SKODA AUSTRALIA has confirmed that the versatile Yeti crossover is on its way, and it’s gunning for a significant slice of the small softroader market.

The Yeti will be in Australian showrooms in mid to late 2010. Skoda expects to be able to offer it in both front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive variants.
“Yeti is obviously a priority [...]

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2009 Skoda Octavia RS First Drive Review

ALLOWING MOTORING SCRIBES to mercilessly flog your new model for more than three hours at a track is a display of serious confidence in your product.

To launch the new look Octavia RS, Skoda Australia assembled the motoring press at Top Gear Australia’s test track at Camden Airport and [...]

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THE NEW OCTAVIA RS is a fine machine. A dozen laps of the Top Gear Australia test track at yesterday’s launch left us in no doubt that even the ham-fisted will find it an entertaining and well-connected drive.

It also makes the perfect base for a project vehicle, in this case Skoda Australia’s Octavia RS-P (‘P’ [...]

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CZECH MANUFACTURER Skoda has released its Superb large-car entry into the Australian market today, a car that that will sit above the Octavia as the company’s local flagship model.

Priced from $42,990 (before on-roads), the Superb blends luxury and practicality into a longer and lower package than the VW Passat.

And, unlike the Passat, the Superb has [...]

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We most recently saw the Octavia at the 2009 Melbourne Motor Show, and now Skoda has unveiled the latest iterations of its Octavia RS lift-back and station wagon.

Based on the Golf GTI, the Skoda Octavia RS looks thoroughly refreshed thanks to a redesigned front featuring a clearly visible RS logo. And, for the first time, [...]

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Government incentives may have helped Volkswagen AG eclipse Toyota as the world’s best selling carmaker in the first quarter of 2009.

Demand for VW products in the major markets of Germany, China and Brazil (which, combined, account for half of all VW groups sales) has been fuelled by government incentives encouraging people to buy new cars.

If [...]

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Official design sketches of Skoda’s upcoming Fabia Scout Hatchback have hit the web thanks to the European trademark office.

Not to be confused with the Fabia Scout Estate - we did a double take ourselves - the Scout Hatchback is expected to debut this year.

As with the Fabia Scout Estate, it’s more about looks than real [...]

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Talk to an Englishman about Skoda, and he will most likely roll his eyes and laugh as he remembers uninspiring, unremarkable cars produced by communists for their comrades and exported to, among other places, the UK (more recently) and Australia (back in the 1980’s).

But that was a long time ago and times have changed.

Now sitting [...]

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It is no secret that Volkswagen doesn’t see a future that features automatic transmissions. The old slush box is a little low tech, a little ‘old hat’ and a lot like yesterday’s news over Wolfsburg way.

As a result, we can expect to see a lot more of the fabulous VW DSG range of transmissions in [...]

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One of the most popular vehicles on the Skoda stand at this year’s Geneva Motor Show has been the Fabia Sport Design Concept.

Little has been revealed beyond the eye-catching visuals, but rumours suggest the concept vehicle could be a precursor to the Skoda Fabia vRS.

The Fabia vRS is expected during 2010 and when released, will [...]

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The all-new Škoda Superb made its Australian debut in Melbourne this morning. This latest addition to the Skoda range is a flagship model for the company that links Skoda’s “illustrious past with its ambitious future…” (Škoda’s words there).

The elegant new Superb offers style and interior cabin space plus a host of clever features, including ‘TwinDoor’, which turns the car from [...]

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Škoda Australia has revealed its new Octavia model range.

When viewed from the front, the key enhancements to the new Octavia include newly-shaped, bolder headlamps, a more robust radiator grille and a one-piece bumper. The rear of the vehicle features new tail lamp covers and a dynamic bumper with integrated ‘cat eyes’.

Inside the Octavia, the steering [...]

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