Skoda Fabia Facelift - Comes to India

cooldhaya · 18th October 2010, 12:00 AM

Hey Shailinder , i think Amiti has mentioned Ritz and Figo because these both according to various TD reports are better to drive with minimum turbo lag.

amiti · 18th October 2010, 09:24 AM

Shailinder, if you refer back to your post dated 16th oct, you are not happy with the turbo lag. Hence I mentioned regarding Figo and Ritz as alternatives. Ritz particularly is good to drive with minimum turbo lag and same is the case with figo.

Now regarding your original question of old 1.4 diesel fabia, my answer will be definite "NO". It has lot of clatter and anyways the material used in old Fabia nowadays is also stripped down in terms of quality.

I have test driven Old and new Fabias in Pune. I have always kept a close watch on this baby skoda since its launch in India.

My definition of TD= literally testing the limits of any car in extreme conditions. Not a 1-2 km drive. Hence I thought my experience would be useful for you to finalize a good car for you.

shailinder · 18th October 2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by amiti

Shailinder, if you refer back to your post dated 16th oct, you are not happy with the turbo lag. Hence I mentioned regarding Figo and Ritz as alternatives. Ritz particularly is good to drive with minimum turbo lag and same is the case with figo.

Now regarding your original question of old 1.4 diesel fabia, my answer will be definite "NO". It has lot of clatter and anyways the material used in old Fabia nowadays is also stripped down in terms of quality.

I have test driven Old and new Fabias in Pune. I have always kept a close watch on this baby skoda since its launch in India.

My definition of TD= literally testing the limits of any car in extreme conditions. Not a 1-2 km drive. Hence I thought my experience would be useful for you to finalize a good car for you.

Amiti, You are right that there is turbo lag in Polo and Fabia (old and new). Because of which i thought would this be a good idea to snatch a good deal on old fabia because turbo lag would be there but features would remain the same. I never test drove old fabia ( I mean 2008 or 2009 model) but drove once 2010 model in Aug'10. I found the fit and finish up to the mark. Infact better then any other car tried so far (Figo'10, Polo'10, Punto'10, Drivetech'10 etc. However, I have never test drove i20 so far because of price.) My budget is around 6 lacs (+/- 10K).

Now what do you suggest.

cooldhaya · 18th October 2010, 11:56 AM

Mods please move all car purchase related posts to a new thread.

shailinder · 18th October 2010, 01:20 PM

ha ha ha, I knew that someone would suggest this. I think, cooldhaya is right.

350Z · 18th October 2010, 04:55 PM

Instead of moving, may we continue the further car-buying discussions in appropriate thread, Please? Thanks.

Drive Safe,
350Z

shailinder · 9th December 2010, 01:16 PM

Anybody here who owns new Fabia ?

cooldhaya · 9th December 2010, 04:02 PM

I don think anybody owns new Fabia here.

Umang · 10th December 2010, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by shailinder

Anybody here who owns new Fabia ?

i think you are very confused about it..well i will say go ahead man if you are living in delhi only, throw dust on those stupid overhyped rumours about skoda ass. only some people have problem with skoda ass but lakhs of other people are living HAPPY with their skodas..so go and as far as quality / reliability is concered you wont be disappointed..

shailinder · 10th December 2010, 06:05 PM

Well, i guess you are right Umang. Let's us see, I am planning to purchase around Feb'11. Crossing my figures and

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