Auto braking for new Skoda Fabia
New Skoda city-car to come with automatic emergency braking as standardSkoda's new Fabia will be fitted as standard with automatic emergency braking (AEB) as standard when it goes on sale in Australia in July, making it one of the safest models available in its class.
No further specifications have been announced ahead of the all-new light-car's local next month, but motoring.com.au understands the new Fabia will not only be safer, but dramatically less expensive with a circa-$14,000 starting price – down from $15,990 presently.
Two variants of the new hatch and wagon are likely to be available – the entry-level 66TSI manual and top-spec 81TSI DSG, both powered by a turbocharged 1.2-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine that consumes as little as 4.7L/100km.
Standard across the range, the Fabia's autonomous low-speed emergency braking system -- dubbed Front Assist with City Emergency Braking by the Volkswagen Group – is only available in the Volkswagen Polo (from $16,490) as part of a $1500 Driving Comfort package that also includes a reversing camera, radar cruise, driver fatigue detection and other features.
The system uses radar technology to measure the distance to objects ahead of the vehicle and then intervenes via braking if the driver doesn’t respond appropriately. It works at speeds between 5km/h and 30km/h.
According to Euro NCAP and its Australian affiliate, ANCAP, such low-speed braking technologies can lead to a 38 per cent reduction in real-world, rear-end crashes.
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