The Skoda Scala: A Comprehensive Review

As I sat behind the wheel of my test car, a Skoda Scala, I couldn't help but think that it's just a bunch nicely then filled potholes to believe he hit them. It's not quite as comfy overall as a Volkswagen Golf, but it's pretty blooming close so there's very little to complain about really and all-round visibility is quite good as well especially with the panoramic roof. Although I don't know why I said that because you don't drive along looking at trying just makes it feel lighter in air that's all nice easy in time mister on the motorway.

I decided to take my test car out for a spin, starting off by cruising down the road at about 50 miles per hour. As I accelerated into fourth gear, I was surprised to find that the little 1-liter engine does punch above its weight, but only if you're driving solo most of the time. However, it's not ideal for loading up with people and luggage. The car averages 41.4 miles per gallon, which is impressive considering the price point. The seats are also quite comfortable for long distances, and the car manages to keep road noise and wind noise to a minimum.

I decided to put my test car through its paces by driving it on our local twisty roads in sports mode. To be honest, I didn't notice much of a difference - the car still handles quite well, but it's not exactly the most responsive steering. However, the engine does get revvy when you thrash it around corners, and the tires do make some noise as they squeal in protest.

The Skoda Scala is available in several trim levels, starting with the S. This basic model comes with features such as Bluetooth, air conditioning, and a small steering wheel with a gear knob and handbrake. Next up is the SE, which adds useful features like rear parking sensors and cruise control to the mix. The SEL trim takes things to the next level with a smarter 9-inch touchscreen display, digital dials, dual-zone climate control, and 17-inch alloy wheels.

Finally, there's the Monte Carlo, which gets some exterior and interior styling upgrades, including great stitching on the seats. This model also comes with a panoramic glass sunroof, which is a nice touch. However, Skoda does offer various options that can add up in cost. For example, blind spot warning costs £535, while a reversing camera upgrade costs £305. A bespoke Skoda cycle carrier adds an extra £110 to the price tag.

For those looking for a more personalized version of their Scala, I decided to use Skoda's car configurator to build my dream model. After creating my perfect Scala, I received offers from local dealerships that matched exactly what I was looking for. If you're interested in seeing these offers and learning more about the best way to configure your own Scala, click on the pop-out banner up top.

In conclusion, the Skoda Scala is a solid choice for those looking for a compact car with all the amenities they need without breaking the bank. While it may not be the most exciting drive around corners, it handles well and is comfortable for long distances. With its range of trim levels and optional features, there's something to suit every taste and budget.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the new Skoda Scala and it's an alternative to a Ford Focus a Vauxhall Astra or a VW Golf and it's a is it a hatchback or is it an estate anyway we'll find out in this review let's start this review by talking about the price so the Skoda scholar starts from just under 17,000 pounds this one I've got here is actually closer to 21,000 pounds however you can save an average of almost 4000 pounds off 1/3 car while now if you want to how much money you can save on a new car compared car reviews videos and even use our special number plate scanning car valuation tool click on the pop-up banner up there to download our free app now let's talk about the design and this is where it gets a little bit confusing for me because I just think it's got the profile of an estate car yet Skoda calls it a hatchback come on man Jaclyn's it's a hatchback as well because he says the rear overhang isn't big enough for an estate but I disagree what do you think click on the pop-out banner up there to cast a vote is it a hatchback or is it s-stay whose side you on here at the front the scholar looks like a Skoda very much like every other Skoda really it's like they have photocopied the superb and the Octavia and this it's just very similar but though it's still quite small big headlights chromium bits around the grill and this look real air-breathers real they're not fake that helps smooth air over the wheels just to improve aerodynamics on a Skoda thinking about that stuff is you're gonna be going that quickly oh yeah yeah my favorite part of this car is the rear end I think Skoda's designers have done a fantastic job on what is an affordable car yeah it looks really smart like the way you have this black roof spoiler and it sort of blends in with the black tight rear screen which extends all the way down here then you have huge Skoda letters and they're spaced almost like on a sports car you can tell Scott is now very proud of its brand moving down here this is quite interesting though this area you can see it's designed to look like exhaust pipes like you'd have on a v8 I think what's happening here is manufacturers slowly getting us used to the idea of having cars with no exam pipes at all it's a bit like when he try and get your kids to eat carrots when they're very young and he mashed them up then you say to them do you know what that's just golden mashed potato slowly getting them around to the idea of eating the vegetables have you ever done that here on the inside the scholar it's pretty lovely nice actually the design isn't the most flamboyant but it's functional it's sensible and it's smart also the quality is pretty good so you've got softer materials on the dash and on the door tops oh my there are scratching plastics about the place they're like there and there but you expect that on the car that starts from just under 17,000 pounds I can't complain about that steering wheel looks good as well and everything is very sensibly laid out like you getting scones it's just all dead easy to use so you're not looking around going well there is ya handy I like it and then there's plenty of room as well in the front loads of high adjustment in the driver's seat it's live I can find it backwards we go far it goes back so tall people will be fine and of course there's lots of adjustments can't find it again in the steering wheel and the wipers go on if you do that to harder the steering wheel here in the back of the Scarlett it's very good loads of knee room Headroom is good as well let's try the center seat there is a hump get your legs over but the foot wells are pretty big that's fine as well you will be able to carry three adults in the back not gonna be the comfiest people in the world but it is doable I'm impressed so far with this car now let's talk about the boot and this is one of the other reasons why I think this car is more than a state than a hatchback because it's huge look at it you actually have 467 litres of space there which is a lot more than a Vauxhall Astra which is a proper hatchback that has 370 liters so proves my point you've also got some tie-down hooks here and here under here oh look at that you've got a spare wheel there as well and there's some more storage here if you want to 308 a 308 has 470 litres which is our case 3 litres more than this so would you call that 308 no the 308 is a hatchback listen shut up let me get on with this so yeah this is an extra storage here and here there's also hooks here and here plus a 12 volt socket and all right maybe it's not an estate car because in the state car Ward have a flat floor here you wouldn't have this Ridge to lift stuff over that back it just looks a bit like an estate you get this go to scale up with a 1-liter 3-cylinder turbo petrol with either 95 horsepower or 115 horsepower there's also a 1.5 liter four-cylinder turbo petrol with 150 horsepower then there's a 1.6 liter diesel with 115 horsepower now you can have all engines either with a manual gearbox or an automatic apart from the low power 1 litre petrol this particular car has a 1 meter turbo petrol engine with 115 horsepower it's supposed to nought 60 in 9.8 seconds but I'm going to see how quick it really is with me driving using my special app that's beeping at me let's launch it yeah this is what every Skoda Scarlet owners gonna be doing it's all right stop it seems stupid I guess it kind of is there we go whatever time let's see what it is this did nought to 60 in ten point four seconds bit slow than expected but maybe it's my skills with the manual gearbox launch now then it's time for the car why five annoying things about this car they're the kind of person that likes to use a dash cam you will find a bit annoying the scarless 12 volt socket is all the way back here so you can have a cable trailing over your gear knob and handbrake so it's gonna get in the way that could actually cause you to have an accident in the first place this will have it on film the bonnet on this car oh god it's so freaking heavy it's like it's made out later there's no assistance from gas struts or anything ou could use it as a homework out in the burn now now you might be thinking but math these days people don't look under the bonnet so their cars but I bet Skoda owners still do they're those kind of people really know what to check their fluids have fully topped up let's have a look here yeah definitely oily high specification versions of this car come with keyless go so you then have a button in the place of where you'd normally put your Pig which means that you now have nowhere to put your key when you remove the parcel shelf you think you can fit it underneath here because the car is wide enough look it does fit but there's no recessed area for it so if you then add in a heavy load that's gonna get crushed you will it's really annoying that the lane-keeping assist is always on by default so if you run it off every time you get in the car you have to press up button go into the menu and deselect it so ya bugger off because it only knows after a while just constantly tugging at the wheel it's not all negative though here's five good things about this car again old fashioned manually operated handbrake which means Oh chaos the design of the cars spoiler and the alloy wheels help reduce drag to improve the aerodynamics but we've gone and ruined them by fitting the roof rack forget about that you can get rear side airbags in the scarlet which is quite unusual on a car at this price point this particular one doesn't have them we didn't really care about the rear passengers so much you get scrolling indicators just like on an Audi oh yeah so cool to prevent the seatbelts from getting trapped behind the seat when you fold them down lock you got a little holder for them there it's the buckle in place so you good to go all right let's talk about this cars technology so the infotainment system is actually really pretty good the screens nice and bright it's easy and responsive to use everything's laid out dead simply as well it's also got gesture controls so I can't honestly see see come on by doing stuff like I I use mind it has gesture controls they're a bit it misses you just saw it's handy that you've got shortcut buttons down the side so you can just whizz through the different menus if you want to do it that way oh that's enough of that the navigation system is pretty good as well it's easy to program and to find your route it's fairly responsive the screen there's a bit of delay but it's not too bad however if you want to better infotainment system the one in the brand new Volkswagen Golf is superior and if you click on the pop-out banner up there you can see my fault in depth video review of that car the digital drivers display has decent function so you can cycle through things like navigation the stereo and all that kind of stuff you're also able to change the view but they're a little bit lame the main ones alright and so it's a widescreen sat-nav but then you have this one which is what's that all about and then this one which looks like it's broken and this one is sporty which is kind of a bit of a light because the car isn't in any way shape or form in terms of connectivity it's alright for this kind of car so the top-of-the-range sat-nav does have online traffic updates you can pay extra to have a data connection and Wi-Fi hotspot for the car then you have two USB C inputs down there's another two in the back as well it off let's move on to practicality so the rear seats fold down and they split 60/40 when you fold them down you get this big Ridge it's gonna be difficult to push heavy items right to the front of the car from the back because they're gonna get caught on there so that's a bit annoying you don't normally have that on a stake because you not have a continuous low bed also in a state cause you normally have the seat splitting three-way so you can carry long items and two passengers either side so maybe this is a hatchback after all oh look at this the rear windows they dig all the way down which pleases me greatly it's quite unusual these days if you're lucky enough or unlucky enough to have triplets then you'll be pleased to know that the scarlet is available with three ISOFIX anchor points for three child seats because you can get it with all six in the front as well in fact this car is quite spacious in the back so if you need to fit on those big bulky rear-facing seats it's dead easy to do there's enough room to maneuver it and you can fit it in without having to move this one seat too far forward in terms of interior cubby spaces Skoda says if you add up all the little hidey holes in this car you get 26 litres of space or talk you through them now that is the glovebox which is called by the air conditioning which is an okay size then there's this area here which isn't such an okay size but you can put your old receipts in there you've got a couple of cup holders there some storage there where you can put your mobile phone underneath the front passenger seats you have a very small little drawer and as you move over here you have another small little drawer for the driver the door bins are massive here in the front by moving to the back you shall see that they up come on get in please don't let me down they pretty massive as well then when you fold this down you have some cup holders here there are pockets on the seat backs and then some extra pockets here look on the sides of the seats perfect for a holster for a car wash sticker truth oh there's even some knitting in the pasta shelf in the back then the Skoda simply clever features designed to make your motoring life easier such as a handy clip there for your parking ticket the ice scraper the fuel fill occur which includes a magnifying glass Wow yeah and even a tire depth gauge and responsibles there an inbuilt funnel for the screen wash so doesn't matter if you're really crap I mean oh yeah someone in there's some little grippers in the one cup holder so you get the traction to undo a bottle top one-handed and finally there's the classic umbrella in the driver's door just like on a Rolls Royce there this umbrella probably costs about 599 on Amazon as you probably know Volkswagen owned Skoda and so underneath the skin this car is very similar to a Volkswagen Golf however you can only get the scholar as front-wheel drive there is no all wheel drive version available at all you can however get the car with adjustable sport suspension it's slightly lower than the standard setup and you're able to stiffen it up by pressing a button and going into sports mode mm-hmm Scala if you don't have that upgraded suspension when you go into sports mode on the normal cars all it does is change the steering stiffness and the responsiveness of the accelerator and the air conditioning for some reason what is sporty air conditioning bizarre I think it's also bizarre is that right look at the images they've used so sport they've got an image of a motorway the individual so you can set up yourself a DJ's equalizer eco is a twisty road surely that should be for sport and normal is a town with no one in it which isn't normal at all let's see what this scholar is like to drive song with in town so easy controls are like the brakes maybe just a little bit too sharp but your sue get used to that but for the first few mods you gonna be locked back in the head of the steering well why are you just to them the gearshift it's a bit not cheap but it's accurate it's a bit better really having the manual gearbox in the automatic when driving around town at slow speeds because the auto can be a bit chunky there's a maneuverability well I'm testing it driving around some cones yes the turning circles alright it's kind of par for the course with its kind of car better than a Ford Focuses which is handy if you like to make a lot of u-turns the suspensions pretty good in this car as well just a bunch nicely then filled potholes to believe he hit them it's not quite as comfy overall as a Volkswagen Golf but it's pretty blooming close so there's very little to complain about really and all-round visibility is quite good as well especially with the panoramic roof although I don't know why I said that because you don't drive along looking a try just makes it feel lighter in air that's all nice easy in time mister on the motorway it's the first thing I'm going to do is see what it's like and getting up to motorway speeds about 50 I'm in fourth I'm gonna floor it how does this little 1 litre engine do come on you can do it you can do it and did it it's going to punch this engine if it was fully loaded this car with loads of people and the luggage won't be so good but it's alright if you're driving on your own most of the time but what about the economy while this car is averaging 41 point 4 miles per gallon which is good I pleased with that also it's quite comfy for long distances the seats are nice and it's not too noisy because the car does keep at the road noise and the wood noise pretty well it seemed pretty little thing really considering how much it doesn't cost let's try our new twisty road so I'm gonna go to the sports mode I'm gonna make a difference I don't think but let's do it anyway just for the placebo effect well well it goes around corners quick making the tires squeal a bit it's code Rodin's gonna drive like this so I'm really putting it to the test you do notice that this briefs and indolent engine does get it runny when you thrash it starts to vibrate quite a bit and the steering's look look looking on a corner do that it's not the most responsive steering but you can tell it's been set up just to be more safe and secure rather than fun soon like a Ford Focus is more engaging to drive and if you'd like to see my full in-depth video review of that car click on the pop-up banner up there to go watch it but really for the kind of people that are going to buy this car and if your interest in this kind of car it drives absolutely well enough good now let's talk about equipment levels so the range kicks off with the S and it's pretty basic but it does have key features such as Bluetooth and air conditioning and a little slice steering wheel gear knob and handbrake what a treat next up is the SE and it has some useful additions such as rear parking sensors which is handy on an estate car oh yeah I won't let it go it also gets cruise control and an 8 inch touchscreen with apple carplay and android auto step up to the SEL then you get this smarter 9 inch touchscreen with inbuilt satellite navigation you also get digital dials dual zone climate control and 17 instead of 16-inch alloy wheels finally there's the Monte Carlo which gets some exterior and interior styling upgrades including some great stitching on the seats oh yeah it also includes this rather wonderful panoramic glass sunroof so you can have this as an option on lower models in the range 413 and two quid then of course you can get a bunch of options so this particular car is fitted with blind spot warning which is 535 pounds it's got the reversing camera upgrade 305 pounds and voice commands which is 25 pounds but why do they bother it's not worth the admin you can also get some accessories so this roof rack is 150 pounds and then there's a bespoke Skoda cycle carrier for a hundred and ten pounds and I think with these things fitted it's making the car look more like an estate isn't it it's all very lifestyle II and we're convinced the big question is though what do I think is the best engine and Turing combination of the Skoda Scala well what I've actually done is built my perfect version of this car using the car configurator and I've got some offers back from ad dealers and if you want to see what those offers are and what I think is the best version of this car click on the pop-out banner up there to go check it out so then what's all final verdict on the go to scarless you do the voice it consider it a shortlist it well should you just go right ahead and buy it well I reckon you should shortlist the Scala it's a little bit soulless but it's actually a really good car especially for the money enjoy this video please subscribe to this channel for more videos and if you click on the deals box to the right you can see how much you can save on a new car at car wife or click on the video windows below to watch another of my videosthis is the new Skoda Scala and it's an alternative to a Ford Focus a Vauxhall Astra or a VW Golf and it's a is it a hatchback or is it an estate anyway we'll find out in this review let's start this review by talking about the price so the Skoda scholar starts from just under 17,000 pounds this one I've got here is actually closer to 21,000 pounds however you can save an average of almost 4000 pounds off 1/3 car while now if you want to how much money you can save on a new car compared car reviews videos and even use our special number plate scanning car valuation tool click on the pop-up banner up there to download our free app now let's talk about the design and this is where it gets a little bit confusing for me because I just think it's got the profile of an estate car yet Skoda calls it a hatchback come on man Jaclyn's it's a hatchback as well because he says the rear overhang isn't big enough for an estate but I disagree what do you think click on the pop-out banner up there to cast a vote is it a hatchback or is it s-stay whose side you on here at the front the scholar looks like a Skoda very much like every other Skoda really it's like they have photocopied the superb and the Octavia and this it's just very similar but though it's still quite small big headlights chromium bits around the grill and this look real air-breathers real they're not fake that helps smooth air over the wheels just to improve aerodynamics on a Skoda thinking about that stuff is you're gonna be going that quickly oh yeah yeah my favorite part of this car is the rear end I think Skoda's designers have done a fantastic job on what is an affordable car yeah it looks really smart like the way you have this black roof spoiler and it sort of blends in with the black tight rear screen which extends all the way down here then you have huge Skoda letters and they're spaced almost like on a sports car you can tell Scott is now very proud of its brand moving down here this is quite interesting though this area you can see it's designed to look like exhaust pipes like you'd have on a v8 I think what's happening here is manufacturers slowly getting us used to the idea of having cars with no exam pipes at all it's a bit like when he try and get your kids to eat carrots when they're very young and he mashed them up then you say to them do you know what that's just golden mashed potato slowly getting them around to the idea of eating the vegetables have you ever done that here on the inside the scholar it's pretty lovely nice actually the design isn't the most flamboyant but it's functional it's sensible and it's smart also the quality is pretty good so you've got softer materials on the dash and on the door tops oh my there are scratching plastics about the place they're like there and there but you expect that on the car that starts from just under 17,000 pounds I can't complain about that steering wheel looks good as well and everything is very sensibly laid out like you getting scones it's just all dead easy to use so you're not looking around going well there is ya handy I like it and then there's plenty of room as well in the front loads of high adjustment in the driver's seat it's live I can find it backwards we go far it goes back so tall people will be fine and of course there's lots of adjustments can't find it again in the steering wheel and the wipers go on if you do that to harder the steering wheel here in the back of the Scarlett it's very good loads of knee room Headroom is good as well let's try the center seat there is a hump get your legs over but the foot wells are pretty big that's fine as well you will be able to carry three adults in the back not gonna be the comfiest people in the world but it is doable I'm impressed so far with this car now let's talk about the boot and this is one of the other reasons why I think this car is more than a state than a hatchback because it's huge look at it you actually have 467 litres of space there which is a lot more than a Vauxhall Astra which is a proper hatchback that has 370 liters so proves my point you've also got some tie-down hooks here and here under here oh look at that you've got a spare wheel there as well and there's some more storage here if you want to 308 a 308 has 470 litres which is our case 3 litres more than this so would you call that 308 no the 308 is a hatchback listen shut up let me get on with this so yeah this is an extra storage here and here there's also hooks here and here plus a 12 volt socket and all right maybe it's not an estate car because in the state car Ward have a flat floor here you wouldn't have this Ridge to lift stuff over that back it just looks a bit like an estate you get this go to scale up with a 1-liter 3-cylinder turbo petrol with either 95 horsepower or 115 horsepower there's also a 1.5 liter four-cylinder turbo petrol with 150 horsepower then there's a 1.6 liter diesel with 115 horsepower now you can have all engines either with a manual gearbox or an automatic apart from the low power 1 litre petrol this particular car has a 1 meter turbo petrol engine with 115 horsepower it's supposed to nought 60 in 9.8 seconds but I'm going to see how quick it really is with me driving using my special app that's beeping at me let's launch it yeah this is what every Skoda Scarlet owners gonna be doing it's all right stop it seems stupid I guess it kind of is there we go whatever time let's see what it is this did nought to 60 in ten point four seconds bit slow than expected but maybe it's my skills with the manual gearbox launch now then it's time for the car why five annoying things about this car they're the kind of person that likes to use a dash cam you will find a bit annoying the scarless 12 volt socket is all the way back here so you can have a cable trailing over your gear knob and handbrake so it's gonna get in the way that could actually cause you to have an accident in the first place this will have it on film the bonnet on this car oh god it's so freaking heavy it's like it's made out later there's no assistance from gas struts or anything ou could use it as a homework out in the burn now now you might be thinking but math these days people don't look under the bonnet so their cars but I bet Skoda owners still do they're those kind of people really know what to check their fluids have fully topped up let's have a look here yeah definitely oily high specification versions of this car come with keyless go so you then have a button in the place of where you'd normally put your Pig which means that you now have nowhere to put your key when you remove the parcel shelf you think you can fit it underneath here because the car is wide enough look it does fit but there's no recessed area for it so if you then add in a heavy load that's gonna get crushed you will it's really annoying that the lane-keeping assist is always on by default so if you run it off every time you get in the car you have to press up button go into the menu and deselect it so ya bugger off because it only knows after a while just constantly tugging at the wheel it's not all negative though here's five good things about this car again old fashioned manually operated handbrake which means Oh chaos the design of the cars spoiler and the alloy wheels help reduce drag to improve the aerodynamics but we've gone and ruined them by fitting the roof rack forget about that you can get rear side airbags in the scarlet which is quite unusual on a car at this price point this particular one doesn't have them we didn't really care about the rear passengers so much you get scrolling indicators just like on an Audi oh yeah so cool to prevent the seatbelts from getting trapped behind the seat when you fold them down lock you got a little holder for them there it's the buckle in place so you good to go all right let's talk about this cars technology so the infotainment system is actually really pretty good the screens nice and bright it's easy and responsive to use everything's laid out dead simply as well it's also got gesture controls so I can't honestly see see come on by doing stuff like I I use mind it has gesture controls they're a bit it misses you just saw it's handy that you've got shortcut buttons down the side so you can just whizz through the different menus if you want to do it that way oh that's enough of that the navigation system is pretty good as well it's easy to program and to find your route it's fairly responsive the screen there's a bit of delay but it's not too bad however if you want to better infotainment system the one in the brand new Volkswagen Golf is superior and if you click on the pop-out banner up there you can see my fault in depth video review of that car the digital drivers display has decent function so you can cycle through things like navigation the stereo and all that kind of stuff you're also able to change the view but they're a little bit lame the main ones alright and so it's a widescreen sat-nav but then you have this one which is what's that all about and then this one which looks like it's broken and this one is sporty which is kind of a bit of a light because the car isn't in any way shape or form in terms of connectivity it's alright for this kind of car so the top-of-the-range sat-nav does have online traffic updates you can pay extra to have a data connection and Wi-Fi hotspot for the car then you have two USB C inputs down there's another two in the back as well it off let's move on to practicality so the rear seats fold down and they split 60/40 when you fold them down you get this big Ridge it's gonna be difficult to push heavy items right to the front of the car from the back because they're gonna get caught on there so that's a bit annoying you don't normally have that on a stake because you not have a continuous low bed also in a state cause you normally have the seat splitting three-way so you can carry long items and two passengers either side so maybe this is a hatchback after all oh look at this the rear windows they dig all the way down which pleases me greatly it's quite unusual these days if you're lucky enough or unlucky enough to have triplets then you'll be pleased to know that the scarlet is available with three ISOFIX anchor points for three child seats because you can get it with all six in the front as well in fact this car is quite spacious in the back so if you need to fit on those big bulky rear-facing seats it's dead easy to do there's enough room to maneuver it and you can fit it in without having to move this one seat too far forward in terms of interior cubby spaces Skoda says if you add up all the little hidey holes in this car you get 26 litres of space or talk you through them now that is the glovebox which is called by the air conditioning which is an okay size then there's this area here which isn't such an okay size but you can put your old receipts in there you've got a couple of cup holders there some storage there where you can put your mobile phone underneath the front passenger seats you have a very small little drawer and as you move over here you have another small little drawer for the driver the door bins are massive here in the front by moving to the back you shall see that they up come on get in please don't let me down they pretty massive as well then when you fold this down you have some cup holders here there are pockets on the seat backs and then some extra pockets here look on the sides of the seats perfect for a holster for a car wash sticker truth oh there's even some knitting in the pasta shelf in the back then the Skoda simply clever features designed to make your motoring life easier such as a handy clip there for your parking ticket the ice scraper the fuel fill occur which includes a magnifying glass Wow yeah and even a tire depth gauge and responsibles there an inbuilt funnel for the screen wash so doesn't matter if you're really crap I mean oh yeah someone in there's some little grippers in the one cup holder so you get the traction to undo a bottle top one-handed and finally there's the classic umbrella in the driver's door just like on a Rolls Royce there this umbrella probably costs about 599 on Amazon as you probably know Volkswagen owned Skoda and so underneath the skin this car is very similar to a Volkswagen Golf however you can only get the scholar as front-wheel drive there is no all wheel drive version available at all you can however get the car with adjustable sport suspension it's slightly lower than the standard setup and you're able to stiffen it up by pressing a button and going into sports mode mm-hmm Scala if you don't have that upgraded suspension when you go into sports mode on the normal cars all it does is change the steering stiffness and the responsiveness of the accelerator and the air conditioning for some reason what is sporty air conditioning bizarre I think it's also bizarre is that right look at the images they've used so sport they've got an image of a motorway the individual so you can set up yourself a DJ's equalizer eco is a twisty road surely that should be for sport and normal is a town with no one in it which isn't normal at all let's see what this scholar is like to drive song with in town so easy controls are like the brakes maybe just a little bit too sharp but your sue get used to that but for the first few mods you gonna be locked back in the head of the steering well why are you just to them the gearshift it's a bit not cheap but it's accurate it's a bit better really having the manual gearbox in the automatic when driving around town at slow speeds because the auto can be a bit chunky there's a maneuverability well I'm testing it driving around some cones yes the turning circles alright it's kind of par for the course with its kind of car better than a Ford Focuses which is handy if you like to make a lot of u-turns the suspensions pretty good in this car as well just a bunch nicely then filled potholes to believe he hit them it's not quite as comfy overall as a Volkswagen Golf but it's pretty blooming close so there's very little to complain about really and all-round visibility is quite good as well especially with the panoramic roof although I don't know why I said that because you don't drive along looking a try just makes it feel lighter in air that's all nice easy in time mister on the motorway it's the first thing I'm going to do is see what it's like and getting up to motorway speeds about 50 I'm in fourth I'm gonna floor it how does this little 1 litre engine do come on you can do it you can do it and did it it's going to punch this engine if it was fully loaded this car with loads of people and the luggage won't be so good but it's alright if you're driving on your own most of the time but what about the economy while this car is averaging 41 point 4 miles per gallon which is good I pleased with that also it's quite comfy for long distances the seats are nice and it's not too noisy because the car does keep at the road noise and the wood noise pretty well it seemed pretty little thing really considering how much it doesn't cost let's try our new twisty road so I'm gonna go to the sports mode I'm gonna make a difference I don't think but let's do it anyway just for the placebo effect well well it goes around corners quick making the tires squeal a bit it's code Rodin's gonna drive like this so I'm really putting it to the test you do notice that this briefs and indolent engine does get it runny when you thrash it starts to vibrate quite a bit and the steering's look look looking on a corner do that it's not the most responsive steering but you can tell it's been set up just to be more safe and secure rather than fun soon like a Ford Focus is more engaging to drive and if you'd like to see my full in-depth video review of that car click on the pop-up banner up there to go watch it but really for the kind of people that are going to buy this car and if your interest in this kind of car it drives absolutely well enough good now let's talk about equipment levels so the range kicks off with the S and it's pretty basic but it does have key features such as Bluetooth and air conditioning and a little slice steering wheel gear knob and handbrake what a treat next up is the SE and it has some useful additions such as rear parking sensors which is handy on an estate car oh yeah I won't let it go it also gets cruise control and an 8 inch touchscreen with apple carplay and android auto step up to the SEL then you get this smarter 9 inch touchscreen with inbuilt satellite navigation you also get digital dials dual zone climate control and 17 instead of 16-inch alloy wheels finally there's the Monte Carlo which gets some exterior and interior styling upgrades including some great stitching on the seats oh yeah it also includes this rather wonderful panoramic glass sunroof so you can have this as an option on lower models in the range 413 and two quid then of course you can get a bunch of options so this particular car is fitted with blind spot warning which is 535 pounds it's got the reversing camera upgrade 305 pounds and voice commands which is 25 pounds but why do they bother it's not worth the admin you can also get some accessories so this roof rack is 150 pounds and then there's a bespoke Skoda cycle carrier for a hundred and ten pounds and I think with these things fitted it's making the car look more like an estate isn't it it's all very lifestyle II and we're convinced the big question is though what do I think is the best engine and Turing combination of the Skoda Scala well what I've actually done is built my perfect version of this car using the car configurator and I've got some offers back from ad dealers and if you want to see what those offers are and what I think is the best version of this car click on the pop-out banner up there to go check it out so then what's all final verdict on the go to scarless you do the voice it consider it a shortlist it well should you just go right ahead and buy it well I reckon you should shortlist the Scala it's a little bit soulless but it's actually a really good car especially for the money enjoy this video please subscribe to this channel for more videos and if you click on the deals box to the right you can see how much you can save 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