Euro NCAP kicks off the start of a new year of car safety testing by recognizing the top performers of last year and the winners of the 2021 Best in Class awards. Euro NCAP tested 33 new cars in 2021, of which 22 achieved the top 5-star rating with Skoda finishing holding two top awards, more than any other car maker. Among the successes, the Mercedes-EQ … [Read more...]
Piece of cake sales success for revised Skoda Fabia?
To coincide with the launch of the revised Fabia ‘superminis’, Skoda UK commissioned 2016 Great British Bake Off winner Candice Brown to produce a small-scale version of the iconic Fabia cake which starred in the hit 2007 TV advert which was nearly four metres long and one-and-a-half metres high. But the new cake reflects a slimmer market in … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Skoda Fabia Estate 1.4TDI
The ‘supermini B-segment sized Skoda Fabia five door hatchback range was launched in January this year with prices from £10,600 and immediately was voted What Car? magazines Car of the Year and other awards have followed. Now the five door Fabia Estate range has joined the line-up priced from £12,460. With the same specification level options and a … [Read more...]
Third generation Skoda Fabia hits the road
The New Year has started well for Skoda, the 119 year old Czech manufacturer now part of the Volkswagen Group. Last yeat it achieved an all time record global sales of 1.04million vehicles in 2014, an increase of 12.7%. In the UK it was also another record year, their fifth consecutive one, with over 75,448 new car sales, an increase of 14.2% over 2013 … [Read more...]
Skoda kicks up the dust with its sporting models
It's an unlikely brand to shoulder its way into the performance market but Skoda punches above its weight in many ways. Skoda, a full member of the Volkswagen Group since 2000, started as a bicycle manufacturing business in 1894 and the links to cycling continue today with vehicle support for the Tour de France, Tour of Britain and most recently Ride … [Read more...]
