Skoda has taken a concept roadster off to the VW tuning festival at Worthersee. The Skoda Fabia vRS 2000 is based on the Skoda rally car and has no roof. Yes, it’s Wörthersee Tour time again. Which explains why we have an OTT Skoda on display – the Skoda Fabia vRS 2000. Finished in the same striking green as the […]
Skoda Octavia for under £11k
Skoda are offering 2,000 Skoda Octavia 1.6 MPI (102 PS) SE models at 25% off – that’s just £10,995 for a Golf in Czech clothes. If we told you a place where you could grab a brand new VW Golf for £10,995 it’d grab your attention, right? And if we told you that not only was […]
Skoda confirms two new models
Skoda are to introduced two new models, a Skoda City Car based on the VW Up! and a new small saloon for emerging markets. It’s now got to the point with Skoda where the skip-on-wheels reputation of the ’70s and ’80s – and even the ‘Cheap’ VW tag of the ’90s and ’00s – has […]
Skoda Concept at Geneva
Skoda reveals their Skoda Concept – Vision D – signposting the new Skoda design language. Also a new Skoda logo is revealed. Skoda threatened us with a concept at Geneva which would signpost their future design direction. They also told us we’d get to see a new logo that would be more contemporary. And they’ve […]
New Skoda Logo & New Skoda Design Concept at Geneva
Skoda are taking a Skoda Concept to Geneva said to feature a design language for the future, and Skoda will launch a new logo – which we have here. Skoda has been making cars for more than a century. Not always great cars, it has to be said, but a noble history nonetheless. And a […]
Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo launches
Skoda launches a limited edition Fabia – the Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo – to celebrate 100 years of the Monte Carlo Rally & 110 years of Skoda in Motorsport. When the press release came in for the Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo, we were a bit surprised to learn that Skoda has been playing in Motorsport […]
Fifth Gear Car of the Year 2010
The Citroen DS3 has grabbed Fifth Gear’s small car of the year award, the Ferrari 458 Italia the fast car award and the Skoda Superb Estate the family car award. We recently reported on Top Gear’s 2010 Car of the Year Awards which saw our very own favourite small car of the year – the […]
Skoda Fabia vRS S2000 Limited Edition
Skoda are building just 200 Skoda Fabia vRS S2000 Limited Edition cars to celebrate success in the IRC (Intercontinental Rally Challenge) this year. Skoda are on something of a roll these days. They’ve just celebrated their best ever year and have now taken to making edgy commercials to celebrate powerful and niche models – a […]
Skoda Octavia & Skoda Superb go 4×4
Skoda Octavia nd Skoda Superb get 4×4 platform and DSG ‘box on 2.0 TDI CR 140bhp We had a shout out for Skoda and what they do to make VW product their own when we ran story the other day on the new advert for the Skoda vRS, which shows how individual and inspired Skoda […]
Skoda Fabia vRS: The ‘Mean’ Fabia Video
The Skoda Fabia vRS – Skoda’s version of the Polo GTI – gets an advertising campaign all of its own – the ‘Mean’ Skoda. We like what Skoda has on offer with the Fabia vRS. In fact, we like much of what Skoda does. They take very competent and able VW cars and give them […]