Skoda is under the Volkswagen umbrella together with the likes of Audi, Porsche, Bentley etc. Very nice cars. Fun fact: My mom is 76 and she drives a 200hp Skoda Turbo sedan as her daily driver.
I love my Skoda Octavia and having paid off my 2nd one, a 2016 Octavia vRS mk3 5e, I decided to "do it up". Adding new MCA suspension, Milltek exhaust, Racing Line stage 1 tune and Racing Line intake system and turbo inlets has turned my family wagon into a sleeper that brings a smile to my face every day! The sound while not like those in this video you can sense the animal lurking beneath as it now punches out ~320hp
Skoda was always good in rallying. This generation of the Fabia was made from 2001 until 2007, 3 generations have followed it. Before was the Felicia, which is a reworked Favorit, produced from 1994-2001, 1985-1994 respectively. The interesting story of the Favorit is that it was the first front-engine model of the brand since a long time (1960's I think), and it was during the production of the Favorit that Volkswagen bought the brand, reworked the Favorit (injection istead of a carburetor) and in '94, they did a major uphaul, and renamed the model Felicia. I drive one myself, from 1999. At that time, they had optional extras like AC, ABS, airbags, power windows, but where I live, in Hungary, it was a poor people's car, so mine has three extras: a cigarette lighter, central locking and a sunroof. The Favorit/Felicia were made as pickup van and panel vans as well, the Felicia had an interesting version, labelled "Fun", which was basically a pickup, but with the rear panel of the cabin retractable, unfolding two more rear seats and a now open rear section, it is worth a googling. During the soviet era, there were models like the 1000 MBX, which was a coupe of their first rear-engine sedan. Also, this was a unibody design, we are talking beyond the iron curtain, 1964. Later, there were coupe models like the 110 RS and Garde/Rapid, which were rear-engined coupe's, and handled a bit like Porsches, therefore their nickname poor man's Porsche (peasant's Porsche in lit. translation from Hungarian). I would advise you to google these ones, too, and my main point after this large detour, the Felicia Kit Car, that was a great rally car, as well. And one last intersting fact, Skodas were made with basically the same engine block from the 1000MB in 1964 until the Felicia, an OHV one, which started as a 1000ccm, and went up to 1300ccm a bit before the Favorit, but was also built into the Fabia, with 1400ccm. The same pushrod engine from the sixties, which was designed in the 1920's by NSU. My car has this same block, with 50kW of power. It purrs like kitten, but can perform if needed until safe highway speed, it can get up to 160 km/h / 100mph without much of a difficulty. When the Felicia came out, journalists were joking on the cat that the rpm gauge has a green field, from 2000rpm until 3500, implying that under 2000 it is weak, and over 3500 it is just noisy but does not perform. Kinda true, but those opinions are exaggerated of course. I hope I managed to give you some interesting information, have a good one!
I believe the 1st generation Fabia came out in 1999 - I bought one in July 2000. Production of the earlier Felicia may have overlapped with the Fabia Mk I.
think these are later, we had the ugly Fabia as company car, i started in 2000 and got an Astra SW, after 3 years a Stilo Multiwagon. But soon after the Stilo MW wasn't delivered anymore. Guess that was somewhere in 2005, then our engineers got a Fabia, these were pre facelift Fabia's that were made until 2004.
Jako fanda rallye a Octavie WRC zvláště ....... taky jsem viděl ve státech Top Fuell dragstery ........ když to srovnám tak dragstery pro zvukový zážitek jsou asi tak 100x lepší (fyzicky se třese vzduch a zem, jeden týpek s turbínovým dragsterem náklaďákem machrování pro diváky přehnal a ulámal větve stromů 50m za plotem, a taky tím 30 plamentem totálně ušvařil asi 30 m asfaltu), jinak Top Fuel dragster má okolo 10 000 koní (slovy deset tisíc) a na rozdíl od Fabie WRC nemá ani katalyzátory, ani tlumiče výfuku, ani turbínu která by tlumila výfuk. 300 koňový WRC je zvukově takový malý směšný nic. Tudíž nechápu jak může být Američan unešený ze zvuku prdícího WRCa. Nespíš si z nás děla srandu, protože ani jednou nezmínil ultimátní jízdní vlastnosti těch WRC motokár, což je na rallye to úplně nejdůležitější.
It's not really common for people in America to even know about Škoda or Tatra, so the fact that you admire them is for me, a Czech, really fascinating :D My family had always a Škoda as far as I remember, starting with the old, dark blue 105, blue Favorit, black Felicia, silver Fabia (first gen), then my father got second gen Fabia as a company car and nowadays I drive the Rapid liftback. I always wanted Octavia, well, the Rapid is at least using some parts from the first gen Octavia even if it's a car about 14 years younger. I am still quite young and haven't driven too many cars, but the Škoda is the most enjoyable car I have driven so far. One day, I'd love to rally with a Škoda car, and my crazy dream is to finish the Dakar rally with a Škoda onde day :D. Anyway, I hope you'll make it into the Mladá Boleslav Škoda museum, I was there years ago and really enjoyed it, as there were really interesting models. I remember they had some kind of prototype Rapid (liftback) on display even before it went into production and I was so surprised how great and futuristic it looked. Of course, the serial model is way simpler, but I still love that car and as a relatively young kid I didn't expect it'd be my first car one day :) Edit: Also, my father somehow used to have a Tatra 613 after the revolution when he was young, but sold it later. He never spoke about it and told me only coincidentaly, and you could feel how he regrets selling it to this day
@@speedhunter7156 I love them. The Octavia counterpart nowadays is the VW Golf tho. I'd love to get the first generation, I really like it's design and feel like it was ahead of it's time, but I might be biased because I like the late 90's and early 00's overall. And the vRS version is even nicer. It's kinda a meme in the Czech car community but honestly I don't care :D
So fun watching this video as i got a fabia 1.2 htp 65hp as my daily driver for 3 years now and week end fun car for twisty roads ! Big Love from France !♥
So Skoda has been around rally since the 60's in group 2 group 4 and group A and they are chechslovakian both ken block and Colin McRae have driven fabias ken drove his in Missouri funny enough i don't remember how the skoda finished in 2020? Or was it 21? But when Colin drove it they came up short from winning the WRC championship
Skoda is really a car for WRC-Champions! The current World Champion, Kalle Rovanperä, was driving Skoda in WRC 2-Class and win also that Championship before the "main" WRC-Class. Last season Skoda won both the WRC 2 and WRC 3 - Classes World Championships. Both with Finnish drivers and co-drivers, both women!!! Skoda is basically like VW. Same main parts, little bit different inside and different design. Great car for much cheaper than the same VW. VW has always been the most "over priced" car at least in Europe. Tribute to Ken Block! Ken driving and "studying" the legendary WRC Group B Audi Quattros in a secret Audi "museum" in Germany. He really is/was like a kid in a candy store, cause it was always his childhood dream to try these beasts. He was a Pro WRC-Driver first, so he knew these things and heard the stories. You will find videos also here in Ytube. Best Regards from Finland!! Ps. Audi had built a third, "supersonic" Group B car, half the size of the Quattros, but it was so "over the top", that it was never used for racing. And then "the End" came for that era. Best Regards from Finland!!
hello from Czechia:) i had Škoda fabia 1,6 16valve 105hp, and it was the strongest model you could get(and same design as those on the video), it was awesome little daily, practical, stable, you could get it to around 210-220kmh on highway and it still felt totally alright:) as for present day line up of Škoda i really like KodiaqRS model(americans would say its little SUV, but it has around 200hp and with agresive driving it still made around 25mpg), but i dont think it is offered with US homologation, maybe its time EU and US got their shiat together:D
First experience of anti-lag like this was live at the old RAC rally when the escort Cosworth WRC cars would come through. You could hear them coming from 2 valleys over. Rally is absolutely epic live.
I have a 2004 Skoda Octavia VRS station wagon. Had it from new, would not need another car until I run this one into the ground. The definition of reliable, and also very ergonomic and spacious.
I owned a 2015 Skoda Octavia from 2015 to 2019. Their road going cars are so so reliable. Dull might some say, but the reliability and quality of these cars are top notch. Would buy again.
I have a 1972 skoda s100 rally car replica 👊👌 you should check out the old cars. Skoda mb1000 , s110r , estelle , 1980s skoda rapid 130 5 speed. . Mostly rear engine. Rear wheel drive.
a friend of my stepdad who lives down the road from him used to rally a evo x and my stepdad would help him and his wife with maintenance. it was also a daily driver. one day he got a request from the neighbours to quiet down the car, meaning put the exhaust back on because leaving for work at 5am meant the whole neighborhood was awake it was so loud lol. sadly his wife passed from cancer and he gave up rallying which was a damn shame.
I had a tuned Skoda Felicia that looked completely normal, except it was lowered. That was just before Volkswagen took over. Had a heap of fun at traffic lights, tricking Mercs, BMWs, Audi's into eating my dust.
the pops and bangs are combustion in the exhaust manifold to maintain turbo spool, its called anti-lag, it means the engine can maintain boost even when they're off throttle for instant power. the more you know :) if you wanna see a cool anti lag system check out the subaru "rocket" anti-lag
I had the pleasure of watching one of these race in a peak hill climb type of race and it was unforgetable mostly bcs i was 7 and the driver Igor Drotár (slovak legend imo) was nuts.
You should check out some of the Czech rally stages. Semetin for example, which is the scariest of all. Or a compilation from Barum Czech Rally. Scary fast stages and lots of your beloved Škodas :D
Historically, Škoda was a large arms factory on the level of the German Krupp. In addition to passenger cars, it has a division of heavy industry, it also manufactures locomotives, turbines for power plants and pressure vessels for nuclear reactors, in the past Czechoslovakia built entire nuclear power plants with its own help, also tanks, fighters and bombers for export, something from this industry still exists, after all Tatra it also has a weapons division. It's a shame that Škoda only has a civilian program. I recommend looking at the old Škoda RS 130 and RS 200 specials.
You know what's funny... Usually when you meet a Škoda Fabia in civil driving, it's usually some pensioner driving like at least 30km/h below max speed limit and basically they're there just to be overtaken... like an obstacle. But don't get me wrong, it's still cool to see someone being genuinely excited about seeing a Fabia. 😅
if you dig yourself deeper in the skoda lore you will found the RS fabia, some might say VRS but the V is just the little v shape above the skoda logo and its there to tell apart it from the audi rs models, but they are simply rs too, its one of the most fun early 2000 hot hatches with a 150 hp 1.9 pdtdi engine
The Fabia VRS actually has a bit of a cult following in road form, Came with a 1.9 turbo diesel and they can be easily highly modified. I have seen many running 3-400hp with a boat load of torque, All in a car made of paper thin recycled metal and next to no kerb weight it’s a lovely drive. I give mine death every day and it loves it
When Skoda merged into the VAG Group and intervened in the rally with the Octavia WRC, they only needed 3 runs to get the engine stable. VW didn't get that for a long time in her rally car.
The Mk1 Fabia and Octavia both in diesel and petrol, carry one of the most successful engines the VAG group has ever made, namely the 1.8 I4T and the 1.9 I4 TDI, a cheaper alternative to the 2.2 I5T and 2.5 I5T TDI.....however, very tuning approachable! Biggest issue is rust! P.S. It's like choosing between a Golf, Audi A4, A6, a station wagon with more or less TWR (thrust to weight) and money to maintain it......all of the VW, Skoda, Seat, Audis had the same engine....
might aswell change titles for rally fan at this point but jokes aside thank u for the rally content been supporting it since the beggining! and congrats on the progress you've made
5 more years (as for 25y rule I suppose) and You'll be able to pull one sweet MK1 Fabia vRS to US, imagine how rare it will be there, just one sidenote: it's 130BHP 1.9TDI only, so it's one smol coal roller
@iWrocker check out colin mcraes drive in the skoda fabia, was on for a possible win or atleast top 3 in his first one off drive for them until the mechanic's screwed up a clutch change on the final morning service
The "snap, crackle and pops" you describe is basically what every ICE sounds like without a muffler in the exhaust. I used to have a 14bhp scooter with a custom exhaust, of which one of the bolts snapped while riding it and at that point my scooter made more noise than that Skoda lol
The Skoda Fabia had a quirky Cousine, a concept Car, The Skoda Fabia R5 Wagon. The drivetrain of a Fabia R5 in a very compact Wagon. I love the Fabia Wagon (well i drive a 07 one), Its a regular Fabia Hatch with a Backpack, thats who i explain the Concept. In my Opinion its the perfect small car, lots of Space and still very inexpensive. As you said they look a bit odd, but i call it character in a world where cars are looking more and more similar. I am pretty sure not alot people in the US knows about the Peugeot 206 WRC!
Since you have mentioned Ken he actually driven Skoda Fabia R5. You can actually find a relatively long video of him driving it. Its based of second generation of Skoda Fabia rather than this one which was based on the first gen. Ken was considering to stick with Skoda but for whatever reason it went sideways.
Welcome to the Skoda Fabia R5. The Skoda rally car you can actually buy: ruclips.net/video/_uxT7mblVn8/видео.html Not entirely sure if you can get them to be completely road legal though.
I was going down to my Skoda to listen this video in my superb speaker sound system Then I remembered than he was in the workshop due a car crash, and started to die inside, so I listened the video in my sister's Suzuki, and cried a little more
Hello from Czech Republic 🇨🇿❤ a good car for everyday driving is the Škoda Fabia RS of the first generation. A very good and practical car for little money.. unfortunately it is now a very old car and it is quite difficult to find in good condition. And it has a turbo diesel, which put a lot of people off. I love V8 🇺🇸 rumble.. old and new.. SVT Cobra Terminator.. Corvette C6 Z06.. atd..
In Poland, the Skoda brand is seen as cars for retirees, cab drivers or sales representatives - usually in white, beige (or some other boring color). By design, these are supposed to be cars slightly larger than the class competition, at a good price, with clever extras like umbrella compartments. Of course, Skoda wants to change the image of a boring brand by competing in the WRC, adding more powerful engine versions or more interesting colors. My favorite is the Skoda Superb in the 2.0 TSI engine version with 280 hp - it's almost the same engine as the one in the Golf R so it's easy to raise its power even to 500 hp. Plus the station wagon body and "dragon skin" color with black accessories. - Audi RS6 killer 🤣 This would definitely not be a boring car to drive every day
While in the rest of Europe, it is seen as a brand for clever people, it is cheaper than premium brands but it definitely adds values and has everything you need to have in a car! Skoda is most selling brand f.e. in the Czech Republic and Switzerland. They are now becoming quite expensive, I believe this brand will be soon hitting different segment as Superb, Kodiaq or Enyaq are definitely cars reaching very high stylish and luxury feeling cars.
Lia Block will be taking over the reigns from her dad, She is as good a driver as he was and some say she is even better. At 16 years old she has done things in a car most of us could only dream of and she has some of the best drivers in the world coaching her.
I always said they look like a mixture of a Volkswagen Golf from the rear lights, BMW M2 from the front lights and Mercedes A-Class AMG from the shape of the car Would love you to react to highlights of Sebastien Loeb, a famous french driver for his exploits on rallye courses maybe this one can bring you some shivers "LOEB onboard Rallye de France 2013 Citroën DS3 WRC. Loeb est le plus rapide! Stage 3"
You should definitelly check the WRC VW Polo sounds, they were insane! From the starting with the anti-lag popping like crazy to the buzzing of the engine they were amazing!
this rally specials from Škoda eats cca 70 liters per 100 km distanc. When they got switch on Rally mode. (and your second pronunciation "shkoda" os perfectly sounds like Škoda)
In France two youtubers from vilebrequin made a four hundred thousens euros fiat multipla with 1294 ch and 1600 nm There's an amazing vidéo of the first tout on circuit
And yeah... Fabia came out in 1999, which is freaking awesome, those car are still in full swing in CZE, even my father has one from 2001 (mother has 2gen from 2008... I have now a Honda Accord VII 2004... I'm ashamed*... no I'm not!!!) :D
The alfa Romeo v6ti is also a good sounding car. A hillclimbcar and dtm car. "TNT video" on youtube. There is also a guy who build his own twin Superbike and destroyed the ducati's . John Britten!
I did my driver's license in this car, unfortunately the original one has a 1.2 htp with 3 cylinders, it's not exactly my favorite car, but for example the Octavia 1.9tdi 81kw, great car
Hi Ian. Love your videos. Especially rally. You should check out Ilmo Lario's 400 HP. BMW M3. A great video is "The awsome sounding BMW M3 ,Ilmo Lario special" made by Toni Vuohelainen. Ore maybe "Luukku 21. Ilmo Lario's epic sounding BMW M3 Rally" those flying Finns have some really crazy rallycars.. Look forward to it 😉
Škoda fabia 1 měla skvělý podvozek...Fabia 1 rs s motorem 1.9tdi byla nejžádanější naftový vozidlo vůbec..Byla kvalitní a fantastická a spotřebu měla menší jak sekačka na trávu....
Dear @IWrocker don't know where exactly you're living in the US but according to the RACER magazin you might soon be able to hear that sound live: "Chattanooga, Tenn., will host Rally Tennessee, a two-part series that includes a demonstration event on April 7-8 and a test event scheduled for September. If successful, both Rally Tennessee dry-runs will position Chattanooga and southeastern Tennessee as the potential location for the WRC’s first American round since the Washington-based Olympus Rally hosted three events in 1986-’88. And with the WRC and its participating manufacturers keen to add the U.S. market to the calendar, that could be as soon as 2024." good news for rally fans in the US
the noise drama is a result of having an extra fuel injector spraying directly into the exhaust header, just to keep the turbo at full boost to avoid having to spool up after changing gear sounds even better live. be illegal now due to emission laws. the flame pop happens when so much is injected it uses all the oxygen in the exhaust and ignites on mixing with the outside air. have seen this on saloon car races 30 years ago
Mr IWrocker, would you like to to visit Finland for Rally Finland upcoming summer?! But you will need two weeks/14 days for just one rally!!! For a real rally fanatic the race weekend is only the top of the ice berg. I guess, you don't have an unlimited budget, so together we make everything more reasonable. Unfortunately, I can't promise you a test-drive as codriver in a today's Rally1, WRC car. But, at least I could see what's possible. I hope you will not be scared on winding gravel roads at 180 kmh!!! You can rely on my friends at any speed!!!
I suspect there’s been a few adjustments made to the rally version. 😳 My 2006 version doesn’t make that noise, but then I don’t drive it like that to go to the shops so it’s probably just as well. 😂
Years ago before being bought by Volkswagen there were lots of jokes about Skoda,one being " how do double the value of a Skoda? fill the tank up with petrol !
The Fabia WRC was the successor of the Octavia WRC program, similar proven technology and know-how pressed into a smaller package (they sound pretty much identical imo). Not sure how this didn't have more success with the works team - it could absolutely be fast, McRae came agonizingly close to a podium finish in Australia 2005 before having to retire with technical difficulties. The legend says the faulty part was a Ford product
The problem was poor accessibility to parts in the engine compartment. Not only work on the engine, but also on the clutch and transmission very often took more time than allowed in the service park. This then led either to the end of participation or to a car that was not 100% efficient. That only changed with the Fabia S2000. With him, Skoda no longer took part in WRC-1, but in WRC-2 and the European Champion Ship Rally, which Skoda has dominated since then and with the weaker cars even move in the time slots of WRC-1 cars.
Skoda is under the Volkswagen umbrella together with the likes of Audi, Porsche, Bentley etc. Very nice cars. Fun fact: My mom is 76 and she drives a 200hp Skoda Turbo sedan as her daily driver.
Also, Seat.
Hundred years it was Laurin & Klement later ŠKODA, without any umbrella.
You forgot one, Bugatti
@@jormalonnberg1578 You are absolutely right
My 88 years old father drive my ex 170 BHP Seat Altea FR 2.0 TDI
You will never realize how earshattering loud anti-lag systems can be untill you stand next to the course. It's insane
first time i heard anti lag in person was like 15yrs ago at drift event, it was rb26 and forget the ears you can feel that shit in your lungs :D
Plenty of examples of cops reacting to reports of "gunfire"
@@Schodillac Never been to a drift event myself, plenty of national rally championships though
You will never understand loud until you're at a Top Fuel race 😂😂
I watched some racing at Donnington Park and you could hear the cars change gears all around the track they were that loud
I love my Skoda Octavia and having paid off my 2nd one, a 2016 Octavia vRS mk3 5e, I decided to "do it up". Adding new MCA suspension, Milltek exhaust, Racing Line stage 1 tune and Racing Line intake system and turbo inlets has turned my family wagon into a sleeper that brings a smile to my face every day! The sound while not like those in this video you can sense the animal lurking beneath as it now punches out ~320hp
Skoda was always good in rallying. This generation of the Fabia was made from 2001 until 2007, 3 generations have followed it. Before was the Felicia, which is a reworked Favorit, produced from 1994-2001, 1985-1994 respectively. The interesting story of the Favorit is that it was the first front-engine model of the brand since a long time (1960's I think), and it was during the production of the Favorit that Volkswagen bought the brand, reworked the Favorit (injection istead of a carburetor) and in '94, they did a major uphaul, and renamed the model Felicia. I drive one myself, from 1999. At that time, they had optional extras like AC, ABS, airbags, power windows, but where I live, in Hungary, it was a poor people's car, so mine has three extras: a cigarette lighter, central locking and a sunroof. The Favorit/Felicia were made as pickup van and panel vans as well, the Felicia had an interesting version, labelled "Fun", which was basically a pickup, but with the rear panel of the cabin retractable, unfolding two more rear seats and a now open rear section, it is worth a googling. During the soviet era, there were models like the 1000 MBX, which was a coupe of their first rear-engine sedan. Also, this was a unibody design, we are talking beyond the iron curtain, 1964. Later, there were coupe models like the 110 RS and Garde/Rapid, which were rear-engined coupe's, and handled a bit like Porsches, therefore their nickname poor man's Porsche (peasant's Porsche in lit. translation from Hungarian). I would advise you to google these ones, too, and my main point after this large detour, the Felicia Kit Car, that was a great rally car, as well. And one last intersting fact, Skodas were made with basically the same engine block from the 1000MB in 1964 until the Felicia, an OHV one, which started as a 1000ccm, and went up to 1300ccm a bit before the Favorit, but was also built into the Fabia, with 1400ccm. The same pushrod engine from the sixties, which was designed in the 1920's by NSU. My car has this same block, with 50kW of power. It purrs like kitten, but can perform if needed until safe highway speed, it can get up to 160 km/h / 100mph without much of a difficulty. When the Felicia came out, journalists were joking on the cat that the rpm gauge has a green field, from 2000rpm until 3500, implying that under 2000 it is weak, and over 3500 it is just noisy but does not perform. Kinda true, but those opinions are exaggerated of course. I hope I managed to give you some interesting information, have a good one!
I believe the 1st generation Fabia came out in 1999 - I bought one in July 2000. Production of the earlier Felicia may have overlapped with the Fabia Mk I.
think these are later, we had the ugly Fabia as company car, i started in 2000 and got an Astra SW, after 3 years a Stilo Multiwagon. But soon after the Stilo MW wasn't delivered anymore. Guess that was somewhere in 2005, then our engineers got a Fabia, these were pre facelift Fabia's that were made until 2004.
Jako fanda rallye a Octavie WRC zvláště ....... taky jsem viděl ve státech Top Fuell dragstery ........ když to srovnám tak dragstery pro zvukový zážitek jsou asi tak 100x lepší (fyzicky se třese vzduch a zem, jeden týpek s turbínovým dragsterem náklaďákem machrování pro diváky přehnal a ulámal větve stromů 50m za plotem, a taky tím 30 plamentem totálně ušvařil asi 30 m asfaltu), jinak Top Fuel dragster má okolo 10 000 koní (slovy deset tisíc) a na rozdíl od Fabie WRC nemá ani katalyzátory, ani tlumiče výfuku, ani turbínu která by tlumila výfuk. 300 koňový WRC je zvukově takový malý směšný nic.
Tudíž nechápu jak může být Američan unešený ze zvuku prdícího WRCa. Nespíš si z nás děla srandu, protože ani jednou nezmínil ultimátní jízdní vlastnosti těch WRC motokár, což je na rallye to úplně nejdůležitější.
Original czech pronounciation is SHkoda, english speakers say Skoda so both are ok.
But SHkoda definitely gives you plus point with people who know 😉
Skoda simply clever
Sorry couldn’t resist 😂
@@mautida9998 In Czechia we say : Skoda, simply never
and pronouciation of KO in Škoda is like CO in Colorado
@@Stepica Speak for yourself
It is WV ony the badge is from Škoda
It's not really common for people in America to even know about Škoda or Tatra, so the fact that you admire them is for me, a Czech, really fascinating :D My family had always a Škoda as far as I remember, starting with the old, dark blue 105, blue Favorit, black Felicia, silver Fabia (first gen), then my father got second gen Fabia as a company car and nowadays I drive the Rapid liftback. I always wanted Octavia, well, the Rapid is at least using some parts from the first gen Octavia even if it's a car about 14 years younger. I am still quite young and haven't driven too many cars, but the Škoda is the most enjoyable car I have driven so far. One day, I'd love to rally with a Škoda car, and my crazy dream is to finish the Dakar rally with a Škoda onde day :D. Anyway, I hope you'll make it into the Mladá Boleslav Škoda museum, I was there years ago and really enjoyed it, as there were really interesting models. I remember they had some kind of prototype Rapid (liftback) on display even before it went into production and I was so surprised how great and futuristic it looked. Of course, the serial model is way simpler, but I still love that car and as a relatively young kid I didn't expect it'd be my first car one day :)
Edit: Also, my father somehow used to have a Tatra 613 after the revolution when he was young, but sold it later. He never spoke about it and told me only coincidentaly, and you could feel how he regrets selling it to this day
Škoda went into different league last 15 years. What was once Škoda, today is Dacia. Basically, i see Škoda as almost german car at this point.
I want to import a second or third generation Octavia into the US myself yeah to some its a Jetta but its a nice one
@@speedhunter7156 I love them. The Octavia counterpart nowadays is the VW Golf tho. I'd love to get the first generation, I really like it's design and feel like it was ahead of it's time, but I might be biased because I like the late 90's and early 00's overall. And the vRS version is even nicer. It's kinda a meme in the Czech car community but honestly I don't care :D
@@pavelcerny9803 yeah Škoda is very Volkswagen like today. Quality is great but the brand is still bot respected enough.
My father too had a Tatra 613 before I was born, would love to drive in it
2:30 The pops & cracks are because of the “anti-lag” system used in WRC
The Fabia was not a WRC Car it was a Super2000 Car thats the less powerfull class under the WRC
@@mariojakel5544 The MK1 Fabia was indeed WRC 2003-2005. The MK2 was basis for the S2000 from 2007 or something like that
Sounds like my son setting off for work in his Mini Copper JCW. Who needs alarm clocks? 😂
One of the best Skoda commercial: You remember that feeling!
So fun watching this video as i got a fabia 1.2 htp 65hp as my daily driver for 3 years now and week end fun car for twisty roads ! Big Love from France !♥
That is a sad story that you have to drive a Phobia 1.2 Hard Target Penetrator...
@@DrataTheDrifter In Czechia we say “Hitlerův Tajný Plán” which could by translated as Hitler’s secret plan
So Skoda has been around rally since the 60's in group 2 group 4 and group A and they are chechslovakian both ken block and Colin McRae have driven fabias ken drove his in Missouri funny enough i don't remember how the skoda finished in 2020? Or was it 21? But when Colin drove it they came up short from winning the WRC championship
Skoda is really a car for WRC-Champions! The current World Champion, Kalle Rovanperä, was driving Skoda in WRC 2-Class and win also that Championship before the "main" WRC-Class. Last season Skoda won both the WRC 2 and WRC 3 - Classes World Championships. Both with Finnish drivers and co-drivers, both women!!! Skoda is basically like VW. Same main parts, little bit different inside and different design. Great car for much cheaper than the same VW. VW has always been the most "over priced" car at least in Europe. Tribute to Ken Block! Ken driving and "studying" the legendary WRC Group B Audi Quattros in a secret Audi "museum" in Germany. He really is/was like a kid in a candy store, cause it was always his childhood dream to try these beasts. He was a Pro WRC-Driver first, so he knew these things and heard the stories. You will find videos also here in Ytube. Best Regards from Finland!! Ps. Audi had built a third, "supersonic" Group B car, half the size of the Quattros, but it was so "over the top", that it was never used for racing. And then "the End" came for that era. Best Regards from Finland!!
hello from Czechia:) i had Škoda fabia 1,6 16valve 105hp, and it was the strongest model you could get(and same design as those on the video), it was awesome little daily, practical, stable, you could get it to around 210-220kmh on highway and it still felt totally alright:) as for present day line up of Škoda i really like KodiaqRS model(americans would say its little SUV, but it has around 200hp and with agresive driving it still made around 25mpg), but i dont think it is offered with US homologation, maybe its time EU and US got their shiat together:D
Strongest one was RS edition.
@@Fanati_XX oh yeah, in 2006 they actually sold a 2liter diesel version called RS with 285hp:D that must have been soooo fun:)
First experience of anti-lag like this was live at the old RAC rally when the escort Cosworth WRC cars would come through. You could hear them coming from 2 valleys over. Rally is absolutely epic live.
I have a 2004 Skoda Octavia VRS station wagon. Had it from new, would not need another car until I run this one into the ground. The definition of reliable, and also very ergonomic and spacious.
And freaking fast 😂
Actually Ken used Skoda Fabia R5 in one of his rallies. Don't know which one. But he has driven it on few stages.
And he's done a gymkhana-style video with it in the Hoonigan shop
It was the Rally in The 100 Acre Wood 2021 (KB43 insta 16th - 26th March 2021) (what a colab)
I owned a 2015 Skoda Octavia from 2015 to 2019. Their road going cars are so so reliable. Dull might some say, but the reliability and quality of these cars are top notch. Would buy again.
Sometimes dull cars are better than having a nice flashy car
Ralley drivers are a breed of their own they are fearless and to be the passenger reading the lines to them omg!
I have a 1972 skoda s100 rally car replica 👊👌 you should check out the old cars. Skoda mb1000 , s110r , estelle , 1980s skoda rapid 130 5 speed. . Mostly rear engine. Rear wheel drive.
I think you should probably check out ford Sierra cosworth RS500 . The sound they put out is unreal.
Skoda Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic Skoda fabie 1 generation 1999 2007 love this WRC car
Skoda superb estate has been in the top estate's for ever.
Fun fact they use diesel blocks for these engines thick side walls
a friend of my stepdad who lives down the road from him used to rally a evo x and my stepdad would help him and his wife with maintenance. it was also a daily driver. one day he got a request from the neighbours to quiet down the car, meaning put the exhaust back on because leaving for work at 5am meant the whole neighborhood was awake it was so loud lol. sadly his wife passed from cancer and he gave up rallying which was a damn shame.
I had a tuned Skoda Felicia that looked completely normal, except it was lowered. That was just before Volkswagen took over. Had a heap of fun at traffic lights, tricking Mercs, BMWs, Audi's into eating my dust.
Favorit is last Czech car dude.. Felicia isnt.
Mluvíš hloupost, jsem rodilý boleslavák a vim moc dobře, že Felicie byla pod záštitou VW.
On Friday I bacame a proud owner of Skoda Fabia IV. Goodness, I love the newest generation and the car is all I could as for :D
the pops and bangs are combustion in the exhaust manifold to maintain turbo spool, its called anti-lag, it means the engine can maintain boost even when they're off throttle for instant power. the more you know :)
if you wanna see a cool anti lag system check out the subaru "rocket" anti-lag
check out the skoda fabia s2000 rally car, no turbo, so nice and high revving
I got a Fabia MK2 1.6 TDI, and seeing this mk1 WRC makes me smile
I had the pleasure of watching one of these race in a peak hill climb type of race and it was unforgetable mostly bcs i was 7 and the driver Igor Drotár (slovak legend imo) was nuts.
We have this car in WRC Rally Evolved 2005 for PS2
You should check out some of the Czech rally stages. Semetin for example, which is the scariest of all. Or a compilation from Barum Czech Rally. Scary fast stages and lots of your beloved Škodas :D
Historically, Škoda was a large arms factory on the level of the German Krupp. In addition to passenger cars, it has a division of heavy industry, it also manufactures locomotives, turbines for power plants and pressure vessels for nuclear reactors, in the past Czechoslovakia built entire nuclear power plants with its own help, also tanks, fighters and bombers for export, something from this industry still exists, after all Tatra it also has a weapons division. It's a shame that Škoda only has a civilian program. I recommend looking at the old Škoda RS 130 and RS 200 specials.
Montuješ do sebe 2 firmy
Plzeňská ŠKodovka ( Škodovy závody ) těžký průmysl
L&K ŠKODA AUTO Mladá Boleslav
Zdravím z Mladé Boleslavi ( čtvrť Slavoj )
@@hejlik4859 ve skutečnosti je jich možná i víc. Auto, energetika, kolejová vozidla. Ale v té době to byla jedna firma.
Dude you have to look up Ken block sending in in a Skoda Fabia R5 plus at on of the rally here in the u.s. it's amazing he kills it its on RUclips
i had a 2017 skoda rapid for a few years it was just a great daily car would buy skoda again
You know what's funny... Usually when you meet a Škoda Fabia in civil driving, it's usually some pensioner driving like at least 30km/h below max speed limit and basically they're there just to be overtaken... like an obstacle.
But don't get me wrong, it's still cool to see someone being genuinely excited about seeing a Fabia. 😅
if you dig yourself deeper in the skoda lore you will found the RS fabia, some might say VRS but the V is just the little v shape above the skoda logo and its there to tell apart it from the audi rs models, but they are simply rs too, its one of the most fun early 2000 hot hatches with a 150 hp 1.9 pdtdi engine
Dieser Skoda ist ein "singendes Brötchen" 😁
The Fabia VRS actually has a bit of a cult following in road form,
Came with a 1.9 turbo diesel and they can be easily highly modified.
I have seen many running 3-400hp with a boat load of torque,
All in a car made of paper thin recycled metal and next to no kerb weight it’s a lovely drive.
I give mine death every day and it loves it
Man my mom has a skoda fabia and when i drive its feels like im a rally, i just love driving that car fast and my first car will be for sure a skoda.
When Skoda merged into the VAG Group and intervened in the rally with the Octavia WRC, they only needed 3 runs to get the engine stable. VW didn't get that for a long time in her rally car.
1999 was the first year the mk1 came out, I personally like the mk3 the best I owned a mk2.
The practical thing about this Skodas is, that's when they run out of gas, just a lot of beer in the tank and on it goes.
The Mk1 Fabia and Octavia both in diesel and petrol, carry one of the most successful engines the VAG group has ever made, namely the 1.8 I4T and the 1.9 I4 TDI, a cheaper alternative to the 2.2 I5T and 2.5 I5T TDI.....however, very tuning approachable! Biggest issue is rust!
P.S. It's like choosing between a Golf, Audi A4, A6, a station wagon with more or less TWR (thrust to weight) and money to maintain it......all of the VW, Skoda, Seat, Audis had the same engine....
might aswell change titles for rally fan at this point but jokes aside thank u for the rally content been supporting it since the beggining! and congrats on the progress you've made
Have you seen that top gear vídeo where a turbodiesel Fabia Beats a modern mini Cooper S?
5 more years (as for 25y rule I suppose) and You'll be able to pull one sweet MK1 Fabia vRS to US, imagine how rare it will be there, just one sidenote: it's 130BHP 1.9TDI only, so it's one smol coal roller
For more European crazy cars i suggest you the channel: hill climb monsters! You are gonna love it! Cheers from Greece!
in the last rally of the World Championship 2005, enjoyed the Škoda Fabia WRC and Colin McRae :)
My wife (68 years old) drives a turbo sport diesel 1.9 and it goes like shit off a shovel! 😂
@iWrocker check out colin mcraes drive in the skoda fabia, was on for a possible win or atleast top 3 in his first one off drive for them until the mechanic's screwed up a clutch change on the final morning service
The "snap, crackle and pops" you describe is basically what every ICE sounds like without a muffler in the exhaust. I used to have a 14bhp scooter with a custom exhaust, of which one of the bolts snapped while riding it and at that point my scooter made more noise than that Skoda lol
in person every pop sounds like a gunshot. you can nearly feel the pops from some cars.
In questo video, credo di aver visto 2 location conosciute, Rally Legend e Rally di Monza, gli anni però non li sò
The Skoda Fabia had a quirky Cousine, a concept Car, The Skoda Fabia R5 Wagon. The drivetrain of a Fabia R5 in a very compact Wagon.
I love the Fabia Wagon (well i drive a 07 one), Its a regular Fabia Hatch with a Backpack, thats who i explain the Concept. In my Opinion its the perfect small car, lots of Space and still very inexpensive.
As you said they look a bit odd, but i call it character in a world where cars are looking more and more similar.
I am pretty sure not alot people in the US knows about the Peugeot 206 WRC!
you are way ahead of lots of your countrymen who think a race course can be circular. this crazy stuff is real driving
Since you have mentioned Ken he actually driven Skoda Fabia R5. You can actually find a relatively long video of him driving it. Its based of second generation of Skoda Fabia rather than this one which was based on the first gen. Ken was considering to stick with Skoda but for whatever reason it went sideways.
Welcome to the Skoda Fabia R5. The Skoda rally car you can actually buy: ruclips.net/video/_uxT7mblVn8/видео.html
Not entirely sure if you can get them to be completely road legal though.
That was awesome! He should really react to that one!
Ken Block has actually driven one of the newer generations of the Škoda Fabia in a rallye stage
I was going down to my Skoda to listen this video in my superb speaker sound system
Then I remembered than he was in the workshop due a car crash, and started to die inside, so I listened the video in my sister's Suzuki, and cried a little more
I have fabia combi 2007 1.2 HTP . Three cylinder engine gives the car brutal power 63 HP So if you go uphill you have to turn off aircondition. =D
Hello from Czech Republic 🇨🇿❤ a good car for everyday driving is the Škoda Fabia RS of the first generation. A very good and practical car for little money.. unfortunately it is now a very old car and it is quite difficult to find in good condition. And it has a turbo diesel, which put a lot of people off. I love V8 🇺🇸 rumble.. old and new.. SVT Cobra Terminator.. Corvette C6 Z06.. atd..
In Poland, the Skoda brand is seen as cars for retirees, cab drivers or sales representatives - usually in white, beige (or some other boring color). By design, these are supposed to be cars slightly larger than the class competition, at a good price, with clever extras like umbrella compartments. Of course, Skoda wants to change the image of a boring brand by competing in the WRC, adding more powerful engine versions or more interesting colors. My favorite is the Skoda Superb in the 2.0 TSI engine version with 280 hp - it's almost the same engine as the one in the Golf R so it's easy to raise its power even to 500 hp. Plus the station wagon body and "dragon skin" color with black accessories. - Audi RS6 killer 🤣 This would definitely not be a boring car to drive every day
While in the rest of Europe, it is seen as a brand for clever people, it is cheaper than premium brands but it definitely adds values and has everything you need to have in a car! Skoda is most selling brand f.e. in the Czech Republic and Switzerland. They are now becoming quite expensive, I believe this brand will be soon hitting different segment as Superb, Kodiaq or Enyaq are definitely cars reaching very high stylish and luxury feeling cars.
you should check a similar video of the octavia wrc. it was my favorite of all wrc cars. next to the accent wrc
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Lia Block will be taking over the reigns from her dad, She is as good a driver as he was and some say she is even better. At 16 years old she has done things in a car most of us could only dream of and she has some of the best drivers in the world coaching her.
I always loved this early 2000 scoda fabia Stationwagon 😁👌 of course not as cool as the rally version, but the shape was beautiful!
ŠKODA
Every top class rally car is AWSOME !
I always said they look like a mixture of a Volkswagen Golf from the rear lights, BMW M2 from the front lights and Mercedes A-Class AMG from the shape of the car
Would love you to react to highlights of Sebastien Loeb, a famous french driver for his exploits on rallye courses
maybe this one can bring you some shivers
"LOEB onboard Rallye de France 2013 Citroën DS3 WRC. Loeb est le plus rapide! Stage 3"
You should definitelly check the WRC VW Polo sounds, they were insane! From the starting with the anti-lag popping like crazy to the buzzing of the engine they were amazing!
ruclips.net/video/VXNbAEIfOmA/видео.html
My wife's car :D (Thank God it doesn't have a WRC but SDi)
this rally specials from Škoda eats cca 70 liters per 100 km distanc. When they got switch on Rally mode. (and your second pronunciation "shkoda" os perfectly sounds like Škoda)
Yep czech skoda love it.
In France two youtubers from vilebrequin made a four hundred thousens euros fiat multipla with
1294 ch and 1600 nm
There's an amazing vidéo of the first tout on circuit
best models from skoda to look up are modified Fabia 1 RS and Octavia 1 RS
1.9 tdi and 1.8t petrol sound and go crazy modified
Hi mate, you should have a look at the Skoda Fabia VRs 1.9 tdi. These cars are absolutely insane when modified.
And yeah... Fabia came out in 1999, which is freaking awesome, those car are still in full swing in CZE, even my father has one from 2001 (mother has 2gen from 2008... I have now a Honda Accord VII 2004... I'm ashamed*... no I'm not!!!) :D
Oktavia RS on autobahn 😂 these thing just go zoooom
The alfa Romeo v6ti is also a good sounding car. A hillclimbcar and dtm car. "TNT video" on youtube. There is also a guy who build his own twin Superbike and destroyed the ducati's . John Britten!
2:55 Based on mask it looks like build on 1st Fabia generation. I have same mask on my 2004 Fabia Combi I.
There was a Ken Block Skoda Fabia made & even rally legend Colin McRae drove for them , before his untimely passing!
To me it seems that the images are from Italy rally in Monza, I recognized the first chicane of the F1 circuit, and the roadsigns are 100% italians
I did my driver's license in this car, unfortunately the original one has a 1.2 htp with 3 cylinders, it's not exactly my favorite car, but for example the Octavia 1.9tdi 81kw, great car
Cool video! Thanks! I suggest trying Peugeot 306 Maxi :)
Sorry for my english!! in 2012 I drove as a co-driver in a Fabia WRC......best drive of my life!
Hi Ian. Love your videos. Especially rally. You should check out Ilmo Lario's 400 HP. BMW M3. A great video is "The awsome sounding BMW M3 ,Ilmo Lario special" made by Toni Vuohelainen. Ore maybe "Luukku 21. Ilmo Lario's epic sounding BMW M3 Rally" those flying Finns have some really crazy rallycars.. Look forward to it 😉
Škoda fabia 1 měla skvělý podvozek...Fabia 1 rs s motorem 1.9tdi byla nejžádanější naftový vozidlo vůbec..Byla kvalitní a fantastická a spotřebu měla menší jak sekačka na trávu....
2:45 its Skoda Fabia 1 generation started in late 90"s, 1999
Dear @IWrocker don't know where exactly you're living in the US but according to the RACER magazin you might soon be able to hear that sound live:
"Chattanooga, Tenn., will host Rally Tennessee, a two-part series that includes a demonstration event on April 7-8 and a test event scheduled for September.
If successful, both Rally Tennessee dry-runs will position Chattanooga and southeastern Tennessee as the potential location for the WRC’s first American round since the Washington-based Olympus Rally hosted three events in 1986-’88. And with the WRC and its participating manufacturers keen to add the U.S. market to the calendar, that could be as soon as 2024."
good news for rally fans in the US
the noise drama is a result of having an extra fuel injector spraying directly into the exhaust header, just to keep the turbo at full boost to avoid having to spool up after changing gear sounds even better live. be illegal now due to emission laws. the flame pop happens when so much is injected it uses all the oxygen in the exhaust and ignites on mixing with the outside air. have seen this on saloon car races 30 years ago
Anti-lag
Jup, popping while breaking. Or, as one in Japan would say:
Misufiringu shistem!
Mr IWrocker, would you like to to visit Finland for Rally Finland upcoming summer?! But you will need two weeks/14 days for just one rally!!! For a real rally fanatic the race weekend is only the top of the ice berg.
I guess, you don't have an unlimited budget, so together we make everything more reasonable.
Unfortunately, I can't promise you a test-drive as codriver in a today's Rally1, WRC car. But, at least I could see what's possible. I hope you will not be scared on winding gravel roads at 180 kmh!!! You can rely on my friends at any speed!!!
I suspect there’s been a few adjustments made to the rally version. 😳
My 2006 version doesn’t make that noise, but then I don’t drive it like that to go to the shops so it’s probably just as well. 😂
you have too check out different rallycross cars, they are like a wrc car on steroids =D
Years ago before being bought by Volkswagen there were lots of jokes about Skoda,one being " how do double the value of a Skoda? fill the tank up with petrol !
Yes, but those pathetic jokes are ancient and completely inappropriate now, just like the daft old comedians who used to tell them!!!!!!!!!!
Gymkhana with a Skoda Fabia WRC is a fun idea. With the great Matthias Kahle behind the wheel, please.
The Fabia WRC was the successor of the Octavia WRC program, similar proven technology and know-how pressed into a smaller package (they sound pretty much identical imo). Not sure how this didn't have more success with the works team - it could absolutely be fast, McRae came agonizingly close to a podium finish in Australia 2005 before having to retire with technical difficulties. The legend says the faulty part was a Ford product
The problem was poor accessibility to parts in the engine compartment. Not only work on the engine, but also on the clutch and transmission very often took more time than allowed in the service park. This then led either to the end of participation or to a car that was not 100% efficient. That only changed with the Fabia S2000. With him, Skoda no longer took part in WRC-1, but in WRC-2 and the European Champion Ship Rally, which Skoda has dominated since then and with the weaker cars even move in the time slots of WRC-1 cars.
@@Bastelopa_wie_mein_Channelname TIL, cheers!
You should hear the snap crackle and pop of IMSA hypercars @Road America. Sounds like a shotgun when they downshift into turn 5.
Those first gen Fabias were built from 1999 onwards. So meanwhile they have passed the 20 year mark quite some time ago...
In the UK, and Europe, the Fabia to have is the 1.9 diesel vrs 😊
Straight up opening up with machinegun fire.