Home / Cars / Skoda (Page 2)

  • Skoda Fabia RS2000 roadster blows the lid off things

    In Cars, International News, Skoda / By / / 14 comments


    Click to enlarge

    You can always count on the annual Volkswagen festival, the GTI-Treffen, which is held annually in Lake Wörthersee, Austria to provide a healthy blitz of unique treats, and the 30th anniversary of the event was no exception – withness the likes of the Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro and the VW Golf R Cabriolet Concept as proof of that.


    Click to enlarge

    Skoda wasn’t to be outdone. The company displayed a Fabia RS 2000 design concept especially prepared for the event. Using the Super 2000 rally Fabia as inspiration, the Skoda boys took a Fabia RS, lopped off the roof, slapped on some widebody arches and corresponding bits, as well as reworked the interior to come up with this topless rendition


    Click to enlarge

    The kitbag for the one-off includes seating for four in individual bucket seats replete with racing harnesses, 18-inch alloys in white and a sharply sloping windscreen. Plenty of air in your hair with this one, and no one can ever accuse you of not going green with this one at that.

     

  • Skoda Fabia Greenline achieves 2,006 km on a single tank

    In Cars, International News, Skoda / By / / 34 comments

    Economy driving world champion Gerhard Plattner has taken a Skoda Fabia GreenLine from Austria to Denmark and back, a distance of 2,006 km, on just one 45 litre tankful of diesel. The Austrian began his journey on May 10 in Reutte, Austria, and made his way to Bov, Denmark before travelling back, mainly using Germany’s longest motorway, the A 7, for his trip.

    The result means the 1.2 litre diesel-powered car achieved a record-low consumption of 2.21 litres per 100 km, a significant jump from the Europe-standardised model’s already frugal consumption of 3.4 l/100 km. The refuelling, as well as Plattner’s whole trip, were supervised by International Police Motor Corporation (IPMC), which also sealed the fuel tank before Plattner set out from Reutte.

     

  • Skoda Rapid: a more affordable Czech Volkswagen Vento

    In Cars, Skoda / By / / 16 comments

    Skoda Vision D

    The latest news from India is that Skoda is planning to revive the Skoda Rapid nameplate to launch its own version of the current VW Vento (Polo Sedan) for the Indian market, as well as other related markets where a sedan version of the Skoda Fabia would be suitable.

    Skoda Vision D

    The styling for the new Rapid is said to be derived from the Vision D Concept shown here, which first made its debut at this year’s Geneva show. The Vision D is a larger Octavia-sized car with a coupe-like roof. The Octavia is a segment larger than the Fabia.

    Look after the jump for a gallery of the Vision D.
    Read more ›

     

  • Skoda to launch its version of VW Up! and a small sedan

    In Cars, International News, Skoda / By / / 6 comments

    According to Autocar, Skoda is set to launch its version of Volkswagen’s Up! city car later this year, and this will be joined by a new small sedan that will sit in between the Fabia and Octavia.

    Skoda chairman Winfried Krause confirmed the plans to introduce the two models at the company’s annual press conference, and said the City Car was to answer to the increasingly strong demand for small cars with low fuel consumption and affordable running costs.

    The cars’ styling will contain design cues seen in the Vision D design concept revealed in Geneva earlier in the month, and the company adds that the vehicles will adhere to the brand’s ‘simply clever’ tagline of offering practical vehicles with oodles of space and an outstanding price to value ratio.

     

  • Škoda unveils new logo and VisionD Concept at Geneva

    In Cars, International News, Skoda / By / / 15 comments

    Some bring concept cars, others bring new models, but Škoda has brought a new logo to Geneva. To be used globally on all models from 2012, the new logo is a more modern looking and simplified version of the old one.

    The ‘Skoda Auto’ words have been removed, and the main winged arrow element is now larger. The green colour has been changed to a more vibrant ‘Skoda Green’ hue while the circle has a chrome outline. The new logo is part of a new corporate design for its outlets and materials.

    Besides that, Škoda also unveiled the VisionD concept at Geneva. It’s an Octavia-sized car that shows us the brand’s future design direction. An evolution from the current look, it’s very modern but still clearly recognisable as a Škoda. The VisionD’s long wheelbase and short overhangs are a “prerequisite for successful automotive architecture” as they benefit both cabin space and, coupled with a dynamic roof line, looks.

    Up front, the new logo stands out as the starting point for all contours. It intersects the horizontal line of the bonnet and sits on top of a grille that’s “unobtrusively shiny”. The headlights are reminiscent of a symbolic four-leaf clover, Škoda says. The C-shaped rear lights meanwhile have become a trademark of sorts, and is the rear section’s defining element.

    More pics after the jump.
    Read more ›

     

  • Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo pays homage to 100 years of the Rallye Monto Carlo!

    In Cars, International News, Skoda / By / / 18 comments

    This is the special edition Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo, created to celebrate the 100th year of the legendary Monte Carlo Rally which happens this month. It also celebrates the brand’s 110th anniversary of participating in motorsports – yes, Skoda has been around that long!

    The red Fabia is dressed up with black exterior trim on the wheel arches, roof, door mirror covers, radiator grill top, and even the 17 inch Trinity alloys. The headlamps are smoked to make them look sportier. On the inside, you can choose eitherall-black or combination red/black sport seats, a perforated leather steering wheel with red stitching, leather handbrake and gearstick gaiter with red stitching. There are also silver kick panels and steel pedals.

    Skoda’s Rallye Monte Carlo entrant is the Skoda Fabia S2000, and their team did decently in 2010, finishing second, third and fifth (in class) with Hänninen, Vouilloz and Kopecký, respectively. Danny will be in Monte Carlo to cheer on our very own Proton Satria Neo S2000 rally cars, so expect some live coverage of the rally.

     

  • Limited edition Skoda Fabia RS to mark IRC double win

    In Cars, International News, Motorsports, Skoda / By / / 5 comments


    Click to enlarge

    Skoda Motorsport swept the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge clean by winning both the Manufacturers’ championship and the Drivers’ title with Juho Hänninen and Mikko Markkula. The team’s other pairing of Jan Kopecký and Petr Starý were runners-up in the Drivers’ challenge, underlining Skoda’s dominance in this season’s IRC, which ended last month.

    The Skoda factory team participated in 11 of this year’s 12 IRC events and won seven of them. Peugeot’s 2009 champion Kris Meeke was third in the standings. Peugeot was also a distant second in the Manufacturers’ table.

    And to celebrate this achievement, VW Group’s Czech subsidiary will be releasing a limited edition Fabia RS inspired by their IRC winning Fabia S2000. Limited to 200 examples, the hot Fabia will be painted in the green livery of the rally car, with white roof and white wheels, although it looks slightly odd to these eyes without the S2000′s wide body.

    The Fabia RS (or vRS in the UK), also available in wagon form for the first time, is powered by a 1.4L twincharged TSI engine with 180 bhp and 250 Nm. This is mated to a seven-speed DSG transmission for a 0-100 km/h time of 7.3 seconds. Top speed is 224 km/h.

     

  • Skoda Superb and Skoda Octavia VRS in Bermaz Glenmarie

    In Cars, Local News, Skoda / By / / 151 comments

    It appears that Berjaya Group’s Skoda sales division have brought in some units of the Skoda Superb and Skoda Octavia VRS and they are on display at Bermaz Glenmarie. Readers Kamil and Shamsir both sent in photos of the two cars today. Apparently the Octavia VRS was quoted to be priced at RM188,888, which makes it the cheapest way you can get Volkswagen’s 2.0 TSI engine in a car with a boot right now. No details on the Skoda Superb, but we do have a huge detailed photo gallery of the two cars which you can find after the jump. You can also see the Superb’s TwinDoor in action.
    Read more ›

     

  • 200hp Skoda Octavia VRS spotted in Glenmarie!

    In Cars, Local News, Skoda / By / / 62 comments


    Click for enlarged image

    This is something quite interesting indeed. Reader Shaikh was at Bermaz Glenmarie getting his car services when he spotted this car, completely uncovered with its bumper protectors still stuck on. It’s a Skoda Octavia VRS, which is basically the Czech marque’s take on the Volkswagen Golf GTI.

    Like the Golf GTI, the Octavia VRS is powered by a 2.0 litre turbocharged direct injection engine. The VRS engine makes 200 bhp and 280Nm of torque, which is about the same power levels as the Mk5 Golf GTI. Unlike the Golf, the Octavia has a boot. It still has a hatch though, making it something like a Wira Aeroback type of body.

    2 transmissions are available – a manual or a DSG, both 6-speeders. The picture above is the only photo we’ve got right now so we don’t know if this is a stick shift or a twin clutch. I’m wondering if this is a one-off import or are there plans to make this a model for sale here in Malaysia. Currently the highest spec Octavia on sale here that we know of is the 200FSi, which uses a normally aspirated direct injection 2.0 litre engine. We’ve had no communication with AutoPrahar in the recent years.

     

  • New Skoda between the Fabia and Octavia?

    In Cars, International News, Skoda / By / / 15 comments

    Skoda Fabia
    A Fabia “Plus” or a Fabia Sedan soon?

    Skoda is planning a new model to fit between the compact Fabia hatchback (Polo based) and the Octavia sedan (Jetta, Golf based). The new vehicle has been given a codename of A Entry for now and the focus would be to price it affordably – around US$13,650. The new model will be aimed at lower income customers looking for a larger family car than what a typical Fabia-class vehicle would offer.

    I am guessing that would only mean a new small sedan based on the Fabia platform, perhaps with the wheelbase lengthened a little. As it is, Volkswagen makes a sedan version of the Polo for certain emerging markets and calls it the Polo Classic.

    When the new Polo was announced, a report claimed that Volkswagen was planning a larger “Polo Plus” and a “Polo Sedan” for the US market, as the Polo was just too small a car for American tastes. The Polo Plus was to have a price tag of US$13,000 to US$15,000. Skoda’s version can be a more budget oriented version of this Polo Plus/Polo Sedan, if it is priced “around” US$13,000 as the mid price point.

    Source

     
 
1 2 3 4
 
 
 
 

Archives