2022 All-New Skoda Fabia review - it's bigger than ever, but is it better? 

Thanks Paul, enjoy it when it comes - that’s not a bad wait time compared to some cars at the mo!

Thanks! Enjoy it when it arrives!

@@TimRodieDrivesStuff thank you very much.

First gen fabia vRS is great even though its a diesel. 2nd gen fabia vRS has one of the most unreliable engines ever made .. 1.4 TSI Twin-charged

No worries! There’s a Monte Carlo version coming in 2022 if you can wait…

They’re doing one! It’ll come out in 2022 though.

nah man .. the older 1.2 TSI pre-facelift 6 speed manual 4-cyl that didnt yet have a particle filter (the earliest versions of the 1.0 didnt have it either) was the engine to have. You could easily drive at 1500 RPM on a flat road or a very slight uphill without any hint of engine struggle. (I have had A LOT of Fabias and some other Skodas through operational leasing ) Ever since they swapped to 3-cyl you couldnt do that .. there are more weights to balance the engine and stuff . .you can hear the engine struggling under 1800 RPM .. 2000 is ofc ideal . I once drove the 85 kW 1.0 Scala before they swapped it for the 81 kW engine too .. felt like it was insanely quiet compared to any fabia. Im interested to see if the 81kW Scala feels the same. (im not sure whether the 81 kW fabia engines and 85 kw Scala engines were the same at the time just tuned differently ) . Anyway I couldve ordered the new fabia but I ordered Kamiq in this new Phoenix Orange color and with the 1.5 liter TSI 110 kW (150 hp) 6 speed manual :D

Hopefully they do a vrs

@@AdolfFistYa I doubt it ..wíth the current emission situation we can be glad theyl put the 1.5 liter into fabia

@@LelouchLamperouge235 yeah but the mk2 vrs which I have has a 1.4 in?

Skoda are in Australia.

@@cejay67 Oh, my bad. Was thinking SEAT. DOH! Edit time...

Thanks 😅

The AC in the Polo is really effective so don't think it's gonna be worse in the new Fabia.

UK prices are being announced in September - the 1.5 is really really good in other VWG cars, but I predict it may make the Fabia quite expensive if you go for it. I guess we’ll find out next month!

Im 99 percent sure it will .. All the internal combustion skodas that dont have VRS package available (with the exception of Superb ) always get Monte Carlo. Even the fossil version of Citigo used to have Monte Carlo :D:DD:

It has been officially confirmed, yes.

Yup, it’s coming in 2022 (no vRS though)

@@TimRodieDrivesStuff And I've ordered one. 1.5 with many toys as a replacement for my Superb L&K 272 4x4. Going to be quite a change, but I'm looking forward to better fuel consumption!

I was getting 50-60mpg as I said in the vid

I like to live dangerously 😂

@@TimRodieDrivesStuff I can see that in your videos… I think it’s the hair that really shows your daredeviltry.

Didn't pay for it - it's a long-term press test car which I specced up to £38k RRP. Not saying that's what you'd pay from a dealer!

@@TimRodieDrivesStuff good video though you have a style all of your own

Good choice - it's a fair bit bigger obviously but just as easy to drive tbh

I'm gonna replace my Up TSI with this.

@@TimRodieDrivesStuff Fun fact - second gen Fabia had smaller interior than Citigo:-)

Why is it that people who are too afraid to use their real names on the internet feel the need to leave cretinous comments to people providing free content? Grow up

Sorry Ray, but that sounds like the comment from someone who didn’t hear the bit where I said the car is top of the range, and that lower spec cars get smaller infotainment screen. And I’m a journalist who’s running an Octavia for six months and will happily tell you the bad bits about it. Any more pointless internet man comments?