Comparison: Boot space Skoda Fabia vs. competitors 2025

Since the Fabia said Dobrý den to the world back in 2000, its boot has been on a steady carb diet, expanding like a balloon at a child's birthday party. The original Fabia boot started off with a modest 260 litres – enough for your weekly shop and a couple of duffle bags. After the first facelift, unsurprisingly, the boot's generosity remained unchanged, still offering 260 litres. The second generation rolled in like a proud parent with 300 litres, and with a facelift, this jumped up to a respectable 315 litres. Forward march to the third generation – with a boot capacity of 330 litres, it edged forward like a hermit crab into a slightly larger shell. And behold the forthright fourth generation: a whopping 380 litres of space, that's enough to stash away the evidence of your embarrassing boy-band album collection.

Where does the Fabia sit in the family tree of Škoda's roomy lineage? Well, it's not the alpha, I can tell you that – it's the scrappy younger sibling. For instance, the Škoda Kamiq's posterior boasts a slightly more bountiful 400 litres, while the Fabia scowls with boot-envy. If we escalate matters to the Škoda Scala, we're looking at a cavernous 467 litres, and the chasm widens further with the Škoda Superb Combi- driving into the sunset with a whopping 510 litres. The Fabia, with its 380 litres, holds its own quite fabulously, but it's not quite heavyweight champion in the Škoda ring.

Let's pit the plucky Fabia against its contemporaries. The Honda e flashes a boot only worthy of a few packets of crisps at 171 litres, while the Nissan Sunny outshines our Czech friend slightly with 430 litres. And the Rover (Austin) SD – that's a relic from another era with an entirely different set of rules offering 491 litres. However, in the ring of comparable vehicular gladiators, the Fabia doesn't shy away. Take the Fiat Punto, for example, dwarfed by the Fabia with only 264 litres. And let's not overlook the VW Polo with a mere 245 litres, practically gasping for space against the Fabia. Nevertheless, the Ford Fiesta is snapping at its heels with 250 litres, still trailing behind like a younger cousin in the game of family road-trip Tetris.