Skoda Scala
Registered from 2019 to 2023.
About this model
The Škoda Scala is a small family car or compact hatchback (C-segment) manufactured by Czech automaker Škoda Auto. The car is intended to fit between the Fabia and the Octavia, and to be a competitor to the cars in the C-segment hatchback segment. The Scala was unveiled in December 2018. An online configurator was accessible in January 2019, and sales officially began in May 2019.
From the Wikipedia article Škoda Scala, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2020 1.0 petrol. 192 of 2,429 tests failed, 8%.
Better than 55% of 2020 cars. The typical one fails 8%, across 906 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres and wheels | 44% | 84 |
| Brakes | 42% | 80 |
| Lights and electrics | 12% | 23 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 7% | 13 |
| Visibility | 7% | 13 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 5% | 9 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution.
- Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 96% of 2020 cars — 42% of its 192 failed tests, where an ordinary 2020 car has 16%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Tyres and wheels — 44% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution.
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Brakes — 42% of its failures
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution.
- Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn
- Exhaust and emissions — 7% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 12% of its failures
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 7% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 40–60k miles this one fails 7% of its inspections, against the 13% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 5% | 5% | 1,171 | |
| 20–40k miles | 11% | 10% | 1,102 | |
| 40–60k miles | 7% | 13% | 126 |
2,399 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 20k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.0 petrol · 105 hp · 1221 kg · 2636 mm wheelbase · 5.3 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2020 | 1.0 petrol · 109 hp · 1209 kg · 2636 mm wheelbase · 5.3 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2019 | 1.0 petrol · 110 hp · 1215 kg · 2636 mm wheelbase · 5.4 L/100km (WLTP) |