My Skoda Fabia VRS MK2 - Review and Mods

Hi Guys, Yes I am back and so are all my videos!
Thought I would give you a in-depth look at my little run about, this will be my car until the GTi Clubsport arrives.
These cars do not get enough praise, they are truly a great hot hatch with immediate throttle response, great practicality and incredible fuel economy.
You can pick one of these wonderful little cars for about £6000-£7000 for a late 2013 model and I cannot recommend them enough.
My subtle mods make a dramatic difference to the car, if you were to do those along with a set of coilovers, rear anti roll-bar and brake upgrade. You would have a absolute animal!
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[@uprealcz7883]

I have a skoda fabia vrs mk2 2010 CAVE, combi for about 4 months and never had any oil consumption issues. This car is beast and I really love the sound of the twincharger :3

[@DjTerrorstyle]

Hi, how's you doing? I also own a Mk2 Fabia RS with a CTHE engine. Never have had any issues till now and it's really, I mean really quick. The best I could achieve was 6.0 seconds from 0-100 km/h with removed rear weights and Carbon Intake. But the problem is, the more often you launch the car hard, the more heat it produces and the slower you are over time. Can't imagine that removing the sound deadening from the supercharger brings THAT much, but I'm still not very experienced with cars to do that on my own, so better I leave them there - lol. I would recommend putting a 5W40 oil (Addinol super light - German brand). It feels like the engine is revving way faster. Cheers

[@robertgarvey5652]

I have a 2011 fabia vrs estate in blue. The estate must be rare. I have only seen less than a handful of others. I have owned it for 9 years, no engine issues so far. During lockdown when I was doing only short journeys to work and back each day, it was burning a lot of oil. Now I am back to my normal long motorway runs, it burns hardly any oil at all.

[@XrGrimreap3rX]

I can confirm try and avoid before 2013 because of the timing chain tensioner. I was lucky with my 2011 Fabia SE TSI because the chain had just jumped a few teeth so i just got it replaced along with the tensioner. Its working all okay now.

[@loveitorscrapit6673]

Good little sporty car great fun. Thumbs up.

[@Bunny-md4uj]

I absolutely love mine, fantastic car the amount of people that ask whats in it is hilarious! I've got a custom exhaust system, forge fmic, kw v2 coilovers, forge boost pipes, map and dsg map running 220 with the print out. It's capable of more but i think 220 is enough without straining the engine too much! I have a few vids of the exhaust note also on my channel, thanks for the vid Dan!

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

+H19BUNNY good to hear you have one too! Sounds like quite a beast, I have been tempted to install coilovers a few times myself. Will check the videos out.

[@Bunny-md4uj]

I have also shared your video on the MK2 Owners club on Facebook

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

+H19BUNNY why thank you, didn't realise there was a mk2 group... I joined the wrong one for mk1!

[@Bunny-md4uj]

Dandanfings just search Skoda Fabia VRS MK2 Owners and you should be able to find it!

[@777tractorboy]

I really want one now

[@GTI_CHHA]

Welcome back, very nice video. I have a Mk5 Golf with this engine (140HP) and a 6-speed (no typo) wet clutch DSG. Will try your mod to see what it brings. Cheers

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

I test drove one of those when they first came out, its what led to me buying the VRS without even a test drive!

[@oGTizL]

Vrs is 7 speed and 180bhp 👍

[@skodakatie7341]

Love it 😍!!.

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

She was great!

[@user-itschad1954]

A CARNIVEROUS boot? I think you mean cavernous. Nice car, looks good white on white.

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

ha, got me there!

[@jetmaroo]

I'm a teacher and I pick up on those kid of tings all the time but try hard not to say anything. So thanks for stepping up :-b

[@1971supergaz]

Hiya I've just got a 2013 62 plate and I've been amazed by it's Performance was thinking about a back box delete system plus what air filter are you using.. many thanks

[@psions555]

If you don't think it handles that well then fit an aftermarket ARB. The jabbasport one transformed the MK1s handling and as the MK2 is virtually unchanged I imagine it's an easy fit

[@masonwright5128]

Thinking about one of these for my next car, seems really cool, how hard e.g how many tools Will you need and how long will it take to remove the sound deadening?

[@DeeksG]

I had a Polo GTI 2013 with the updated engine, and after about a month of ownership (It was bought 2nd hand with 18k miles) it had a misfire and needed a new engine.... There are still issues with this engine even on the later ones. However since having the replacement engine it was fine. I also agree with you on the speed, the polo I had felt so fast to what the stats are.

[@danielfl.9347]

How the hell did you get the supercharger sound protection off?😂

[@marijnvandenbosch9269]

Great I also have an fabia VRS, in groan with white rims and a white roof. I really think it is a great car and a bargain. I live in the Netherlands and there are only 99 there, so it is really rare and there fore really special in my opinion. But I am wondering if it is really a great thing to remove the sound defining in the engine compartment. And what carbon things you use on you’re shifting pedals?

[@italianclobber]

heb je veel gezeur gehad met deze auto?

[@realmanchester3620]

Great video, thanks for sharing. Is there any easy way to identify the 2013 model other than by reg alone? I am thinking od buying a 13 reg VRS but am concerned that it might be a 2012 model registered in 2013. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

I wouldn't recommend one tbh. We got lucky with ours, all I see on the facebook group is disaster after disaster! If you are dead set on one, then make sure it has a CTHE and NOT the CAVE....also that kinda answers your question.

[@k12rising]

Good video. Thinking for upgrading from a Gen2 Mini Cooper to one of these.

[@jai1771]

@ Thebenchmark hows the car doing now?

[@gfousteris3579]

hey where is the s3?

[@carlospereira9269]

Whi the spedmeter pointer go up and down when turn on the key?

[@simonjfear]

went out brought one the flappy paddle size increase where are these purchased from it is very fast, by removing the sound deadening on the super charger did it stop that 1 sec lag at a junction?

[@ge8165]

hi there, are your flappy paddle extentions worth the ten quid or are they abit rubbish? ive been looking at getting some. would you reccommend? also, these cars do 60 in about 6.4-6.7s not 5 unfortunately.. but i have still embarrassed range rovers, mercedes, bmw's and even a clio 197. great video!

[@ArtSkyNet]

mr.G doctor ordered same paddles from aliexpress. kinda mehhh not exited not installed.

[@ante4331]

I like this car! Just realized what can you get for that money... and all that mods lol! What watch is that :)

[@pauloag1977]

Fabia 2006 is sound and have had no issues?!?

[@jayantsudhakar4600]

Looks a little spartan on the outside. However my friends who also saw the video said they liked the understated look.

[@TheBadcompany1971]

what's the mpg on these I love the look of these

[@jamesrowan4030]

Did you take the sound deadening off yourself ?

[@robertmiskin8664]

Hi fella I wanted to call you to ask some advice ... I wanted to buy one of these and add to my collection. I also have a mental mini cooper s. How do I get on touch ?? Thanks Buddy cheers Robert

[@ScottPC]

How did you take the supercharger cover off? Underneath? Any bolts? Will do it on my twincharged A1

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

Google for a guide as typing out on here wont really help you as you need images, its a pig of a job so I don't recommend doing it unless you have a few hours to spare, a large dremal and a ramp.

[@ScottPC]

The Benchmark images on google are old photo bucket ones that won't work! I might have a go next weekend! I'll let you know how it goes!

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

Damn those PB bastards, I just went looking for the images I used and like you say they are gone. However if you right click and select open in new tab... it should work :-)

[@elco5]

Welcome back brother. My Mrs has my old 2013 Ibiza Cupra 1.4tsi and I agree it was a fantastic little car, gave me 0 problems at all. I've since moved onto the bigger brother Leon Cupra 280 (like your S3) and still miss some of the characteristics of the Ibiza eg how quick it shifts off the line. Did you trade your S3 in for your Clubsport or still got it?

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

Couldnt trade in for the Clubsport so I sold it separately. I wish VW stuck with this type of engine, a 2.0 litre version would just be incredible.

[@alvaroandresbuitragocayced6351]

elco5 i

[@kieranburrows7589]

Had one for 2 and a half years stupidly traded in regretted it ever since 😳 for a car supposedly better but was not as fun decent future classic

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

Very underrated, in town they are little rockets to 40mph, burns through tires like no other car I ever owned! 2nd gen engine of course as the 1st gen were a nightmare, skoda actually are the company that made the fix for the twin charged engine, which always gives me a giggle.

[@kieranburrows7589]

Hi thanks for the reply since I posted I have bought a 2014 fabia vrs estate black on black with mods on the way 😁

[@eyalastanglov8309]

what about the big turbo S3?

[@ryanfletcher3688]

Was it easy to take the supercharger sound deadening off ?

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

Nope, took about an hour with the car on a lift and a saw!

[@Jeannemarre]

do you have a video or pictures to show us ? i am really not that good with mods for cars now, but i would love to do that to mine.

[@christopherryder6879]

Ive just bought a 11plate vrs not knowing it. Should i be worried about it dieing

[@payni1992]

Did you have any issues mate?

[@oGTizL]

@@payni1992 it died

[@ericc.4292]

I hav heard these twincharged motors give a lot of bother?!

[@a20axf]

Alan Tang just keep an eye on the oil mainly but, there can be issues with the oil squirters which can be fixed under warranty. Pricey if done out of your own pocket I believe. They're a lot quicker than most people think, especially with DSG. Also ensure the engine oil is heated up properly every time before putting your foot down and that helps massively - loads of people unaware of that point.

[@elbowbain8988]

are you up for some questions?

[@chrifus31037]

Just bought the same (white with white rims) ! My roof is black though...

[@oGTizL]

I own this now, where u in uk mate?

[@chrifus31037]

@@oGTizL Nope ! Czech Republic

[@jai1771]

@@oGTizL how the car going?

[@oGTizL]

@@jai1771 great 👍👍

[@oGTizL]

@@jai1771 you thinking of getting one mate?

[@oGTizL]

Could you get in contact with me please mate?? Im literally buying this car haha

[@TheEliteKami]

Doesn't break that well or handle that well? That's you my friend not that car.. Get your breaks checked and put some money into good tyres

[@raymondo5893]

If only the engines were good. Otherwise great car

[@holly079782]

Are you in the marrrrket for a used car? No

[@DeadCry1000]

just a toy car^^ vw suck! and i say that as a german guy^^

[@gemwalker2365]

probably the worst engine VW ever made

[@TheBenchmarkuk]

The first gen yes but mine was a second gen and didn’t really have any problems. Second owner is happy too

[@boostedchris6120]

Only the cave engine which is 2009- early 2014 which has the issues, late 2014-2015 have the issues fixed

[@oGTizL]

@@boostedchris6120 changed from CAVE to CTHE in January 2013 mate, no issues really aftet that

[@boostedchris6120]

@@oGTizL Cthe 2014 not 2013 but yes they solved the issues that’s why it’s called cthe for 2014