wish to take it home but….

price is too much…

i dunno y in this country…

car price… .

now really think that G cheating rakyat…

imagine.. G keep us in pressure..

be it fuel..

toll…

food…

and u name it…

God will curse this country ..

if G continuously "kejam"

i-vtec engine has improved quite a lot in low rom torque. If compare the handling and confort between euro car and honda, euro car did feel confort and more torque in low rpm, since honda is build for light weight.

My friend has a VW Bora/Jetta for 5 years and my wife has a honda civic for 5 years,my friend's Jetta has some problems in these 5 years, and my wife civic is problem free for 5 years.

But then again, McDonalds have been able to convince millions of people there fast food is better than wholesome food. So in a sense the Japs have taught the car driving public to ignore how a damned good car really feels.

Makes it kinda exclusive for those that need to know! hehe

Which brings me to an interesting point, and I know it's off topic for this blog, but if u wanna feel how a decent car feels in the sporty euro heritage without paying the big bucks – surprise urself with the feel factor of the Satria Neo – all in our own back yard lah

Seems someone has a very heavy right foot eh Paul???

Regarding the car, it is probably the overall judgment of the price, fuel economy, spare parts and other miscellaneous things that make up the worthiness of the car.

It is indeed a good car but in a country like Malaysia, spare parts may indeed be a rarity in addition to the expensive repair costs as most people here are unfamiliar with the engine and body characteristics.

a bit of techno la , whose the first?

please look up…

Malaysian market favours AT, hence why the 1.4L comes with AT here. It makes more sense in MT as I have driven it around in Europe.

Then again, the questionable Gazzetted Pricing system used by Malaysian government and also the fact that the importer is paying through its nose to its AP holders make the Skoda quite a pricey car here.

If you are interested in this car, try test driving the Polo.

Appreciate if you can share your experience in terms of Skoda reliability, service cost, spare parts availability (I heard some 6 months waiting for some brand name)

japanese engine design for fuel saving, to push the light car they dont need low end torque, torque is shifted toward higher rpm, it gives the feeling of (pick up) as the torque increases. to keep the car in power ,have to cange gear to certain power band for overtaking or catching for high speed, buzzing a bit.

european engine , due to quite heavy car ,the engine design is bias toward low end torque to push the not so light car, low end torque engine design makes the power peak a bit early, gearring makes the car travel fast with relax engine, overtaking sometime needless changing gear.

in town japanese, agile, but highway japanese is short of breath.

thats the GENERAL different of japs/euro characteristic road car

about engenering-

talking about technology, v-tech , actually its long used by the ferrari by sliding the cam to a higher profile (old design), alfa did in 164 clover leaf long time ago, (if im not mistaken)

japanes took the idea an shout about it, put stickers here and there,

and japanese so amazed about DSG, thats mean they are not the first,

have the sell any TSI simmilar yet?

but they are good at improving things,

-for me id prefer the feel european car for a road car-

sadly those are made by western money, gbp, euro ..bla ..

You guys want to wait our market open up??. well, u guys can start dreaming for many2 years to come.. with FDI goin down (plus corruption index goin down also), NAP is one of crucial way for gov to earn money.. & GST (Goods Sales Tax) system (on other products) is coming up soon .. so get ready for increasing inflation in the future, later u wud regret for not buying ur dream cars today….. those who disagree, can discard what i have said….

But bear in mind the better car is not always a better buy, this is where you take in consideration all the other factors like spare part prices and second hand value.

Everyone should taste solid European build once in their life.

Yup, but prefer test drive rather than owning one, envy you, Paul.

If forget about price, I would get a BMW… :p

Okay, to be fair, for cars of same class, I would prever Rio, Getz, more then this Skoda, of course, Jazz and Yaris is cool.

G are not stupid; they just being sellfish and greedy. alas!

Anyway, the Fabia looks great on the out side but on the inside, it looks ok at the top but the gearshift parts looks absolutely low rent to say the least. Personally if i were to value this car purely on what it is, i would probabaly pay 40k, 50k max. Ringgit Malaysia

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Dude can you please stop making useless statements like that? You think they dun wanna sell it cheaper ah?

So back to the topic, I had the opportunity to try out a friend's Fabia and found it to be quite sturdy, you can't expect much poke from the 1.4 55kW 126Nm powerplant but IMHO its still better than a Jazz. I know Jazz owners are jumping up right about now, but allow me to explain. The 1.5l 81kW 143Nm VTEC engine may look good on paper. But a closer inspection shows that the max torque on a Jazz 1.5 can only be achieved at 4800rpm whereas the Fabia 1.4 reaches 126Nm at 3800rpm this means u feel the power surge earlier on. This factored in with the fact that it was found by a research that Japanese makes are among the most dishonest when stating performance specs compared to European or American makes means that you should trust what you feel more than what you read.

stick to your current car and wait for D-Day to come…….

maybe another 3-4 NAP before AP/NAP dies off….. 2009 or 2010 or 2020?

ha ha ha…..

Right now its a NAP/AP market! Gov rules! which its not right due to too many hidden cost…

Should be a demand and supply market! Consumer rules!!!

it is a seasonal car, been here long time ago, come back, on and off like the SAAB, (selling for the sake of selling)

bought it ,after a couple of years, changed hand,then, leave it as a monument, ( ayam betelur dalam tu )

ride of course EUROPEAN solid……../useless buying new car this time, stick to whatever stupid car for now, not until 100% open market.(bila la…?…)