skodayouth

I was very lucky a few weeks ago to be given a Brand new 07 plate Leon Stylance 1.6 in place of my Hyundai Getz for a courtesy car,

Coming from an Octavia II 1.68v Before, I was very familiar with the whole experience. At first I thought it was a 3 door and I was trying to figure out how to put the seats forward to get people in the back. Then I realised that the door handles are hidden up near the c pillar

It looks absolutley gorgeous and has alot of toys in stylance spec. The 1.6 8v sounded great, certainly better than it did in the Octavia, but the weight of the car was noticable and the 1.6 is very un-enthusiastic below 3,000RPM, quite strange considering it's an 8v. The steering was incredibly light coming from my mechanical only PAS getz, I did find it very precise though and tiny changes were carried out, wheras my Getz wouldn't have even registered it.

ESP was fitted and was effective but there was no seperate Traction control switch off, the front windows were incredibly narrow though. Like the octy the brakes were brilliant,

Overall I loved it, But if looks don't matter the OctyII will still make a better choice IMHO

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Skoda Octava II Estate 1.9DSG Elegance
Anthracite Grey

Skoda Fabia 3 1.6 Tiptronic
Storm Blue