Škoda Car

Group

Škoda belongs to the group VAG as well as Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti.

History

In the beginning the automobile mark was called (Vaclav) Laurin and (Vaclav) Klement, of the name of those which founded it in 1895. It was repurchased following financial problems and of a fire in 1925 by (Emil) Škoda old industry group of the Empire Austro-Hungarian, producing armament in particular: the Factories Škoda (in Czech Language: Škodovy závody) .

For the communist period, the mark knew one period of fold.

Its repurchase by the group Volkswagen, in 1991, gave him a new dash and the markets of the Western Europe enabled him to penetrate, by offering vehicles of a quality comparable with that of the other marks of the group, at low prices with those of the vehicles produced in Germany.

Škoda produced 556.347 vehicles in 2006, figure which the mark wants to carry to 1 million in 2012 (objectives 616.000 units in 2007 and to 800.000 in 2010, by developing the sales on the emerging markets like China, Russia and India). Škoda was the most profitable mark of the Volkswagen group in the first half of 2007, with a trading margin of 8,5%, against 2,1% for VW and 4,6% for Audi.

Figures 2005

Production: 491.111 produced vehicles (+9%)
Turnover: 187,4 billion crowns (6,6 billion euros, +14,5%)
Clear benefit: 7,89 billion crowns (278 million euros)

Car models produced by Škoda

Models pre-war period

Škoda 422 (1929)
Škoda 633 (1931)
Škoda Popular (1934)
Škoda Rapid (1934)

Models post-war period

Škoda Tudor (1946)
Škoda Sedan (1952)
Škoda Spartak (1955)
Škoda 440 (1955)
Skoda Octavia (1959)
Skoda Felicia (Roadster) (1959)
Škoda MB1000 (1964)
Škoda 100 (1969)
Škoda 110 (1969)
Škoda 105 (1975)
Škoda 120 Reihe (1975)
Škoda 130 (1984)
Škoda 136 (1984)
Škoda 13x Rapid/Guard (1984), version Crossed slightly more powerful of the versions 13x
Škoda Favorit (1987) last model designed at the time Communist

Models groups Volkswagen

Škoda Felicia (1994) modernization of Favorit after the repurchase by Volkswagen
Škoda Felicia combi, small station-wagon
Škoda Octavia (1997) first entirely models designed after the repurchase by Volkswagen
Škoda Octavia combi, family station-wagon

Current models

Škoda Fabia (1999), small car, renewed in 2007.
Škoda Fabia combi, small station-wagon, renewed in 2007.
Škoda Roomster (2006), small family horse station-wagon enters the category of the Renault Kangoo/Citroen Berlingo and of the compact monospaces.
Škoda Roomster Scout (2006), variation of Roomster in version of appearance all-way.
Škoda Praktik (2006), variation of Roomster in utility version.
Škoda Octavia II (2004), family truck.
Škoda Octavia II combi (2005), alternative station-wagon of Octavia II.
Škoda Superb (2002), large truck worked out on an old platform of Volkswagen Passat.

Future models

Škoda Yéti (2009) small SUV.
Škoda Superb II next large truck of the mark, awaited during 2008.

Statistical data

External bonds

Official site of the mark

Partnership

the mark of car is partner of the vehicles of the Tour de France, which replaced FIAT.

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