► New Fabia 130 is the hottest yet
► A nod to huge motorsport presence
► 175bhp, DSG, and £30k…
Skoda’s popped open the champagne, celebrating 130 years of motorsport. Oh, and it’s also created this: the Fabia 130 – a warmed-up hatch with some performance goodies.
The new Fabia 130 – as the name suggests – is all about Skoda hat-tipping its own motorsport history. Makes sense, given the brand has competed in everything from hill climbs to Le Mans and, of course, rallying – and has won several times over.
So, for a pretty lofty £29,995 in the UK(!), this is the closest we’ll get to a current-generation Fabia vRS. The Fabia 130 launches with a 1.5-litre TSI developing 175bhp and 184lb ft, sprinting to 62mph in a respectable 7.4 seconds. Sports suspension has been added, as well as bespoke 18-inch alloy wheels and Monte Carlo spec-copying bodykit details. Decals are also applied down the sides of the doors and on the rear.
Skoda’s engineers have also played around with the software, meaning Sport mode relaxes the stability control and the car’s ‘anti slip regulation’ can be turned off completely.
The only thing it’s missing is a manual ‘box. Instead, the 1.5-litre turbo petrol is linked to a seven-speed dual-clutch that Skoda claims has had specific software mapping applied to it to make better use of the torque in the midrange.
Want one? The UK is set to get some of the limited run car, priced – as mentioned – a rather punchy £29,995. Orders open on 30 October 2025.
Jake has been an automotive journalist since 2015, joining CAR as Staff Writer in 2017. With a decade of car news and reviews writing under his belt, he became CAR's Deputy News Editor in 2020 and then News Editor in 2025. Jake's day-to-day role includes co-ordinating CAR's news content across its print, digital and social media channels. When he's not out interviewing an executive, driving a new car for review or on a photoshoot for a CAR feature, he's usually found geeking out on the latest video game, buying yet another pair of wildly-coloured trainers or figuring out where he can put another car-shaped Lego set in his already-full house.
By Jake Groves
CAR's news editor; gamer, trainer freak and serial Lego-ist
