New Fabia Review Incredibly Positive

[jxenos]

Now all they need is a RS model with the new 1.8t turbo from the polo gti

apparently there are no plans to bring an RS model out - they only made up around 3% of sales of the old model

[pologti18t]

The Monte Carlo may make it out here.

[jxenos]

Looks good - Im probably going to order the black grille and mirror caps from superskoda - also contemplating the RS wheel centres as im already getting the wheels painted black

[meri84]

Have many people purchased the new Fabia?
I took an auto hatch for a test drive a few weeks ago, then my daughter wanted me to take her, so we managed to take the wagon for a test drive, she fell asleep within 5 minutes of being in the car.
I was told at the second test drive, that the car I wanted, the manual wagon, would take a minimum of 6 months to arrive. The message wasn't really clear as to what the delay was, as to if there was a problem with it, or if it's just because of the demand for manuals in EU has resulted in there being a significant delay in them being available for other markets.

But, I've signed the paperwork, now I'm just playing the waiting game.

[gdbaker]

I ordered a manual wagon. wait is approx. 4 -5months. hopefully the less. the delay is mostly Soda aus and dealerships faults as they assume most people only order autos, so there was only 1 manual wagon ordered for the whole east coast as a demo, which was sold in first day in vic. then it was up to dealers to pre order, but none did. so the earliest you can get one is as a custom order. then the skoda factory shut down for summer break in august for 3 weeks.

Least you got to see the wagon first. only hatches here. did you happen to drive the manual? wondering if the power difference is noticeable. most reviews don't seem to have any problems.

[jxenos]

Mine is coming in October, but only because there happened to be one left with the exact spec i wanted on the stock list. From what i understood, the main issue is Skoda Australia were holding out for the MY16 cars with carplay etc. From what i understood, the wagons are being made to order, hence the wait.

I think low sales numbers in the past mean that they are restricting the flow out - don't want to have stock sitting around - and i think its something across the brand, as I know some Octavia owners are waiting >4months for theirs. I dont think they were prepared for the rush either tbh.

[meri84]

I didn't get the drive a manual, unfortunately, but all of the reviews say that the power difference isn't hugely noticeable.

The dealer I bought mine through said that they expected the auto hatch to be most popular, and the manual wagon to be least popular. My order was their second order... the first order was also a manual wagon.

I can understand them not wanting to over order, and then having excess stock sitting around, not selling, but I do have to wonder if the huge wait time on delivery is part of the reason for their poor sales.

ETA: the car I'm getting is the MY16 with carplay.

One thing that I found interesting, was how much the dealer really DIDN'T know about the fabia. I don't know if they hadn't done their reading up on the new model, or just didn't really care to know.
But some of the information I was given wasn't correct. Good thing I do my research

[jxenos]

May have just been your dealer - the dealer i went through was actually really helpful. I do most of my reseaotrch beforehand, so salesmen arent much help usually - just someone to come on the drive with me - but the dealer i went to seemed to actually be into the scene, and knew a lot of the little changes and differences between the Fabia and Polo.

Re the stock levels, I've got to agree with you there, cant sell stock if it doesnt come in. Checking out the Euro forums and MY16 cars are "post-week 22"or so - think June. All the demo cars out there at the moment are MY15. I think that may be a part of it - having to wait till now for MY16 stock to actually be produced and allocated.

[Bryan_F]

Luckily for me, the MY16 manual hatchback I wanted is already on the boat and about to dock in Australia. So expected delivery is mid-September.