The new Skoda Fabia: larger and more ingenious than ever

New Skoda Fabia impresses not only through emotional design, but is also more practical and more ingenious than ever. The new offer space for five occupants and their luggage, even if the external dimensions are compact and highly agile and manoeuvrable. The trunk with reflective tape is the largest in size mini car segment. The new Fabia is available with up to 17 more “Simply Clever”, of which 9 are new facilities.
“The new Skoda Fabia is a true champion in terms of practicality, allowing various possible uses. It is the ideal car for modern mobility, the totdata practice in the city and the perfect combination of emotional and functional, “said Dr. Frank Welsch, Skoda Board of Directors Member responsible for Technical Development.
Skoda Fabia offers more space for occupants and luggage. Passenger space is longer and wider than before. Also, drivers and passengers in safety vest have more space to the head. Though the new Skoda Fabia is 8mm shorter than its predecessor, the interior has a length of 8 mm higher by 1.674 mm. Width in the right elbow has also increased, in front of 1,401 mm (plus 21 mm), 1,386 mm in the rear (plus 2 mm).
The trunk is the largest in the segment, including 330 liters, ie 15 liters more than before and far more relevant than the competitors. With rear seats folded, load volume increases to 1,150 liters. Due to the wide opening of 1,098 mm tailgate that opens to a great height, the threshold 1,915 and lowered trunk (659 mm), charging is very easy. Cargo space has a width of 960 mm, ie 2 mm more than the previous generation.
For the first time in a Skoda Fabia new technology has MirrorLink. This translates smartphone applications on infotainment display. Thus, for example, uses navigation software or music listening personalized dashboard takes on a new quality. The connection is fast and easy. With a USB cable, just connect your smartphone with Bolero system, activated from MirrorLink way radio system and then MirrorLink certified applications will be “mirrored” on the screen infotainment system.
SmartGate is very useful function. This allows for each trip storing and mobile use in certain applications of the smartphone certain information about car, such as fuel consumption, average speed, cost and others. Data transfer is done wirelessly via WiFi.
Starting now, the Fabia is the first time an ice scraper in the fuel filler flap. New support multimedia cupholder in the center console offers place for mobile phone, smartphone or iPod. For reflective vest compulsory in many countries, you will find a special storage space in the driver’s door. Side door is available for a container for leftovers. Storage nets on the inner edges of the front seats offer the right place for smaller objects. It was enlarged and space for beverage bottles. In both rear doors now takes place a bottle of 0.5 liter. The glove box has also been a 1 liter bottle. Thus, the new Skoda Fabia offers a total storage capacity for up to seven bottles: two doors in front, two rear doors, the center console and in the glove box.
Moreover, the new Skoda Fabia impresses with additional solutions “Simply Clever”, which have already proven practicality to the second generation model. These include standard support for tickets, on the left inside the pillars, and the two Optional hooks for bags in the trunk. On request, the two nets set nets will ensure order in the trunk. Panel covering the trunk can be used as intermediate floor can be pushed horizontally or vertically after seat. Also optional is available a flexible trunk storage box, which helps safe transportation of objects. “Simply Clever” Cornering light function is (cornering light) of the fog.