Skoda marks its anniversary with racy fabia 130 hot hatch

IT’S best not to mistake the ‘130’ moniker of this new Skoda Fabia for its rating in horsepower, because that would be underselling this charming little package. In fact, by celebrating 130 years of S

THE ALBUFERA NATURAL PARK ALONG THE coastline south of Valencia is strewn with, of all things, rice paddies, feeding the voracious local appetite for paella. Between the vast expanses of shallow water

The weight of a Fabia vRS is potentially resting on this car’s shoulders. Should demand for the new Fabia 130 version be sufficient, Skoda might well decide to go the whole hog with its supermini. Doe

GTI, ST, Type R, GR: just some of the hallowed names that crop up in any discussion about hot hatch greats of the modern era, and deservedly so. But there’s one oft-overlooked contender that could hav

THIS is going to be a very big year for the Volkswagen Polo. We recently learned that the humble supermini is set to receive several major upgrades, including its first-ever hybrid powertrain, plus th

Being the inheritor of a long line of memorable hot hatches, the Cupra Leon has been suffering with something of a hierarchy problem. For the past few years you’ve had to buy the bigger Leon Estate if