Focus on automotive: Skoda
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09/22/2017A Chinese government delegation, led by the Minister of Industry and Technology, Miao Wei, visited the Skoda headquarter in Mlada Boleslav, hosted by the Czech carmaker's CEO Bernhard Maier.As part of its Strategy 2025, Skoda aims to strengthen its activities in the country of the Great Wall, which is already the main single global market for the... -
09/15/2017Skoda's global sales growth continues.The Czech carmaker has closed August with sales increasing by 6.7% over the same month of 2016 to 86,100 units due to the growing popularity in Europe, India and Russia and exploiting the excellent trend of the new Superb and Kodiaq.Skoda continues to strengthen its volumes with the upcoming debut of the new... -
09/15/2017The Skoda brand will go through the expected development of Volkswagen Group's low cost Eco models in India. This was confirmed by the Czech carmaker's CEO, Bernhard Maier, from the stands of the Frankfurt Motor Show.Skoda will particularly use the German giant MQB platform, flexible to meet the needs of Indian consumers.The Skoda strategy in the... -
07/27/2017Skoda has started producing the new Karoq at the Czech plant in Kvasiny. The compact SUV will be delivered from October, after the preview catwalk at the Frankfurt Motor Show.Thanks to Karoq's debut, the Kvasiny plant's production capacity is expected to grow up to 295,000 units by the end of the year, leveraging the assembly of the larger Kodiaq... -
07/20/2017A 2.8% increase over the same period a year ago to 585,000 vehicles. Skoda records the best first half year of its history in term of global sales thanks to the single June (105,200 units against 98,800).The Czech carmaker is increasing volumes in Europe and especially in Russia where the market is finally on the rise and it is supported in... -
06/30/2017Skoda celebrates the production of its six millionth Octavia at its Mlada Boleslav main plant, 21 years after the start of assembly operations.Octavia soon became Skoda's most popular model by customer at global level. Already in 1997, the Czech carmaker had built 61,000 Octavia, the value immediately doubled the following year before the debut... -
06/29/2017Skoda is riding the wave of re-enthusiasm of Russian consumers who are allowing the local market to leave behind the prolonged crisis of the last four years.The Czech carmaker sales recorded in May a growth of 5.9% compared with the same month of 2016 to 4,985 cars, bringing the total of the first five months to 23,045 units, an increase of 4.3%....