Skoda Fabia User Reviews

 

Exterior Fabia has best looks biggest in class Fog lamps, ( though they come in only top version), the bold new grill, the head lamps, its class has no match.

 

Interior Well Interior are again best in class. The plastic quality is as good as a high class sedan. The best in class boot space! It has very decent leg room even at back. Front glovebox, with illuminationis nice feature.

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Gearbox is again is best is class, Engine is 3 cylender, its same eng as polo, so a lot new eng so good fule economy as well. May be 1 km less than swift & i20. Performace as well is very good. Yes the eng of swift is best in class though. Fuel Economy i am yet to study it of my own but i read reviews like its 12 to 13 in city.

 

Ride Ride hand handling is again best in class, just open the bonet or doors of fabia and swift/polo/punto/i20 u will come to know the diff. This is the car which gives u 2 airbags below 6 lak, 10 K corporate dics, so i call it value for money. You will feel like in Tank when u go even at 120 KMs.

 

Final Words I love this car & proud owner of this car. This car is for those who love driving & do not other for that 1 km extra mielage and love their beloved once than money. Its a class apart car. and reg the so called maint issue, u do service only after 15000 KMs unlike swift/figo/punto etc so cost of maint almost is same, also spare parts, well since June 2010 cost of spares has drastically reduced, eg Door was 21k now its 7 K. And finally A.S.S if u have a good dealer in your city, u will not get any problem, let me tell u Octivia is the best sold seadan, so many of them u see on road, I know many of Skoda owner with good A.S.S. so no worries at all.

 

Areas of improvement  Rear Defoger is missing.

 

Looks, Safety, Boot Space, Luxary Car, Handling, Gear Shifting, Value for moneyA.S.S yet to get 1st hand exp ..juts heard from ppl

 

I own New Skoda Fabia. Rs 5.83 lak is fab on road in bangalore  ( 1.2 MPI Ambient - mid range model, purchaged in Jan 2011)  in cities like Mumbai may be 20k-30K less , starting at 4.19 ex-showroom in mumbai,  & also 10K corporate discount (if u work for big company, check with Dealer for that)- Adding skoda shied for 2+2 yr warranty cost on road ~ 6 Lak inclusing my owne music system - Hightlights, It give u highest boot space, Its the longest hatch in india, Rare leg room is also very nice. Its AC is very strong, it has vents for AC at the bottom of the front seats. Safest hatch in india as it will give u 2 air bags at that cost of 6 Lack!!! Best in class finish, Ivory finish from mid-level, simply rich

The stearing has horizontal & vertical adjustments as well are too cool, well me tell u not many in class have this feature, Gear box is excellent. Its got top class ride quality, highway drive, I find Fabia is excellent, even at 120 or 140 u will feel very stable.

Its heaviest hatch in class so mielage is may be 1 KM less than the light the other light hatches in India.

It gives 12-14 so almost equal to others. Fog lamps!!!  Biggest & sexiest in class... But you get them only in Elegance model. Sad part is u can not fit them in Ambient but can in basic model

Fab key is too cool, But you get them only in Elegance model.

What I got from dealer: Mud Flaps, Sun film, Mats, Idol, Perfume, Side beddings of the door. NOW MOST IMP PART *** ppl will discourage u but on A.S.S & Maintanance, I guess the rumble against skoda in Team bhp has more to do against their A.S.S rather than the cars themselves., Believe me the A.S.S is improving greatly here(Touch wood).Partly because of competition, partly because spares are more localised and easily available and with increased volume its slowly becoming viable for the dealers.For example a clutch plate which used to be imported from Prauge and costed 35K is localised now and costs 16K. So prizes have revised from Jun 2010, unfortunatly i have the scan copy in pdf format so can not give more egs. Also frankly i have not comapired them but per wht I heard from experts is its not huge diff for the spare part prices.

Let me tell ppl that its the NEW fabia facelited on 12th Oct 2010, with new heart ( engine) same as VW Polo. (VW is parent campany of Skoda). The fabia has actually a new lease of life after the facelift and dropping of prices.Sales have increased from the 200 odd to over 1000 a month now. Opening and closing the door once is enough to tell the difference from the ALL others in the segment, THE GENUINE THUD and a premium feel unmatched by any car the south of 15lakhs, All will tell u same stuff for Fabia its built like a tank. There are hundreds who just buy whatever sells the highest numbers. That's the only reason Maruti is the market leader (purely my opinion). The service intervals are getting longer ie 15k KM, dealers are being more responsible, extended warranties are being offered ( 2+2 yrs, isn't that too cool !!!) so definitely things are moving in the right direction. The aura surrounding these polos and skodas ( car from same Parent Company)  cannot be matched by other hatches. Let me tell u... Skoda Octavia Petrol ranks highest on the TNS Total Consumer Satisfaction study - Scores 100/100!, It has raced far ahead of competition such as the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, and Chevrolet Optra Magnum Petrol. This tells that skoda is gr8 brand & you will certaily feel proud to tell others I own a Skoda car.

So u Test Drives all the hatches in india & then only take a call is my advice, also u need to get advice from many ppl in ur locality on how good are the local dealers,.... remember take any hatch & u will have ppl with good & bad experience.

And my final word is - If the heart says yes, just go for it.. for that matter any car u choose .. u  don't buy car often so take a call carefuly ... 

I did huge amount of review for all Hatches in india, so per me its the best VFM car. Its just that you need to think little out of box & do not go by word from ppl unless u see & test it of ur own. My only worry is about small cities A.S.S

 

Best in class Boot space,Best in class built, Best in class Warrenty 4yr, Best in class Ride, VFMOff-course A.S.S & Expensive spares 10-20% more

 

Dear Friends,

My Car (Fabia 1.2 pertrol) is only 2.5 Months old and got into a major problem, On Oct 19th 2011 I was driving and suddenly ratling noise came from the front engine side and i stopped the vehicle and checked for any logs or any crap material getting into my engine side and found nothing. Again i tried to start the engine and move, but the sound increased and the car didnot move at all. I called the customer service and they arranged a vehicle to shift my vehicle to workshed in Sanath Nagar (Hyderabad). I got a shocker from the workshop saying that my vehicle's front axil has come done or broken and they were insiting on claiming insurance. I was deeply disappointed hearing this and i insisted on the bad quality of the car and not on any rash driving or accident. For such a hype for German engineering and Czech desing what i got was a Flopper Crap. Only today afternoon the workshop manager accepted that it is a manufacturing defect and said he will soon rectify it. Too bad. Extremely disappointed. Let us see what happens. Beware of these kind of issues before buying Skoda Fabia. If anyone had gone through such trouble please update me. Anand.

LooksHorrible experience - very bad assembling.

 

Exterior Stylist looking car, solid built.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Luxury feel, good leg room for front seat, i am 6.2 ft tall and i can fit in comfortably in the front seat, leg room on rear side a bit congested (draw back of all hatch backs), powerfull AC, stearing position adjustment gives a good option to get a relaxed position for long drive.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Good engine performance, need to check fuel economy, unusual reverse gear (Comparing to Indian cars). Little big naggy when we accelerate from slow speed at gear 4 and 5.

Ride Quality & Handling Smooth at higher speed. Excellent steering wheel.

Final Words Excellent hatch back, must buy if u want to be different from all the Swift's, Ritz's which are seen every where.

Areas of improvement Need to provide remote central locking system from Ambient level, Doors can be oppened from inside even when the vehicle is moving- Dangerous with kids, need to look in to it, remote fuel lid opening facility should be provided.

Good looking, stylish, solid build, 2 air bags, luxury feel, good steeringNo remote central locking, Opening fuel lid, Door can be oppened when the vehicle is moving, Noisy

Exterior VERY GOOD LIKE SKODA LAURA, OVERALL A GOOD PAKAGE I DID NT GET A BETTER CAR. BEFORE FABIA I HAD PURCHASED I 20 BUT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE A/C OF I 20 SO FINALLY JUST IN 1 YEAR I HAD TO SELL THAT AND NOW I BOUGHT NEW SKODA FABIA IN OCT 2010 DONE 3400 KMS STILL DATE.

 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) NICE INTERIOR LESS LEG SPACE AT REAR

 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox VERY GOOD, I AM GETTING AROUND 13 KPL IN CITY WITHOUT A/C AND AROUND 11 KPL WITH A/C DONE 3400 KMS IN CITY DRIVING (DELHI).

 

Ride Quality & Handling OVERALL GOOD PAKAGE.

 

Final Words SERVICE NETWORK AS TO BE IMPROVE. REQUIRE MORE SERVICE STATIONS. EARLIER I HAD I 20 FOR ONE YEAR I SOLD THAT CAR DONE 11000 KMS AND PURCHASED FABIA I CANNOT FIND A BETTER CAR THAN THIS.

Areas of improvement SERVICE NETWORK - DEALERS NEED TO BE CHANGED, FARIENHEIT IS A BAD DEALER- REQUIRES MORE SERVICE STATIONS.

 

EVERTHINGDEALERS AND SERVICE NEWORK

 

Exterior I Bought this car in Jan'11 and drive myself only. I can say its worth to have such beautiful car with you. It should come in metallic also.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) I am 6 ft tall and am very much comfortable sitting inside.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Engine is noisy and most worry part is when u start your AC you can easily feel the vibration, I dont know why only with this car. When you switch off the ignition still you can hear some noise (AC noise) for few seconds :( I can see a wire hanging around the regulator grill. I believe wire dressing was done correctly.

I felt that some time gear box is not so smooth. It could have great power if u compare Swift or i20. I have gone through the earlier review and am agree with them in terms of child locking system etc.

Ride Quality & Handling It is fabulous. I like the AC duck for the rear passenger and it is powerful enough to chill you. Sometime it is so irritating that once you engine is switched off somewhere you have to rotate your key in anticlock wise fully and then give ignition. In other car (e.g Maruti) you can give ignition from the same position of the key.

Final Words A good car to have with you.

Areas of improvement Child locking system, there is no remote center locking, fuel cap opening with key in era. AC noise, Engine noise.

Body, Engine Power, look and most it's Logo :)Bad locking system, Noisy Engine, Noisy AC

Exterior

I have a Skoda fabia Ambiente 1.2 MPFI bought on 1st June 2011. Close to 4000kms.

The exterior is excellent when seeing from the front and the sides. When seeing from the rear it resembles more like swift. The high point in this model is the chrome finish on the front with the SKODA logo.

The build quality was tested out in the high way once when a learner santro car rammed us from behind. i got down from the car to check and i could not see a single scratch.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Interior finishing is great when compared to other models. Comfort for the driver is great. All passengers feel great except the unlucky one in the rear middle seat.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 Engine performance is great. I can easily start in 2nd gear with no fuss. pickup is low in midrange but acceptable to me. gear shit is excellent . You dont have to sweat when changing gears.

Fuel economy is good when driving in high way. I have seen mileage of close to 20Kmph when driving in highways. One precaution i took is not to drive beyond 80 kmph. In city conditions i get sometimes close to 12 kmph.

Ride Quality & Handling

 Great ride quality - i dont hear any sound from outside if i have AC and light music on. my friend who owns a Ford Figo drove my car and he commented that the sound attenuation is good than Figo. he said that Figo is proclaimed as a hatch back with great sound attenuation.

Handling is great. only issue is the crankling sound when turning sharply in slightly higher speeds. Apart from this one drawback there is no other issue. Dont get any issue when you push the car to speeds to 120-130. Not many hatch backs share this experience.

One another issue which most of the cars share is not being able to see the edges of the car when driving. very less cars like wagonr have overcome this issue.

Final Words

 Great car to own -its a owners pride. great comfort when driving. Fuel economy is a point to worry about but this is a point u have to sacrifice if u take the other points like safety and handling.

Areas of improvement  

1.  hump in front of the mid section of the rear seat.

2.  No rear defogger.

3.  i had a issue upfront when buying the car. This was due to the lethargic handling by one of the sales staff. apart from this there was no complaints.

4. No goodies worth mentioning was given by the sales people from Skoda Gurudev motors from Chennai , arumbakkam.

 

Stability, Driving comfort, body strength,Hump in rear seat, fuel economy, pickup in mid range , no rear defogger

Exterior Its alright, not as elegant as a swift, but its good. Its different from the other cars out there.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) It comfortably seats 4 peopke, and 5 people in the car is a little push.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Performance is good.

Ride Quality & Handling This is the best. I have had no issues on long drives.

Final Words Gurudev motors are the only Skoda dealers in Chennai, and their sales and services people are horrible. I thought the customer service provided by sales was bad, but when I left my car for my first servicing, the people their at their service center made their sales people look great! It will take days before you get your car back, and they dont call you to provide status, You have to call them 100 times, and their technicians will tell you these delays are expected.

Areas of improvement Skoda needs to pay more attention to their dealers. Gurudev motors in Chennai is horrible, but you have no other choice. The car pretty much sells itself.

Good performance, comfortable drive, stylishvery few service centers, and customer service at those is bad

 

Exterior The body is very heavy and well built.Driving in Mumbai Suburubs can be really painful and there is likely to be an odd incident where other senseless car drivers might bang in to you. I have had a couple of these since last one year but to my luck cos of the strong body contours and the robust body SKODA fabia has escaped the wrath of scratches and bumps.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) The beige interiors in SKODA AMBIENTE FABIA are the best.The cockpit console is super and the overall look and feel of dashboard is awesome.There is super space in the car. From comfort point of view,cos of the weight of the car and its robustness there is absolutely no exterior noise of traffic can be heard  in the car. The seats are really comfortable and the back seat leg room is spacious .the door knobs and the  power window  buttons are made of good materail with super finishing, the seats overall are comfortable and the retractable tract is smooth in operation. The car all the models have airbags, a rare sight in any of the hatchback cars at that cost.

the AC is pwerful and the best designing for air flow so far.There are ducts below the passenger seat  and the driver seat which gives the option of flow of cool air at the back.I think it is one of the coolest design offered in hatchback cars.As most of the cars have a air duct right in the central and blows straight on your knees.

The lighting is adequate and pleasant .The glovebox is well designed and serves the purpose.The retractable springs are fantastic and happy that they do not make any noise.The additional glove box below the passenger airbag is handy to keep few items and documents.The vents on the roof near the mirror are provided for circulation of the air to the roof.A super idea especially in humid place like Mumbai.Right no. of bottle and cup holders are provided in the car.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The engine is 1.2 with 3 cylinder.It has 77 bhp a bit on the lower side but powerful enough for urban driving.Highway driving is fine as the car fully loaded lacks the power to overtake swiftly.But nevertheless it is more powerful then 4 cylinders of other manufacturers.

Fuel Economy is super. I am clocking 13-14 kms per litre at a speed of 50-60 kmph in city.In traffic situations with AC on it is just about 10 kms per litre.

The car generates a lot of power when the AC is off.One can surely experience it on the highway and the mileage goes up to 16-17 kms per litre at a constant speed of 70-80 km per hour. Gearbox is super smooth and i rate it 5/5.

Ride Quality & Handling Ride Quality is super as the shock absorbers are carefully designed and absorb most of the shocks. I beleive from handling point of view. no car in that particular segment can beat SKODA FABIA as the car stays on the road no matter at what speed.the car doesnt give you a feeling of risk at no time even at a speed of 180 kmph.

Final Words A TRULY, VALUE FOR MONEY CAR...MY SECOND CHOIC OF CAR WOULD STILL BE A SKODA.

Areas of improvement Provision for Light on the Back side.The cup holder on the back side central can be done away with as there are adeqaute no.of cup holders front and back in the car. It would give that extra spacing comfort for the 5th person in the car.

I have driven almost all cars and makes in all segments and me and my family are super impressed with the SKODA AMBIENTE but i see there is lack of marketing of this car and I beleive the dealers or the OEM should reach out to people . I am sure this car could be the top rated car in A2 SEGMENT.No car in this segment at that rate can offer so many features so why not go for aggresive marketing.

The noise cancellation in the car is the best amongst all the other car manufacturers in A2 segmentthe cup holder at the rear central