Fabia handles better? Well with a thicker front antiroll bar it rolls less but understeers rather more........... the benfits of the jabba rear antiroll bar are widely appreciated as one of the best mods for a VRS because in standard trim it doesn't have the balance of an Ibiza, although for those prepared to mod their cars, a Fabia with a Jabba rear ARB is then ideal

You should try an Ibiza with the Jabba ARB!

Steve

Crikey

There are some people on here lacking objectivity aren't there?

Fabia is a box but with nice detailing that makes it stand out and look more aggresive.

Ibiza is sleek and understated, certainly not boy racer compared to the pumped up Fabia!

Fabia handles better? Well with a thicker front antiroll bar it rolls less but understeers rather more........... the benfits of the jabba rear antiroll bar are widely appreciated as one of the best mods for a VRS because in standard trim it doesn't have the balance of an Ibiza, although for those prepared to mod their cars, a Fabia with a Jabba rear ARB is then ideal

Ibiza trim is tacky? Well its better than VRS! VRS carpets are much poorer and the poor quality of VRS seat material actually figures as one of the sticky subjects at the top of the Fabia forum!

Ibiza is also 100kg lighter which benefits all aspects of the cars performance dynamics. Ibiza's also come with pikey mod of a vented weelarch liner as standard

Ibiza lacks a fridge glovebox but in other dynamic aspects is the better car......

Yes residuals are lower right now, but if you are buying seconhand it means they are also relative bargains as the main lump of depreciation has already been suffered

I tend to dissagree with what you have said. It means nothing but all the comparisions between the ibiza and Fabia been done by motoring magazines have gone the way of the Fabia VRS

due to the better quality plastics used and overall better package.

I did test drive both and they were similar to drive and the ibiza was not comfortable to drive as the suspesion setup was too hard and the plastics were of lower quality. It really depends what you want in a car.

a more rounded package he VRS is the way to go, if a more sporty character is what you want and will do without some comfort then maybe the ibiza is for you.

thats why I went with the Fabia as I wanted to be quick and comfortable 95% of the time

I liked the 3door-ness of the Ibiza and the more sporty side, but I just thought it was so hideously ugly I couldn't cope owning one. So I went for the vRS. I think it's really '6 of one; half a dozen of the other'. Choose the one that stands out to you - it's essentially the same thing, just small details that you'll be living with.

I test drove both before being the VRS.

The Ibiza was lifeless, dull and lacked any real pull, IMHO it didn't handle either. It was a 05 plate FR with 4k on the clock. The interior felt thin and tacky and the seat squeeked. It was also more expensive for the options I specified.

I returned the car and drove straight to the Skoda dealer.

I am not putting the FR down it just wasn't as good a package.

Well having owned both (OK, mine is a Sport not a later FR but nearly the same) I like both, in their own way.

Like will happen when you compare any two cars, no matter whether they share components or not, there'll be some things you like about one and not the other. And vice versa!

I'm honestly a bit surprised about the number of comments in here about the look of the Ibiza, but again, 'to each his own'. It would be boring if we all thought the same thing

The OP ended up buying a vRS anyway

Steve