Skoda Fabia RS roadtest (English Subtitled)

[joolyboy]

106 gti turbo with this game I play in my car

[u1430]

Google "Skoda Problems" and you'll find almost 7 million results, yes it's true.

Alternatively, visit the BRISKODA FORUM which reveals a host of build quality issues. Be warned, the site is a community of old retirees who like to moan; your typical demented Skoda owner!!

Just save yourselves from humilliation; AVOID SKODA!!

[bmwmakecrap]

pinin500 and the forza1000 are actually the same sad twat who is in his 50's trying to troll on evbery Skoda upload. he drives a 10 year old alfa 156 SW ffs!!! The men in the white coats will soon be picking him up and putting him in his nice padded cell. Jealousy is a bad thing Mr Alfa driver. Our Skodas are quality, your alfas are just italian crap.

[TheForza1000]

SKoda is a dull b segment car, its more embarassing than a Proton, at least that doesn't have a stigma or a book of jokes to go with the badge...

[Pinin500]

Mundane styling and that badge, ouch!!!!

check the history kids.....yes its that bad.

[u1430]

@Pinin500 I agree with you Skodas are junk. Alfa/Fiat forever :)

[Pinin500]

@u1430 ; Cheers.

[TheForza1000]

@Pinin500 ; I also agree with you Skoda jokes are still alive much to the owners annoyance...

[HowkeyLL]

@u1430 Alfa and Fiat still exist? I havent seen one in years ...

[u1430]

@HowkeyLL Well you seriously need to get out more.

[HowkeyLL]

@u1430 As you suggested I walked all parking lot, about 300 cars. No Alfa, 1 Fiat bravo, and 2 Lancia Delta. About 120 Skodas, about 80 Volkswagen, some Fords, Volvos nad other that i didnt count. Also 1 Hummer H2.

[u1430]

@HowkeyLL Well I've been further. Drove around 50 miles today and saw about 200 Alfa Romeos (mostly new Giulietta), 1000s of Fiat Puntos, 500s and Pandas and about 1 Skoda Fabia. enough said.

[HowkeyLL]

@u1430 so i guess you are from Italia, the 8th most indepted country in a world. Yeah you have your own style of cars but look at rest of the world. Ofc you have tons of your own brand in that country, but where else ? Skoda is all over europe popular car. I get it that you like your style of cars but why do you insult car that is "more popular" over world? Thats just childish dont you think?

[u1430]

@HowkeyLL Wrong. I'm from England and Skoda is not popular here. Don't kid yourself into believing that they are. Fiat is all over the world including America and is the best selling brand in Brazil. Besides, who really cares about popularity? You are just insulting Italy which is pathetic. No suprise you come from Czech, the 5th most uneducated country in the world which produces rubbish products. I suspect jealously is the issue here, right?

[HowkeyLL]

@u1430 You are wrong, Czech republic and England are sharing 20th place of most educated nations in a world (with almost all european countries). And best selling cars in England are in this order: Ford, Vauxhall, VW; BMW; Audi; Peugeot; Nissan, Mrecedes; Renault; Citroen, Mini; Toyota; Hyundai; Kia; Skoda (15th) .... there is no Alfa nor Fiat in first 15. Data are from July 2011. If you want proof send me a message, i cant post link here on youtube comments. Want to argue? Learn facts first.

[u1430]

@HowkeyLL Wow you really are an idiot. I never said Fiat was the most popular car in England. I said Skoda was unpopular here. In reality, sales figures do not prove how good a car is. I don't know what your trying to prove here. Are you suggesting Skoda is better than Alfa and Fiat? If so, you're wrong. Fiat Group has won European Car of the Year more times than any other. This fact alone proves just how good they are. You need to do more appropriate research. Sales figures are just irrelevant.

[HowkeyLL]

@u1430 So youre saying that you troll about Skoda because you dont like the look of it despite that its selling more that Alfa or Fiat. If so than there is no problem with me, you like something and other people something, but why the hate for Skoda? There is really junk in car industry but Skoda is not one of them or you think that Skoda has such good commercials that they sell the car instead? Why than these reports from UK and many other countries show us that Skoda is good car.

[HowkeyLL]

@u1430 By the way Skoda has won many awards in England. Skoda doesnt have many models because its expanding. Its the VW best expanding brand. VW is now even afraid of skoda cars that proven better than many Volkswagens. I still dont get the hate.... did some blonde girl crashed you with skoda or what?

[HowkeyLL]

@u1430 Also note that in 2011, Auto Express magazine, UK voted Skoda as best manufacturer of the year

Auto Express Driver Power customer satisfaction survey, UK placed Superb as number one car, Yeti as number two car and Octavia as number four car

So your country is disagreeing with you

I repeat, if you dont like the look of it its fine, everybody has different taste ...

[u1430]

@HowkeyLL So my whole country disagrees with me based on Auto Express magazine? okay. lol. I'd also like to note that Auto Express, or "my country" voted the Fiat 500 as the best city car. I too can list many other awards, such as International Engine of the Year etc. so your just wasting your time trying to convince me. I'm not going to start preferring Skodas. I'm a Fiat and Alfa Romeo fan. Your a Skoda fan. Of course we have different tastes. Nothing is going to change that so give up trying!

[Pinin500]

RS BADGE ON A WHEELIE BIN

[MrRusthater]

@Pinin500

Woooow, where did you get your information from - a cornflakes box? You really have a grudge and axe to grind man! Calm down before you have a stroke dude, Skoda are way way better than you ever imagine.Are you for real, or just woken up in the 80's??? I'm 18 and love my brothers new Fabia vRS so much, way better than the Seat he traded in for it.Chill out dude, you have serious SERIOUS ill-informed badge snobbery.Good job you are of the minutest minority.phew!

[MrRusthater]

@Pinin500 Ouch - got a real bee in your bonnet huh! So, the TSi engines in Skodas are outdated - these are the same TSi engines as used in VW/Audis.

I'd give up now, you are making a huge fool of yourself, you know nothing about cars, I think you are just a bigotted old fool with a seriously deranged mind.I can actually picture you stamping the letters out on your keyboards, face red with anger. Cool down and dont blow a gasket dude. wow, attitude of yours stinks.

[ethan999oz]

Skoda makes really solid cars :)

[1jammot]

When will all these incompetent "road-testers"learn to get the best out of a DSG box? They are as laughable as US "road-testers" a few years ago who couldn't get the best out of a manual box. And it's not a track car, not even a track day car; it goes back to the basic idea of the hot hatch, the car that has enough ooomph for the occasional bit of driving for pleasure, and enough room and comfort to use every day. Mine will be here soon...

BTW: Ford used "RS" in the UK, so Skoda took vRS.

[MrMarkitos]

lelijk ding

[majtanma]

@MrMarkitos jij bent lelijk,jij Daewoo rijder :)

[jooppac]

Škoda!

[87hollandia]

IK HOU VAN NL!!!!

[qettyz]

DSG might feel boring, but it shifts faster than you =)

[Zoifer]

bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeee shit car

[sgthobbes2]

yuck, dutchies.

[SammyJ21]

Why did people buy the original VRS??? Because it was a Diesel! That is why I have one and it is why I will keep it and not buy this piece of crap!

[pckid888]

Thankyou for the subtitles, but the annoying adverts keep getting in the way...even if you minimise them!

[automotomagazine]

Bien que sportive, la Fabia, uniquement disponible en cinq portes, reste

très discrète à l’extérieur comme à l’intérieur. Mais son amortissement très ferme et peu aidé par des pneus taille basse très bruyants vous rappelle sans cesse que vous êtes à bord d’une GTI (French).

[runnerbaba]

DSG is boring, yes.

BMW M3 DKG is better, because u can select 6 Spped Modes, how to shift.

From slow and smooth to quick and brutal!

That rocks.

[wendlik]

@runnerbaba How many costs your M3 and this Fabia? :) I could say too: Yeah, this car sucks...my Enzo is much better ;)

[HUMMFREAK]

Als ik kon kiezen tussen deze 3:

Ibiza Cupra

Polo GTI

Fabia RS

Zeker de Fabia... echt een Skoda fan :D

[nautbijker]

I am from the netherlands and dutch is for english people or american people not very easy to learn.

[Dananananaykroyd]

@nautbijker alleen de G en de Sch zijn breekpunten

[dirkstuning]

Ik heb zelf een octavia rs gehad maar dat is wel een benzine enne dat licht wel als een Audi opt weg dek,

[1973stefant]

De meeste mensen zullen met deze auto nooit op het circuit komen

[sejo78]

Niks..........DSG jammer

[konceptsketcher]

Great video, but really lacks the translation!

[990966]

@1973stefant hmm, hadden we nog niet begrepen bij de vorige 2 keer dat je het schreef...

[DrkingFinn]

@990966 Je had in iedergeval niet begrepen dat het aan verschillende gasten was.

En het was drie keer, maakt verder niet maar leer eest tellen

[1973stefant]

@990966 als je jezelf bedoeld, praat je dan altijd in meervoud? Als je een meervoudige persoonlijkheids syndroom hebt. wil ik het jullie wel even uitleggen

[autoweek]

@konceptsketcher here are subs!

[KoosSpeeTerreur]

Wanneer komen de video's in HD kwaliteit? Dit kan eigenlijk niet meer...

[JurmanKarSeen]

Great video. I agree that translations would really help.

Also - It's a Skoda Fabia vRS, not RS.

[1973stefant]

@JurmanKarSeen Maybe you can learn Dutch

[YankeemanLT]

@1973stefant

maybe I could, but that probably requires moving to the Netherlands, gettting a job there and finding a woman. Offers?

[YankeemanLT]

@1973stefant

Well, paying for sex is for losers, imo. Learning online won't give me the all dutch surroundings, so it'll probably take years to learn something, as i don't even speak german.

Autoweek should follow autoblogger and just hire a student to translate the clips.

[1973stefant]

@YankeemanLT Dutch is a easy language to learn, I know 1 year old kids that speak dutch. BTW German and Dutch has nothing to do with each other

[DavidSlagter]

@1973stefant Lol, Dutch is a hella hard language to learn. 1 year old who speak dutch? Maby because they are Dutch? It's easy to learn the language if you're brought up by it. And German and Dutch are very similair. I know it, i'm Dutch and I got German in school. And so many words are alike and sound alike, so it's pretty easy.

[1973stefant]

@DavidSlagter I'm dutch to, and i live at the German border, So i speak Dutch and German on a daily bases. And it sound maybe similar, but if you want so does English, and some Scandinavian languages that's because they all come from the Germanic

languages. Just try to speak Dutch in Germany, and they wont understand you

(don't do this at the Dutch-German border) BTW ik maakte gewoon een grapje, en nu zit ik al twee dagen te bakkeleien over een berichtje

[DavidSlagter]

@1973stefant Haha ik snap dat het niet te begrijpen valt als je het zomaar gaat spreken. Maar het is veel makkelijker om Duits te leren als je al Nederlands kan, omdat het heel erg op elkaar lijkt. Engels is niet makkelijker omdat je al Nederlands of Duits kent, Engels is sowieso al makkelijk. Makkelijkste taal in de wereld imo. En ik zou zeggen: Denk na voordat je een berichtje op youtube plaatst. Want als je iets verkeerd zegt krijg je veel commentaar :P (Heb ik zelf ook ondervonden xD)

[Dananananaykroyd]

@DavidSlagter nederlands, duits, engels, deens, zweeds, noors en ijslands zijn germaanse talen, talen die komen uit het germaans. Over het algemeen lijken ze erg op elkaar en is het niet moeilijk om de taal te beheersen. Engels verschild daar weer erg in omdat daar frans "ingegroeid" toen de fransen engeland bezet hielden. Ook is het uitspreken, ofwel verstaan lastiger door accenten en dergelijk.

[DavidSlagter]

@Dananananaykroyd Dat is heel leuk een aardig, maar in de praktijk ligt het niet zo makkelijk. Voordat ik Duits kreeg verstond ik wel al sommige dingen, gewoon omdat de uitspraak zo erg op het Nederlands leek. Ik hoor soms wel eens Zweeds ofzo, snap er niks van, versta geen enkel woord. Het is algemeen bekend dat Nederlands een moeilijke taal is en dat Duits erg op het Nederlands lijkt.

[Dananananaykroyd]

@DavidSlagter dat komt door accenten en uitspraak, de talen zelf zijn erg vergelijkbaar

[DavidSlagter]

@Dananananaykroyd Ja dat snap ik. Maar dat heeft een behoorlijk groot aandeel in een taal begrijpen vind je ook niet? Dat maakt het dus moeilijker om te begrijpen. Net wat ik zeg. Duits lijkt erg op het Nederlands, ook kwa uitspreken, dus dat maakt het veel makkelijker om het te leren. Je kan ook wel leuk zweeds uit een boek leren, maar als je het niet goed uitspreekt kom je ook niet ver.

[Dananananaykroyd]

@DavidSlagter precies dat wat ik zeg, maar jij zei dat engels niet makkelijker is als je al Duits of Nederlands kan, wat wel zo is, je krijgt de taal eerder onder de knie dan een japanner of een rus

[DavidSlagter]

@Dananananaykroyd Ahhh ja, dat snap ik. Dat is idd waar. (Engels blijft een makkelijke taal anyway) Maar ik snap wel dat Japanners een andere uitspraak hebben en dus meer moeite met de taal hebben. Mijn comment naar 1993stefant ofzo was eerst bedoeld om aan te duiden dat Nederlands niet zo makkelijk is om te leren voor bijv. Engelse dan dat Engels is voor Nederlanders. Maar ik snap je punt, daar heb je gelijk in :P

[autoweek]

@JurmanKarSeen here are subs!

[Looftis]

@JurmanKarSeen originally its RS in czech republic

[fabian78]

@JurmanKarSeen no it's not...the car is called Fabia RS....only in the UK they call it vRS and God only knows why.....

[jobnoy]

@fabian78 in the UK we call them vRS because Ford own the rights to the RS badge over here and they kicked up a right fuss when Skoda came out with the same name. So they had to add the v and make sure it was used to avoid a potential ford bum raping :P

[NovcaLL]

good perception :)

[Honzicek22]

@JurmanKarSeen In the Czech Republic and many other countries is the sign different, and it really is RS

[FellHorse]

@JurmanKarSeen

who cares ? 

[YankeemanLT]

guys, put translations on your videos and you will become awesome right away. Thanks ;)

[1973stefant]

@YankeemanLT Maybe you can learn Dutch

[DavidSlagter]

@YankeemanLT If you looked at more vids you would notice they have subtitles at most of their vids, but as you may know, translating it correct might take some time, and they want to air the vid as soon as possible. So they add subtitles later on. So put this vid on favorites or whatever and check it in 1-2 days.

[YankeemanLT]

@DavidSlagter

Yes, David, i've noticed it on other videos and kudos to autoweek for it. But surely they need to put subtitles on every single video, this will help them attract more viewers, after all, that is what its all about.

And i prefer clips to air a day or two later but with subtitles already, as now i have to take additional steps to fully enjoy them. I am the viewer, a user of a service, hence autoweek should take this kind of user feedback seriously, after all, its not so hard.

[DavidSlagter]

@YankeemanLT I understand that. I wouldn't like checking back in aswell, so i'm happy I have autoweek. But i'm getting annoyed by loads of spanish shows or whatever that never put subs on there. Autoweek has learned they need to put subs on here, they are just a little late, atleast they do it :P

[autoweek]

@YankeemanLT here are subs!

[YankeemanLT]

@autoweek

Good job guys. Would be best if you could put up subbed videos already, try to reach this goall :)

Take care and cheers!

[michiel1551]

Al de dingen die ie aanhaalt, worden nooit opgemerkt door 90% van de chauffeurs....

[blackmilo2]

't is direct te merken aan de reactie van Roy en aan de lengte van de video xD.