MODEL TESTED: Scala 1.0 TSI 95PS SE
PRICE: £22,105 POWERTRAIN: 1.0-litre 3cyl turbo petrol, 94bhp
94bhp
Powertrain
1.0 litre 3cyl
52.5 litres1
Fuel tank
£79 fill up
10.8 seconds
Performance
119mph
467 litres
Seats up/down
1,410 litres
WITH the Octavia growing in size and prestige with every generation, Skoda needed a new budget-minded hatchback. First came the Rapid Spaceback in 2013, and this was succeeded by the Scala in 2019. The facelifted version has just been launched, and we’re testing the entry-level SE here, although the car in our pictures is in SE L trim.
Tech highlights
THE Scala was designed as a budget-minded hatchback from the outset, and to help keep costs down, it uses existing technology from within the Skoda line-up, chiefly from the Fabia supermini. It’s based on the
