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Škoda Auto

Not to be confused with Škoda Works or Škoda Transportation.

Škoda Auto (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃkoda]  (Speaker Icon.svg listen)), better known as Škoda, is an automobile maker. It is based in the Czech Republic. Škoda was bought by the Volkswagen Group in 2000.[3] Its total sales reached 684,226 cars in 2009 and 85,000 for the month of March 2011.[4]

Škoda Auto
Private company
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1895 as Laurin & Klement
FounderVáclav Laurin and Václav Klement
Headquarters
Mladá Boleslav
,
Czech Republic
Number of locations
Factories in China, Czech Republic, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Area served
Europe, Asia, South America, Australasia
Key people
Bernhard Mayer (Chairman of the Board of Directors), Dr Herbert Diees (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
ProductsAutomobiles
Production output
Increase875,000 units (2011)
ServicesAutomotive financial services
RevenueIncrease € 16.559 billion (2017)[1]
Increase € 1.611 billion (2017)[1]
Increase € 1.274 billion (2017)[1]
Total assetsIncrease CZK 228.180 billion (2016)[2]
Increase (US$ 8.89 billion)
Total equityIncrease CZK 137.580 billion (2016)[2]
Increase (US$ 5.36 billion)
ParentVolkswagen Group
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.skoda-auto.com

History

File:2009 Skoda Superb Elegance CRTDi Automatic 2.0 Front.jpg
Škoda Auto is one of the largest car makers in Central Europe. In 2010, 762,500 cars were sold worldwide. This was a record for the company.

Škoda Works was started as a firearms maker in 1859.

Škoda Auto goes back to the early 1890s as a company which started out making bicycles. In 1894, 26-year old Václav Klement (a bookseller in Mladá Boleslav) could not find any spare parts to fix his bicycle. Klement returned his bicycle to the makers, Seidel and Naumann, with a letter. It was written in Czech. The letter asked the company to repair the bicycle. When Klement got his reply, it was in German. It said (in English): "If you would like an answer to your inquiry, you should try writing in a language we can understand". Klement was very unhappy at this. Even though he did not have any experience, he decided to start a bicycle repair shop. He and Václav Laurin opened this in 1895 in Mladá Boleslav. Before working with Klement, Laurin was a bicycle maker in the town of Turnov. Turnov was near to Mladá Boleslav. In 1898, after moving to their newly-built factory, the pair bought a Werner "motorcyclist".[nb 1] It was made by French manufacturer Werner Brothers. Laurin & Klement's first motorcyclette was powered by an engine on the handlebars. It drove the front wheels. It was dangerous and unreliable. Laurin had an accident on it, and lost one of his front teeth. To design a safer motorcycle, the pair wrote to German specialist Robert Bosch for advice. The pair's new motorcycle went on sale in 1899.

In 1900, when the company had 32 people working for them, motorcycles began being exported. 150 machines were shipped to London. Shortly after, the press said that they were the makers of the first motorcycle.[5] The first model, Voiturette A, was a success. The company was set up both within Austria-Hungary and all over the world. By 1905 the company was making automobiles.

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The back of a Škoda Popular Special on display at the Sportauto Museum, Lány, Kladno District, Czech Republic

After World War I, the Laurin-Klement company began making trucks. However, in 1924, the company looked for a partner after running into problems. It was bought by Škoda Works, a firearms maker. Most things made later were under the Škoda name. Škoda was successful again after an economic depression. The Popular in the late 1930s is an example of a popular car.

During World War II, when Nazi Germany had invaded Czechoslovakia, the Škoda works was turned into part of Reichswerke Hermann Göring. It helped the German war effort.

Car models

This table shows the Škoda car models still being made.

Fabia File:Skoda Fabia IV IMG 5307.jpg 2021 (fourth generation)
Scala 100px 2018
Octavia 100px 2020 (4th generation)
Superb 100px 2015 (3rd generation)
Kamiq 100px 2019
Karoq File:2018 Skoda Karoq Edition TDi SCR 4X4 2.0 Front.jpg 2017
Kodiaq 100px 2016
Enyaq iV 100px 2020

Concept cars

  • MissionL (2011)
  • Vision D (2011)
  • Vision S (2016)
  • Vision 7S (2022)
  • Fabia Super (2007)
  • Joyster (2006)
  • Yeti II (2006)
  • Roomster (2003)
  • Tudor (2002)
  • Fabia Paris Edition (2002)
  • Ahoj (2002)
  • Felicia Golden Prague (1998)
  • 783 Favorit Coupé (1987)
  • Škoda 110 Super Sport Ferat (1971)
  • Škoda 1100 GT (1968)
  • Škoda F3 (1964)
  • Škoda 1100 Type 968 (1958)
  • Škoda 973 Babeta (1949)

Gallery

  • Škoda Museum - Škoda 973 Babeta.JPG

    Škoda 973 Babeta

  • Skoda1100Type968.jpg

    Škoda 1100 Type 968

  • Skoda-museum-mlada-boleslav-rr-118.jpg

    Škoda F3

  • Skoda1100gt.jpg

    Škoda 1100 GT

  • Škoda 110 Super Sport (Ferat)

  • Škoda Joyster.jpg

    Škoda Joyster

  • Skoda MissionL (front quarter).jpg

    Škoda MissionL

  • 13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-233.png

    Logo Škoda Auto 2013

  • 13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-035.jpg

    Laurin & Klement (1890)

  • 12-01-11-autostadt-wolfsburg-by-RalfR-301.jpg

    Laurin & Klement A (1898)

  • 13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-008.jpg

    Škoda 422 (1930)

  • 13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-122.jpg

    Škoda Octavia Super (1960)

  • 13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-121.jpg

    Škoda MB 1000 (1966)

  • 13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-001.jpg

    Škoda 136 LR (1984)

  • Škoda Fabia Super 2000

  • 13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-206.jpg

    Škoda Vision D (2011)

Škoda Auto Media

  • Laurin & Klement founders 1895.jpg

    Founders Václav Klement (left) and Václav Laurin (1895)

  • Škoda 422 automobile in Prague, Czech Republic

  • Škoda Š 932 prototype, 1932

  • Škoda Tudor Cabrio 938, 2013 Oldtimer Bohemia Rally 38.JPG

    Škoda 1101 Tudor Roadster (1949)

  • Favorit 1994 corp.jpg

    Škoda Favorit (1987–1995)

  • Skoda Felicia outside Robinson.JPG

    The Škoda Felicia from 1994 was the first new model manufactured after a takeover by Volkswagen Group.

  • Skoda Octavia Combi RS (III) – Frontansicht, 20. Juni 2014, Düsseldorf.jpg

    The Octavia is the bestselling Škoda model.

Bibliography

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Notes

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References

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