Skoda Fabia hatchback 2020 in-depth review - Carbuyer 

True that some plastic parts are rarely touched but reporting the quality of an interior is part of a vehicle review. Some of us are glad she and Batch do this. What I wish was fleshed out more is the nuances of the drive line, particularly in stop start traffic.

Agreed. It's an obsession, with these types. Do they complain that the wood in a Rolls-Royce is 'hard and scatchy'? Would they prefer the burr walnut to be 'soft-touch'?

You could write the script,I am fed up of the same tired platitudes. Many of these cars are bought as family cars. Families tend to have sticky fingers. Getting marks out of textile surfaces is more difficult than injection moulded polypropylene. It is simply better material for the job.

​@John Bell Every car is boring to drive. If I want excitement I'll take my kawasaki motorcycle for a ride. It drives like a previous mk polo, but the interior in my opinion is nicer.

@@EinkOLED All cars are boring?! What cars have you driven all your life to come to that conclusion?

@@jdmguy44 Boring in comparison to riding a motorcycle is what I meant. I'm not sure there is any car out there that is as fun to drive as riding a motorcycle.

'Rangerover new crossover SUV 2020', 'Audi new crossover SUV 2020' and it goes on and on'

you get a female perception with a female reviewer, so blokes are probably best watching reviews by blokes

@@iandouglas451 so then, females will have their hands all over the dash material while driving? This explains a lot...

@@Lorenna1234 ?

@@iandouglas451 as in they're hitting things a lot

Still better than a MQB A0 platform

Nobody I know scraps their ice these days.

Skoda makes great cars. Really?! They are completely forgettable to look at and drive. Probably the most tedious car brand out there.

@@jdmguy44 stick to playing with your dinky toys mate.

@@keithisaacs6092 Oops looks like I have hit a nerve of Skoda fanboy! If you like to enthuse about dull Czech white goods made by a cheating and corrupt German parent, go right ahead!

Yeah still a nice car

Yeah....it was 2025 yesterday.

The smart money is a 2 year lease if evening thinking about one.

@swansea007791 Kindly allow me to speak hypothetically as I am not an authorty on matters marketing, I am also not privy of any research data in the automotive industry in Africa and as such mine will be purely on observation. To be able to push any vehicle brand especially in the Kenyan Market requires a confluence of of various factors: 1. DEALERSHIP You have to work with established dealerships with country wide reach that way you could easily levarage on on their countrywide branches to make the much needed servicing and spare parts available as close as possible to the clients Also be aware that various dealerships have their areas of specialisation whereby others sell more commercial vehicles as opposed to personal vehicles, others also specialise in selling luxury vehicles. 2. GOVERNMENT ln Kenya, the government plays a big role in the success of vehicle sales mainly through direct purchase and leases as they are the single largest purchasers of vehicles needless to mention that the government comes up with policies that can affect vehicle sales. For instance in Kenya, duty was increased recently based on engine capacity, this simply means, the bigger the engine capacity, the more the duty, this will definitely affect the sale of high performance cars which are mostly luxury cars. Further to that there is a policy whereby the Kenyan government will only buy locally assembled cars, that locks many dealers out and the government is the biggest purchasers and leasers of vehicles in Kenya. 3.FINANCING Kenya being a middle class nation whose population demographics is mainly of youths who have just graduated from collage meaning their only chance at buying a vehicle is through financing and majority prefer used vehicles as opposed to new ones the other segment of the population is small leaving the government as the biggest purchasers of new cars as government , the government policies require they buy new cars and keep renewing the fleets . Borrowing is quite expensive , you can imagine someone borrowing Ann expensive loan to buy a Jaguar which costs double what it is sold for in England owing to duty, transport costs and dealership profits and advartisments and other overheads such factors affect small cars to such that they push the cost benefit factors above the threshold of reasonable limits. An example I'd rather buy a used 8 year old marcedes c class from Japan at 19k £ rather than buying a brand new Toyota for more or less the same price 4. BRAND LOYALTY AND BRAND ALLGENCE This is key in that certain nations are loyal to certain brands like the American government with cardilacs, vehicles such as jeeps, Chevys etc, in Kenya it is Toyota all the way from economy segment to luxury segment that is vitz to landcrusers. Brand ALLGENCE comes in the form, probably my parents mostly owned Toyotas or subarus then when I buy a car I decide to buy subarus, or I'd the Uncle I admire once gave me a ride on his marcedes then I work hard and become successful, definitely I'd buy a benz 5.MARKET NITCHE BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SKODA STANDS A BETTER CHANCE SELLING THEIR NICELY DESIGNED PICKUP TRUCKS AND THROUGH THE RIGHT DEALERSHIP THEY CAN SELL THE POPULAR SUV, BY THE WAY HONDA CRV HAS STORMED THE MARKET AND HAS CAUSED RAV 4 TO BE RELIGATED OFF THE MARKET SEGMENT IN JUST 4 YEARS MEANING YOU CANT REST ON YOUR LOURELS IN AFRICA, by the way Prados have made pajeros obsolete, that is how intense market battles are in sub Saharan Africa Also on market niche of late low gas consumption engines below 800 cc are popular with taxi or cab drivers especially Suzuki alto 650 cc 6. PATNERING WITH LEASING COMPANIES COULD BE A MAJOR BOOST FOR AS LONG AS THE PRICING IS RIGHT That is how peagot has made a comeback in the Kenyan market All in all the African market has matured with Africans buying vehicles such as Jaguar, range Rover, Hummer, porshe, maybach, bently, rolls Royce, Aston Martin etc at almost double what it costs in Europe and that's just a tip of the iceberg . Because of time allow me so stop here. To the team at Skoda " bon chance" in all your endeavors, of course needless to mention the evolution in the automotive industry is one that is very dinamic such that if you were to bring someone from the 13th century he would describe a car as a " sophisticated carriage, without horses" my parting shot.

@John Bell quite strong sentiments there, though my view are quite conservative and I'd rather go with the Bible definition. The rich man who got a record hervest and had to tear down his warehouse and bild another one because before he had never had such a harvest to warrant such expansion, he beat his chest and told himself that now he can rest for his lifetime because he had hervested enough, bit then the Bible calls him a fool because the very night GOD ALMIGHTY CAME TO TAKE BACK THE LIFE GIVING BREATH, HEFETH HAIM, THE FIRST BREATH GOD GAVE ADAM THAT ALL HUMANITY IS BREATHING TODAY

John Bell oh the car couldn’t agree more

The only thing that makes sense is the r5 rally car. Otherwise there is no reason to keep that on the back floor. But Fabia is a car for pensioners, maybe some people living alone. These cars are built to be cheap and cheap to run. We need to look at them that way, small hatches are not cars. They are for people, who need something like a car.

It didn't exist 10 years ago.

@@EinkOLED Read AGAIN. And again. And again....

@@insideout8837 Like I said, you could not buy this car in 2009. It was released in 2014

@@EinkOLED ;) Read again.

@@insideout8837 Explain yourself. Your comment makes no sense.

Its ok

@@MrRohanThomas if you're blind as a bad, than yes

DropItLikeIts1942 moron