Category: Superminis 
Price Range: £8,950 to £13,730
Space, ride comfort, value, feels more expensive than it is.
Overlight steering at speed, a little stodgy to drive, underpowered economy-price engines best avoided.
This roomy Czech-built supermini is great value for money without being cheap and nasty.
The Fabia has scored four stars in the Euro NCAP crash tests, and has a sturdy, solid Germanic build. Driver, passenger and side airbags are now standard, as are ABS brakes. There are newer superminis which have scored better in the NCAP tests now, and cars that can be kitted up with curtain and window airbags, but the Fabia should protect its occupants well. Security-wise, there's an immobilizer, and deadlocks on the doors. Elegance and vRS versions have an alarm.
