Skoda Fabia: Simple, stylish and neat
Skoda Fabia is a car which makes you feel special. The sleek looking Fabia is the first car in India that is designed for with a huge passenger and cargo space and give the incredible looks. Skoda Fabia Ambiente offers the same features but embedded with the diesel engine. This car offers the all similar luxury features like a big car at the same times it is so compact which gives you the complete comfort and keeps you free from the parking problems, of course also can be fit for the congested areas. It’s a good car for a good price. Skoda Fabia is divided into Classic, Ambiente and Elegance.
Skoda Laura Classic Launched
Skoda India has just given the Laura a strip down to result in some cost savings, that they have approved on to the car buyer. Called the Skoda Laura Classic TSi, the Laura sees a rather cruel strip down in the features list to end up sporting a reduced ex-showroom value tag of INR 12.25 Lakhs in Bangalore. Here is the complete record of deletions in the Skoda Laura Classic for Skoda to come with the reduced value tag.
* Alloy Wheels
* Height adjustment for driver and front traveler seats
* Lumbar support alteration for driver and frontage traveler seats
* Front centre support
* Central infotainment system
* Skoda Swing audio player
* Audio Auxiliary
* Changeable rear air conditioning vents on rear centre console
* Leather wrapped steering wheel
*Gearshift knob and brake lever
* Storage section under the front passenger seat
* Cooled Jumbo box under front armrest
* Eyewear section
* Front smog light
* Parktronic sensors and speaker at rear
* Parktronic display on central infotainment system
Skoda launches Fabia Monte Carlo
Fabia Monte Carlo is launched to celebrate 100 years of the famous Monte Carlo Rally and 110 years of Škoda’s participation in motorsport. From the outside, the Fabia Monte Carlo boasts a dynamic look, underlined by the introduction of piano-black corpse trim, which extend over the wheel arches and down the extensive length of the car, a black roof, black door mirror covers, a black radiator grille top, smoked headlamps and black 17” lightweight Trinity alloy wheels. Inside the Skoda Fabia Monte, customers can choose between all black or, red and black sports seating which boast extra side support. Both forms come with black roof lining, a perforated leather steering wheel with red stitching, leather handbrake and gearstick gaiter with red stitching.
To complete the enhanced sporty appeal silvery kick plates and steel pedals are fitted as standard. The new Fabia Monte Carlo is set to make its first public look at Rallye Monte Carlo (19-22 January), where Skoda’s current all-conquering IRC championship winning rally autocar, the Fabia S2000, finished fourth (in class) on its first outing at this legendary rally in 2009. In 2010, Skoda sports finished second, third and fifth (in class) with Hanninen, Vouilloz and Kopecky, respectively. Available as hatchback only, the car’s trim is based on the present Fabia SE version, and the new Monte Carlo will be available with a wide range of engines. All of the Fabia Monte Carlo models will be fixed with a 5-speed manual transmission and will be available to order from 24 January 2011.
Skoda Auto achieves a growth of 11.5% in 2010
In 2010, Škoda Auto achieved the best sales result in the history of the company. With 762,600 sold vehicles (2009: 684,200), the bran
d increased its sales 11.5 %. Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland, the chairman of the board of Skoda Auto said, “In 2010, Škoda has given an outstanding performance. In almost all markets, we have had significant growth and increased our market shares. Again, our sales have risen at a double-digit pace.”
He also went ahead to say that the company plans to change gears and try and double its worldwide sales. We can hence expect some new cars like the SK215 (as it is called for the time being) to hit the Indian markets soon. The Superb, the Laura, the Fabia and now the Skoda Yeti have already shared a great success in the Indian Market and with the new cars we hope that Škoda continues this equation in the coming year.
Skoda Fabia Super 2000 to appear in Monte Carlo Rally
A total of 10 Skoda Fabia Super 2000 will be making an appearence at the Monte Carlo Rally. This is the opening event of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC), in which Skoda is going to be defending its t
itles in both the Manufacturers and Drivers competitions. The Skoda Motorsport team will introduce an update livery to Monte Carlo - the most striking element is the strong green shade that is so typical of the Skoda brand. In contrast with the design used over the past few years, the new green-and-white combination is “reverse”.
The frontdoors will bear the logo “110 years of motorsport“, an anniversary that Skoda Motorsport is celebrating this year. The Monte Carlo Rally starts on 19 January in the area around Valence, France and ends with night-time special stages in the mountains near Monte Carlo. The drivers will brave a total of 13 special stages and over a thousand kilometres of road sections plus unpredictable weather.
SkodaAuto India sales up 38% in 2010
SkodaAuto India, a fully owned subsidiary of SkodaAuto a.s., Czech Republic and one of the most promising automobile co
mpanies in India today announced that its sales grew by 38% in the year 2010 vis-à-vis year 2009.
SkodaAuto India’s total sales for year 2010 stood at an impressive 20,166 units. The company’s sales performance was encouraging in the last month of the year as well with total sales of 2,617 units and a growth of 135% over the same period last year. The introduction of the new Skoda Fabia and Skoda Yeti were the main highlights of the year 2010 for Skoda Auto India. SkodaAuto India achieved a milestone of rolling out the 100001st car from its Aurangabad plant.
Skoda and Red Bull team up for S-WRC
The Red Bull Skoda team is a result of joint efforts by Skoda Motor sport, Baumschlager Rally Racing (BRR) (private team) and Red Bull. Head of Skoda Motorsport Michal Hrabánek says: “We are really pleased that we can contribute to further growth of the Skoda Fabia Super 2000 project as part of Red Bull and BRR. Red Bull is one of the strongest possible partners on today’s sports scene. The BRR team led by Raimund Baumschlager, a times Austrian Rally Champion and the buyer of the 1st Skoda Fabia Super 2000 vehicle we sold, is a guarantee of a highly professional approach and top-class background."
Both of the new team’s crews, the IRC champions Juho Hänninen & Mikko Markkula of Finland and Germany’s young hope Hermann Gassner jr. & Katharina Wüstenhagen, are going to appear in the 2011 S-WRC. The S-WRC is a new category inaugurated for the 2010 season allowing Super two-thousand cars to compete against each other on the top rally stages in the world.
{Source: Globalmotors}
Skoda To Replace Its Current Logo With a New one in April 2011?
Skoda has witnessed quite a turnaround ever since German carmaker bought it. Skoda India will complete 20th anniversary of the German carmaker having taken it over in April 2011. To commemorate the occasion the Czech carmaker may just introduce us all to a new logo.
The new logo will most likely have a new, blue ring on the exterior to represent the company’s association with Volkswagen. The green and white colours will be inverted, with the arrow now being white and the background being green. The words ‘Skoda Auto’ will also probably be removed. From whatever little is available to be seen of the logo, it does not look too classy or sophisticated. However, the picture is still a tad too raw to make much of. We are sure that the logo will be polished and perfected before it emerges to us in the final form.
Skoda YETI wins the SUV of the Year
Mumbai: 17th December, 2010: SkodaAuto India, a completely owned subsidiary of SkodaAuto a.s., Czech Republic and one of the most promising automobile companies in India, was awarded the SUV of the year by Economic Times – Zigwheels for the recently launched Skoda Yeti. Globally launched in 2009, SkodaAuto India recently launched the Yeti amongst much anticipation. Ever since the first vehicle of the Yeti at the AutoExpo early this year, the Skoda Yeti has captured the imagination of car enthusiasts and customers alike with its inimitable style, great build quality and robust features. The Yeti, borrowing from the illustrious Skoda lineage, integrates some of the best features from the Skoda range with a unique mix of safety, functionality, comfort and contemporary design. With the launch of Yeti, SkodaAuto India expanded its product range thus catering to a wider target audience.
With the launch of Skoda Yeti, Skoda India expands its product range and hence catering to a wider objective audience. The Skoda Yeti has all the makings of cult car in India as it offers soothe & ride quality of a premium sedan while offering fun, technology & functionality of a best SUV. The smartly priced Skoda Yeti will attract India’s young and increasingly auto-enthusiastic customers by offering additional technology and multi-role capability. SkodaAuto India had received numerous purchaser enquiries even before the commercial launch of the car. One of the most interesting aspects of the response is that customer enthusiasm for Skoda Yeti is spread nationally and not limited to a particular region unlike the traditional SUV market.
Skoda Auto India November Sales up 29%
Skoda Auto India, a fully owned subsidiary of Skoda Auto a.s., Czech Republic and one of the most promising automobile companies in India today announced a sales growth of 29% for the month of November 2010. Skoda Auto India’s total sales for November 2010 stood at an impressive 1841 units as against 1425 units in November 2009. Skoda India has registered impressive growth in this year riding on the success of the two new launches; the new Skoda Fabia and Skoda Yeti.
Speaking on the occasion Thomas Kuehl, Director & Board Member, Sales and Marketing, Skoda Auto India said “I am extremely delighted with Skoda Auto’s continuing growth as we gear up for the exciting period ahead. We are pleased with the overwhelming response we have received with the introduction of our two new cars in the Skoda lineage in India; the New Skoda Fabia and Skoda Yeti. The bookings of both these cars have been extremely encouraging. We are confident that these new additions by Skoda Auto will create more zeal and excitement for the customers”.
Ashutosh Dixit, Senior General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Skoda Auto India commented “The overwhelming sales have been a result of our aggressive expansion strategy across India. Over the years Skoda Auto India has successfully established a well knit dealer network which has enabled us to cater to the ever growing demand for the Skoda cars. We have now expanded our network to 66 dealerships and a total of 7 boutique showrooms with the recent opening of Skoda’s first boutique showroom; Torque Automotive Pvt. Ltd. in Gujarat. We are confident to see a further boost in our sales owing to our latest offerings; New Skoda Fabia and Skoda Yeti, which are available across all our dealership showrooms”.
SkodaAuto achieved another milestone with the roll out of the 1,00,001st car from its plant at Aurangabad. The fact that the 1,00,001st car was a Skoda Yeti, one of Skoda’s recent launches, makes it an even more special event. The occasion was graced by H E Mr Miloslav Stasek, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic in India, and Mr Stackmann,- the Board Member for Sales and Marketing at SkodaAuto a.s. and Chairman of SkodaAuto India.