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ŠKODA OCTAVIA vRS HITS 200 MPH AT BONNEVILLE

Posted by Newsdesk on August 17, 2011
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ŠKODA’s Octavia vRS has become the latest member to join Bonneville’s legendary 200 mph club.  The 500 bhp ‘salt spec’ challenger – built to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iconic vRS performance flagship badge – pushed its way through the 200 mph barrier, four days ahead of schedule.  In doing so the car, dubbed the ‘vRS Bonneville Special’, has become the fastest ŠKODA ever.

The Octavia vRS achieved an impressive 195.69 mph on its first run of the day.  On the car’s sixth official outing at Bonneville Speed Week (13-20), the Octavia vRS propelled itself to an impressive 202.15 mph. Continue Reading

SKODA RECORDS SALES LIFT IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2011

Posted by Newsdesk on August 2, 2011
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ŠKODA is celebrating its most successful six months of trading following record sales and profit in the first six months of 2011. Sales revenue rose more than a quarter (+ 25.7%) to 5.4 billion EUR between January and June 2011. During the same period, operating profit increased 81.5% to 412 million EUR. The number of vehicles delivered to customers year-to-date has continued to increase, reaching 454,698, a year-on-year increase of 20.1% (up from 378,747 units). Continue Reading

SKODA AT GTI-TREFFEN IN WORTHERSEE

Posted by Newsdesk on June 2, 2011
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This year’s GTI-Treffen in Reifnitz, by Lake Wörthersee, is set to attract tuning fans from all over Europe for the thirtieth time at the beginning of June, and Škoda will once again be in the thick of the action, showcasing the Fabia vRS 2000 design concept prepared especially for this anniversary meeting, the rally Fabia Super 2000, the sporty Fabia vRS and the all-action Fabia Monte Carlo. Besides the latest innovations in its sports models, Škoda will be offering a packed programme of entertainment. Continue Reading

SKODA’S CELEBRATES ITS 85th BIRTHDAY

Posted by Newsdesk on May 10, 2011
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Exactly 85 years ago today, the first Škoda to wear the famous winged arrow logo rolled off the assembly line in Mladá Boleslav and was delivered to the president of Czechoslovakia, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.  During the three years of production (until 1929), only 100 units of the luxury sedan were built.

The industrial manufacturer from Pilsen had already bought the license to produce the luxurious vehicles from the Spanish company Hispano-Suiza in 1924 – one year prior to the merger with the automobile factory of Laurin & Klement. Continue Reading