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The ugly duckling grew up, the test of the new Skoda Fabia

I managed to fully evaluate the new Fabia when I got behind the wheel after watching the movie Transformer. I conquer a bright yellow hatchback, I turn on the rear gear - Parctronics automatically muffles the music so as not to distract when maneuvering, and adaptive headlights helpfully highlight the turns after the rotation of the steering wheel. After a fantastic film, a persistent feeling that the car is striving to guess the driver's desires.
Skoda Fabia of the second generation in the Sporta Sport with an engine of 1.4 liters got on the test drive car. and a mechanical gearbox. It includes: full electric packet, alloy wheels, climate control, stabilization system, fog lights, CD residents and six airbags.
The new Skoda Fabia has grown in size and became prettier. As if before, an absurd-haired teenager took shape in a beautiful girl with rounded shapes. However, it is difficult to call Fabia a purely female machine. If in the same PEUGEOT 207 a man can be noted, then Fabia Sport with massive air intakes and 16-inch cast disks even looks a little aggressive. I will not be original if I note that Fabia's front black racks copied by the handsome mini. But it does not look Chinese plagiarism. The borrowed technique only revived the appearance of the city hatchback.
Like the inner world of the matured girl, the Fabia salon became more serious and stricter. No entertainment for you like backlighting shoes or funny colors - on a long trip, passengers can get bored. Despite the monophonic interior, all materials are high -quality and pleasant to the touch. The steering wheel, the gearbox lever and the handbrake are lined with the skin. A pleasant tissue upholstery of seats and doors reminds of kinship with the VW concern, and the shape of the windows buttons makes you remember Audi. Inside the hints of sport is not enough, and the very sporting detail is the steering wheel, however, it is a pity that without the keys of the audio control. I really liked the chairs that in steep turns record the body well. There are two glove boxes, one of them with cooling.
You sit in Skoda, and you are not looking for anything. Here, unlike the French, the Klaxon button does not appear at the end of the steering wheel switch, and the parking brake is not hidden to the left of the clutch pedal. Climate control or audio system is intuitive. All the little things are thought out, so a puncture with an armrest looks very ridiculous. I have already noted its uncomfortable location in the Skoda Roomster test drive. With the armrest thrown down, it is very inconvenient to switch the gears.
Behind the place in Fabia is enough for two adults. The three are not offended, but in crowded.
Places in the trunk, as befits a compact hatchback, is a little - 300 liters. But if you fold the seats, the volume will increase to 1163 liters. So that the luggage does not hang along the way, a plastic box is provided, attached to the side wall. The walls of the luggage of Skoda, as if from a premium class, are trimmed with high-quality villous material.
Motors for Fabia are three: 1.2 l, 1.4 liters. or 1.6 l. Automatic transmission is installed only on the most powerful engine. And for lovers to light the sports version of Fabia will appear next year, which, as before, will be equipped with a turbodiesel.
Engine 1.4 liters. Pares with a pen - a good solution for the city. Since the first programs are quite short, the speakers are enough. True, the motor pulls in the range of 3000-4500 rpm. - If you want to accelerate briskly, please switch the gears often. Fortunately, a clear gearbox drive allows you to do this at ease.
Despite the dependent rear suspension (twisting beam), the chassis provides very predicted and safe behavior, there is a supply. In the habits you feel the VW breed (or maybe the racers from the Skoda rally team have completely put their hand to the settings?). On smooth asphalt, noise insulation Fabia is a worthy VW school again. However, a short -flowing suspension does not like deep pits and bumps. Having overdo it at speed, it is easy to cause her breakdown.
Now about the gloomy. During the test, I ran into one breakdown and one glitch. On the second day, the test drive system of the climate control refused to cool the salon, while the window was 30 degrees. After the test drive, it turned out that some kind of tube or contact jumped from the air conditioner. It's okay, but I had to experience a car with ventilated exhaust gases. Another glitch presented a multimedia display. If the car is drowned out with the rear
 
transfer and activated parking sensors, then at the start of the display freezes in parkingate mode. Again, a trifle, but to zero the problem you must again jam the motor. Write off

these defects can only be for a investigation of combat modes of a test vehicle or an accident. Having wandered information about such chronic diseases on the forums of owners of Fabia.
The check, please!
The tested Skoda Fabia 1.4 Sport with a rich list of options costs $ 23,850. In a similar configuration, you can take more in size of a German or Japanese competitor. But there is a shortage of them. Having ordered them, you will have to wait until six months. Here it is worth recalling the high -quality interior and the original appearance of the Czech mini. In this case, Fabia looks like a more attractive purchase. Despite its compactness, Skoda Fabia will fully cope with the role of the only car in a young family that is not so rich as to save.
Yaroslav Marshalkin

 

 

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