Electric vehicle development and CO2 regulations kill off plans for the Fabia wagon.
Skoda’s next Fabia will be available as only a five-door hatchback because plans for a wagon version have been cancelled. The wagon is currently on run out in Australia and is the last chance to buy a new one.
In March 2021, Skoda CEO Thomas Schaefer told Automotive Daily that the brand would introduce a new Fabia wagon in 2023, which would be built in the Czech Republic at Skoda’s Kvasiny facility.
Now, a statement from the brand confirms that while the wagon version of the third-generation Fabia is still in supply in some markets, no successor will follow, citing ever-stricter CO2 regulations and the fact it has three new EVs planned by 2030, as the main drivers of the cancellation.
“The European Commission’s recent decision to reduce the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 is accelerating the transformation from the internal combustion engine to the e-car,” said Skoda.
“However, this also means we will be discontinuing some ICE products more quickly, particularly against the backdrop of increasingly stringent emissions legislation in Europe (Euro 7), compliance with which is associated with very high costs. Following this decision, there will be no successor to the Fabia estate (wagon).”
James Brodie