low rent feeling of the interior.

My Sister test drove a Kia Ceed hatch 1.5, and bought a 9 month old Ceed 2  1.5 petrol with 5,800 miles with the 7 year warranty re started for just under £18,000 cash.

Streets ahead in quality, included standard kit, driving experience and finish and a proper sized car than the expensive Fabia, she looked at the Scala but did not like it.

I still think My Superb is -well superb but what an eye opener looking at Skoda now they no longer are the value car they once were when we bought our new Octavia elegance 1.9 pd back in 2005.

I do not in any way wish to offend any members, this is my opinion and am very shocked with the recent Skoda experience.

Martin.

Edited 9 June, 20241 yr by kentdale