The Skoda Fabia Combi wagon has been unveiled, coming hot on the heels of the regular Fabia five-door hatch that was shown in August. Both B-segment models will make their world premieres at the Paris Motor Show this week.
Looking very much like a stretched Fabia hatch, the Combi maintains Skoda’s sharp, clean design language as seen on the Rapid and Octavia. Weight has gone down by as much as 55 kg over the previous Combi, tipping the scales at just 1,004 kg (without driver) when fitted with a 1.0 litre three-cylinder engine.
The interior has not been shown bar the new, larger boot, but it should mirror the cabin of the hatch. Speaking of the boot, luggage space has grown by 25 litres over its predecessor to 530 litres – or 1,395 litres with the rear seats folded – while the loading floor is now 2 mm wider at 960 mm.
Also retained from the hatch are the 17 “Simply Clever” features, including an ice scraper in the fuel filler cap, a dedicated cradle for a smartphone, MirrorLink connectivity, multiple new storage compartments (including one for a high-visibility vest in the driver’s door), a dustbin, a parking ticket holder in the A-pillar, 500 ml bottle holders in the rear doors and a glovebox that can fit a one litre bottle.
Unique to the Combi are a variable height boot floor, a pair of bag hooks in the boot, an optional storage netting system and an optional flexible storage compartment in the boot.
A range of Euro 6-compliant engines consisting of three petrol (75 to 115 PS) and three diesel (75 to 105 PS) are available, mated to either manual or DSG dual clutch transmissions. At its most efficient (the GreenLine model, available in 2015), the Combi sips just 3.1 litres of fuel per 100 km and produces just 82 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre.
2015 Skoda Fabia hatch, Paris display
2015 Skoda Fabia hatch
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IMHO, I think the next-generation Saga should follow the station-wagon format instead of sedan. After all, Proton is in dire financial position, and re-engineering a hatch into a wagon is less costly than a sedan. They can share many common parts that exist in current Iriz, and most importantly it will not look awkward/disproportionate as most B-segment hatch-based sedans tend to have.
If you can recall, Proton have trademarked the name ‘Iriz’ and ‘Aero’. So, probably the Saga Aero is the wagon version of the Iriz. No harm in speculating, right?
proton doing wagon? with that ancient engine combining with a heavyweight wagon, fc will shoot up.
yeah, saga AEROback
Hoping Proton will make Proton Saga Hatchback and Wagon also UTE :)
Thats the thing I’ve been saying. Good to know there are others.
The Suprima S was a farce. They would have done better with a Preve Wagon. It would have looked better.
Likewise the Iriz, but again, the Iriz will have to go toe to toe with this in Europe.
how rear end Suprima S should look like…
suprima rear with bigger preve half tail lamp and polo front with half kia front grill
It’s sad that Skoda no longer has a franchise in Malaysia…
If Proton wants to conquer Europe… do a wagon of the Iriz. They could even offer it in Malaysia, too, just add 2 more seats in the boot.
Wagon acceptance in Malaysia is kinda low. Many people will just look at it and say something stupid like “funeral car?”.