Inside, it’s nicely done. It's not over the top, but Skoda has made enough effort to justify the special badge. There are plenty of red plastic highlights and the carbon-effect trim on the doors and dashboard set it apart from the regular hatch. It also comes with sport seats, which are comfy and surprisingly grippy. The Monte Carlo is £600 more than the regular 1.0 SE L, so hardly a bank-breaking range-topper.
The 1.5 is definitely the engine to get. It’s available with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic only, and oddly doesn’t get any flappy paddles despite the rallying association, but it’s largely a smooth and easy motor to live with. The torque kicks in from 2000rpm and there’s plenty of low-down punch for whatever sort of journey you’re on.
It doesn’t reward full-on driving, though. There is a manual override for the gearbox, worked via the lever itself, but it doesn’t increase the interaction by a vast amount. And please, Skoda, if you’re going to fit a manual shift option to a car named after the Monte Carlo rally, make sure the changes go the correct way: upshifts should be pulled back, not pushed forwards.
Above 4500rpm, things get a bit boomy and raucous, so it's better to let the turbo do the work from lower revs and relax into the Fabia’s comfort-focused chassis.
Bmw?
Looks like a mini bmw hatchback
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