Have a couple of drinks and squint, and you may confuse this 2017 Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo hatchback with an Audi RS6 Avant…

Don’t see it?

Really??

Okay, it’s a pretty far-fetched notion, but the colour of our Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo – Steel Grey – shares plenty with the battleship-inspired hue, Nardo Grey, seen on its sister brand’s performance flagship family car. Take a look and tell me it doesn’t!

The similarities don’t end there. Again, the link is tenuous, but this is a five-door, practicality-focused model that is aimed as much as being an eye-catcher as anything else.

That last bit is particularly true of the Monte Carlo, which is essentially a highly stylised version of the regular Fabia. It gets a black grille, black lower body kit including side skirts, front spoiler and rear diffuser, black mirror caps, Monte Carlo badges and 17-inch alloy wheels. It’s not a new premise: the previous-generation Fabia Monte Carlo accounted for 40 per cent of sales.

Whether you like the colour or not – opinions are mixed in the CarAdvice offices – the Monte Carlo looks pretty sharp for a city car.

And inside it gets a few changes, including a panoramic glass roof that makes the cabin feel suitably airy, while the playful seat trim – compared by some in the office to a bad 1990s Fubu tracksuit, or perhaps an Eastern Bloc Olympics trackie pack from the 1980s – divides opinions.

Credit :
Content - www.caradvice.com.au

свернуть