The Skoda Octavia vRS is a cracking car – one of Skoda’s best. Great performance and handling and not at all bad looking. Even better, it comes as a saloon and an estate – fun for every occasion. In keeping with the changes made to the rest of the Octavia range late last year, Skoda […]
Skoda BlueSport Roadster looking likely
Back in January, at the time of the Detroit Motor Show, we brought news of a compact VW Roadster concept that was reckoned to be ready for sign off by VW as an Audi and a VW economical, fun little Roadster, along the lines of the old British Sports cars from a previous generation, and […]
Skoda launches the Yeti – (N)ice to see you!
Well, it is Saturday, and It’s been a long week (we were writing news stories at 3am on Tuesday, for goodness sake!) so excuse the obvious puns. It’s a bit of Geneva catch-up weekend, making sure we’ve covered all the Geneva launches worth mentioning. And although we brought news on the Yeti pre-Geneva, as expected […]
Skoda Yeti ready to launch
Skoda has had its ups and downs, even more than most car companies. Once a maker of luxurious cars, it ended up making communist skips, but has returned to be a marque to reckon with since VW took control. Back in 2005, Skoda revealed a small, urban concept called the Skoda Yeti. Based on the […]
Limited Edition Skoda Octavia vRS launched
Skoda has packaged up a limited edition of the Octavia vRS to tempt buyers to buy, and to be honest it’s not a bad deal. But then, nor is the regular vRS. The older you are, the harder it is to get over the ‘Skoda Skips’ of the past. But even for the middle-aged, Skoda […]
Grab a ‘VAT Free’ Skoda Octavia
I think we’re going to have to have a ‘Sign of the Times’ category soon – so many pieces refer to the current economic mess. In yet another ‘Sign of the times’ Skoda has announced that they are now offering ‘VAT Free Octavias’ until the end of the year. No, this is not a tie-up […]