Skoda News

It’s all go for Skoda at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show. The Czech manufacturer will be showcasing an all-new model, a design study and a concept car on its Hall 3 stand.

Hot on the heels of its success in the emergency sector, Skoda’s has released a purpose-built medical car – the 4 x 4 Octavia Scout Paramedic – which made its debut at the National Association of Police Fleet Managers (NAPFM) exhibition in Swindon on 14 and 15 August.

Skoda is set to unveil the new Fabia Estate at September’s International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt.

On Saturday, 4 August 2007 at 12:00, ten Skoda Octavia Scouts are starting a 9,700-kilometre expedition in Moscow's Red Square to end in Vladivostok, at the Japanese Sea.

Skoda Auto is about to enter another continent. In October, first Skoda cars are going to be delivered to new customers in Australia.

The Skoda Auto Group has achieved a pre tax-profit of CZK 10 billion over the first six months of this year, which is a 22.1% year-on-year increase. The assembly plants have produced altogether 318,189 Skoda vehicles since the beginning of the year.

Twenty years ago, on July 1, 1987, the plant in Mladá Boleslav produced the very first (“pre-series”) Skoda Favorit. Six months later, the series production was launched, starting one of the most important periods in the history of what is today the Czech Republic's largest car manufacturer.

Skoda has been named the ‘Car Franchise of the Year’ by a panel of industry experts at the Motor Trader awards.

Skoda sold over 311,000 cars worldwide in the first six months of 2007. This represents a 13% increase over the same period last year.

With the smoking ban set to come into force in less than a week, Skoda can reveal that the majority of company car drivers welcome the new legislation with 64% drivers recently surveyed agreeing with the ban.