The Skoda Fabia will arrive in 2021 with a new platform and more technological equipment

The new Skoda Fabia will arrive in 2021 with a new modular platform and improved technology. The switch to the MQB platform of the Volkswagen group will bring improvements in all aspects, but there is still no electrification. Plans to bring the fourth generation of Fabia to the market in 2022 have been revised to reduce the complexity of having older and newer platforms produced at the same time within the group. As such, it will be unveiled in the first half of next year, and the first examples are expected to reach dealerships before the end of 2021.

The current Fabia architecture, a redesigned version of a platform first used in 2008, will be discarded in favour of the purely MQB A0 underpinnings. That is the same platform used by the Audi A1 Sportback, the Seat Ibiza and the Volkswagen Polo, as demonstrated by the Polo-based test mules that have been spotted recently. Fundamentally, this platform will ensure that the Czech city car is no longer the poor relation of the family. As for styling, sources point to a bigger leap than that of the Fabia between its second and third generations. The inspiration will come from the Kamiq crossover and it will share design elements and details with the Scala and the Octavia.

Skoda Fabia, a new generation on the way

However, the interior is likely to receive the biggest revision, given that the design and technology of the current Fabia’s dashboard are now out of step with the standard of the Volkswagen Group. As such, a revised design, much larger and clearer screens and the latest infotainment system and connectivity features from Skoda will be introduced. Despite the plans of the wider group, the Fabia will not initially offer any form of electrification, not even mild hybrid engines.

However, as electrified powertrain technology becomes more affordable in the future, it could be shared with other models in the group. As such, the engines of the new Fabia will be familiar, although now without diesel engines. The turbocharged three-cylinder TSI petrol will sit at the heart of the range in different power outputs, while more powerful four-cylinder engines (and a cheaper naturally aspirated three-cylinder) could also be used.

We will not see the return of the vRS badge, but sources say that the popularity of today’s top-level Monte Carlo model will mean a greater emphasis on sportiness across the range. The switch to the MQB platform should also bring notable advances in refinement and comfort. The current Fabia remains one of the most spacious in its class, so the actual size may not change.

Technical specifications of this car

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