Skoda cuts the price of 2,000 entry-level Octavia 1.6 petrols by 25 per cent.
Skoda said its full-year after-tax profit more than tripled to 349 million euros, boosted by demand in Russia, India and China. Skoda sold a record 762,600 cars in 2010.
Volkswagen and GAZ have confirmed recent rumours of a production joint venture in Russia.
Volkswagen will produce more than 100,000 Volkswagen and Skoda cars a year at Russian group GAZ's plant as the German carmaker increases its presence in the fast growing Russian market.
Skoda brand will present its new corporate design in the form of a concept car at the Geneva auto show in March. The car will feature the brand's new logo which will appear on new Skoda models from 2012, the automaker said in a statement.
New Skoda design language concept and new logo to go on display at Geneva Motor Show.
Russia's GAZ Group expects to sign a deal this week with VW to build Skoda and VW cars, a senior GAZ executive said in a newspaper interview.
Russia's GAZ Group expects to sign a deal this week with VW to build Skoda and VW cars, a senior GAZ executive said in a newspaper interview.
Kia has set its sights on becoming Europe's 10th-largest mainstream brand by 2013. To get there, the company will have to leapfrog its parent, Hyundai, as well as Volkswagen's Skoda brand and Renault's Dacia.
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Two and a half months after having made his ice racing debut in the Andros Trophy, Canadian Jacques Villeneuve clinched his maiden win this past weekend in Lans-en-Vercors behind the wheel of his Skoda Fabia.
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Jean-Philippe Dayraut (BMW Series 1), Alain Prost (Dacia Duster) and Franck Lagorce (Skoda Fabia) will fight for the title during the last two rounds of the Trophy Andros ice racing series this weekend.
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Here's an animation that shows that happened when Robert Kubica's Skoda Fabia was penetrated by a section of barrier after the car slid wide into a right-hander during the rally.
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Here's an animation that shows that happened when Robert Kubica's Skoda Fabia was penetrated by a section of barrier after the car slid wide into a right-hander during the rally.
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Juho Hanninen (Skoda Fabia) celebrated his IRC title by winning Rally Scotland.
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Juho Hanninen (Skoda Fabia) leads Rally Scotland after day 1.
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Volkswagen Czech unit Skoda Auto sold 75,790 vehicles in September, a record monthly performance.
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Volkswagen's effort to reposition Skoda beneath its VW brand has angered the Czech brand's dealers. The de-contenting of the vehicles is hurting customer satisfaction, said Thomas Peckruhn, chairman of the Skoda dealer association.
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Skoda achieved a 12.8 percent rise in new-car sales to 568,990 vehicles over the first nine months of the year, the unit of Germany's VW AG said on Monday. In September alone, the company sold 75,790 cars, its best monthly result on record.
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Skoda aims to at least double its annual production within the next 10 years to 1.5 million cars, a Czech newspaper reported. The carmaker plans to boost its sales in growth markets such as China, India, Russia and eastern Europe.
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Eco versions of Skoda’s Yeti and Superb Estate set to debut at the Paris show.
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