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SEAT president James Muir has revealed he wants the Spanish brand to emulate the success of sister firm Skoda. Muir – formerly top brass at Mazda and Ford in Europe – said he felt the fact Seat hadn’t been able to match the heady heights of the Czech firm has been ‘tragic’. ‘They have done [...]

SKODA has announced it has ‘continued to grow’ in quarter four with sales in October rising by 11.3 per cent. 77,000 were delivered in October worldwide increasing market share, and between January and October, the company sold a total of 741,800 cars, 16.2 per cent more year-on-year. ‘Despite differences in growth rates across the regions, Skoda [...]

SKODA dealer Station Garage has hosted a four-day-long motoring spectacular to mark its 25th birthday. The celebrations, held on the Station Garage forecourt, ran from Wednesday 5 to Saturday 9, October, with a wide range of activities taking place each day – including Yeti off-roading, classic car showcases, a BBQ, and music festivities. The four-day celebration offered something [...]

MOTORISTS in south Essex now have a brand new Skoda dealership courtesy of Essex Auto Group. The new dealership in Rayleigh, Essex, offers the full range of Skoda vehicles from the Yeti to the Fabia vRS, and the showroom is the latest example of the family run business’s growth plans. This latest expansion, growing from eight [...]

STRONG sales and impressive growth figures has helped March 2011 become Skoda’s best month in its history. More than 85,000 worldwide deliveries and sales up 21.4 per cent was achieved by the Czech brand – never before has Skoda sold more cars in a single month than in the third month of this year. In [...]

IT’S all change at Skoda! The manufacturer has presented ‘key elements’ of its new corporate design – one of which is a new logo. ‘We are keen to express the new power of our brand not only through our future products, but also in the way we present ourselves to partners and customers. ‘Skoda is [...]

SKODA has welcomed a brand new John Clark Motor Group dealership to its rapidly-growing retailer network. The new site in Dundee is a former Peugeot dealership which will shortly be refurbished to the latest Skoda corporate standards. It includes an eight-car showroom, a five-bay workshop catering for cars and light commercial vehicles and a 35-vehicle [...]

SKODA will offer free courtesy cars to its 14,000 customers waiting for deliveries of their new vehicles. In a move that mimics Nissan’s announcement last week, the Czech marque has decided to keep customers happy with loans while they are forced to wait up to six months for their cars. Speaking exclusively to Car Dealer [...]

SKODA has appointed the Arnold Clark Group to two locations in Scotland, adding to the brand’s strength in the country. The Arnold Clark Edinburgh Skoda dealership is in a brand new facility, while In Inverness, Arnold Clark has recently acquired Delmore Cars. Arnold Clark Edinburgh is described as ‘state of-the-art’ that puts ‘the customer buying [...]

SKODA has declared that 2010 will see more cars built by the maker in a single year than ever before. The proud announcement comes after the manufacturer revealed that with 702,400 units soft after eleven months, the Czech manufacturer has already exceeded the previous year’s total of 684,200, shattering the threshold of 700,000 delivered vehicles [...]

Dealer group Chathams have announced a restructuring programme which brings about some big changes. The programme will see the Edinburgh-based dealer group parting company with Honda, and moving forward with Skoda. Effective from the end of November, Graeme P Chatham Ltd and Honda (UK) Ltd will go their separate ways – a partnership that has [...]

SINCLAIR Skoda has just delivered a Roomster to Swansea women’s surf champion Gwen Spurlock. The 19 year old Swansea University student picked up the keys from sales manager Andy Shorland at Sinclair. He reckons it’s the perfect motor for her – it’s ideal for swallowing all her surfing gear. ‘It has a large boot and [...]

SKODA has vowed to maintain its reputation as the ‘manufacturer of happy drivers’ with a new customer pledge. Called the Skoda ‘customer promise’, the Czech maker aims to build on its strong reputation for customer service by promising to deliver an enjoyable experience for all Skoda drivers. The promise plans to put Skoda customers at [...]

SEPTEMBER saw Skoda record its best ever single month sales results, increasing its UK market share. The Czech manufacturer reported vehicle sales of 75,790 vehicles in September, increasing worldwide deliveries by 12.8 per cent in the first nine months of 2010 – recording a total of 568,990 units. Also on the up were UK registrations. [...]

SKODA has promoted an approved repairer to full main dealer status as Hughes expands its coverage. Hughes Skoda Aylesbury is Skoda’s latest franchise but not Hughes’ first Skoda. Not only has Aylesbury been an approved repairer since May 2009, the dealer group has also operated Skoda Farnham Common retailer and repairer for some while now. [...]

THE Skoda Yeti has been named Auto Express Car of the Year in the mag’s hotly contested awards. The crossover won the best new car accolade and also the Crossover category title – the first award of its type – last night. But the Yeti wasn’t the only Skoda winning awards, another four models walked [...]

STIGMA in the car world is a tough burden to carry and is often even harder to shed. Skoda has been at the sharp end of motoring jokes for decades, but has cleverly sidestepped them to become the forward-thinking car brand it is now. The new Superb Estate is the latest car in the marque’s PR offensive. Estate [...]

HYUNDAI has come top in the Auto Express Driver Power 2010 satisfaction and reliability survey. The firm’s i30 family hatchback is the UK’s most reliable and satisfying car, reckon the survey’s 23,000 respondents. The British Jaguar XF was just behind it in the Driver Power Top 100 list though, after winning the survey outright last [...]

SKODA is encouraging its car dealers to drive service business with a cool new air con spring clean scheme. The brand has developed a bespoke air conditioning clean-up service, and is advising car dealers target customers as better weather returns. It allows Skoda dealers to promise the removal of bad smells and breeding micro-organisms from [...]

SKODA Auto has awarded a top customer service award to its UK importer for the 4th time in 5 years. The UK arm of Skoda has once again been prized with the firm’s tip Skoda Auto Human Touch and Customer Care award. It is also the second successive year of triumph for the UK firm [...]