The Skoda Yeti Urban is a limited edition Yeti for the UK with cosmetic tweaks and extra kit. Costs from £16,900. Perhaps it’s because winter is now coming to a close and car buyers’ minds are wandering off to cabriolets instead of SUVs. Or maybe it’s because the Skoda Yeti has finally got to the point where […]
Audi Q5, Skoda Yeti, & Abarth 500 are the UK’s lowest depreciating cars
The key to low-cost motoring has more to do with depreciation than running costs, so pick an Audi Q5, Skoda Yeti or Abarth 500. The difference in residual values of cars after three years can have a huge impact on motoring costs. A £15k car that has strong residual values – like the Audi Q5, […]
Skoda Citigo 5-door revealed
The Skoda Citigo 5-door – Skoda’s version of the 5-door VW Up – is heading for a public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March. We have the first photo. Skoda revealed their take on the VW Up – the Skoda Citigo – back in September, with plans for the new baby Skoda to go on sale this […]
Skoda VisionD Concept revisited
For reasons best know to Skoda, they have released a new set of pictures the VisionD Concept from the Geneva Motor Show 2011. The Skoda VisionD Concept arrived at the Geneva Motor Show this year and was said to signal the future design language of Skoda. It was a smoother, less angular look without the […]
Skoda has its best year ever
Skoda UK has reported sales for the first 11 months of 2011 have already beaten total sales for 2010. Long gone are the days when Skoda was thought of as a skip on wheels. In the little over a decade since it was brought in from the cold by VW, Skoda has gone from strength to strength. […]
Skoda Rapid launches in India. Is this the Skoda MissionL for Europe?
Skoda has launched the new Rapid in India, which could be a taster of the Skoda MissionL for the European market. Skoda revealed the MissionL Concept at Frankfurt last month, a Skoda aiming to plug the gap between the Fabia and Octavia. At the time we commented that the MissionL could turn up in India before it did in Europe, and […]
It’s the Skoda Citigo, Skoda’s take on the VW Up!
Skoda has revealed its own version of the VW Up – the Skoda Citigo – with a choice of two 1.0 litre three-cylinder engines. On sale UK mid 2012. If the latest addition to the Skoda range – the Skoda Citigo – looks familiar, that’s because it’s the Czech maker’s take on Volkswagen’s own city car, the […]
Skoda MissionL Concept revealed – the Skoda Lauretta, perhaps?
Skoda has revealed the Golf-sized Skoda MissionL Concept ahead of Frankfurt, which could come to market as the Skoda Lauretta. Skoda is on a mission to push its sales through the roof in the next year or seven – aiming for 1.5 million sales, no less, by 2018 – and part of that strategy is to fill the gap […]
Skoda Octavia vRS breaks 200 mph at Bonneville
A slightly modified Skoda Octavia vRS has broken the 200mph barrier at Bonneville Salt Flats, driven by EVO journo Richard Meaden. You can tell just how far Skoda has come from its days as makers of mobile skips when they can justify going out to play at the Bonneville Salt Flats with a Skoda Octavia […]
Skoda Octavia vRS to hit 200mph at Bonneville
Skoda is taking a Skoda Octavia vRS off to Bonneville Speed Week to compete in the 2.0 litre production car category. They expect to top 200mph. Skoda has come a very long way since Volkswagen rescued it from the ignominy of the communist era, and restored the pride to the Czech car maker. But even though the Skoda of today […]