Skoda and Audi. The VW company has suspended paid activities on Twitter

Skoda and Audi.  The VW company has suspended paid activities on Twitter

The Volkswagen Group announced in early November that it had advised all of its brands to stop advertising on Twitter. He reacted to the takeover of Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk. A spokesperson said Wednesday that all brands were following the advice. At the end of October, Musk bought the Twitter company for 44 billion … Read more

Škoda Auto increased global sales by 29% in October

Škoda Auto increased global sales by 29% in October

Volkswagen delivered 388,600 passenger cars to customers in October, a year-over-year increase of 7.7%. However, its sales are 10% lower than the previous year. The entire Volkswagen group, which also includes trucks and buses, increased sales in October by more than 15% year-on-year to 691,800 vehicles. Year-over-year sales also remain lower from January to October. … Read more

The Tatra 613 Special was the only classic car sold, the “snail” Jawa 500 OHC cost less than a million

The Tatra 613 Special was the only classic car sold, the “snail” Jawa 500 OHC cost less than a million

An auction of vintage cars and motorcycles took place on the last Sunday in October as part of the Prague Car Festival car show. Thirteen cars were put up for auction, but the prices of some were surprising and in the end five items were not sold. Jawa 500 OHC 15/00 “snail” was sold for … Read more

Škoda Auto’s operating profit decreased year on year

Škoda Auto’s operating profit decreased year on year

Previously, the automaker said its sales fell 22.3% year-on-year to 544,500 vehicles from January to September. But in September itself it increased by 20.3%. Škoda Auto operates three manufacturing plants in the Czech Republic, but also manufactures in China, Slovakia and India, mainly through group partnerships, and in Ukraine and Kazakhstan in cooperation with local … Read more

Production in the Czech Republic no longer pays for foreign companies, says Špicar

Production in the Czech Republic no longer pays for foreign companies, says Špicar

Find it realistic that the Volkswagen concern reaches something as risky and complicated as it is partial shift of production from east to west Europe knowing that energy prices can be very different in a short amount of time than today? Or do you read today’s VW statement more like pressure on national governments and … Read more

The owner of the Skoda threatens to move production from the Czech Republic. They are afraid of the lack of gas

The owner of the Skoda threatens to move production from the Czech Republic. They are afraid of the lack of gas

– German car company Volkswagen is concerned about the persistent shortage of natural gas. There is also the possibility that it will move its production from Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the countries of southwest and northern Europe. In addition to households, the current energy crisis also threatens European industry. For example, Volkswagen … Read more

Škoda is doing the job on an electrical successor to the Fabia, which must expense all over 50 percent a million

Škoda is doing the job on an electrical successor to the Fabia, which must expense all over 50 percent a million

When Škodovka union chief Jaroslav Povšík discovered in an interview a year in the past that the Fabia will only have an electric powered successor in five many years, he elevated a selection of eyebrows. Especially given that, at that second, there are however about ten several years left for the EU to greatly restrict … Read more

The first sketch of the interior of a large Skoda: a car for seven people will start a revolution

The first sketch of the interior of a large Skoda: a car for seven people will start a revolution

No stone is left unturned in the design of the Mladá Boleslav cars, but the automaker is still giving its fans a drop-by-drop of the upcoming changes. She recently showed a blurred photo of the car in the new Modern Solid style, which she now followed up with a sketch of the interior of the … Read more

The demand is there, the cars are not. There are a few surprises among the best-selling cars in the Czech Republic

The demand is there, the cars are not.  There are a few surprises among the best-selling cars in the Czech Republic

The demand exceeds the supply of new passenger cars in the Czech Republic. Sales have fallen by more than 12 percent year-on-year in the first half of this year, as automakers are running out of production due to a lack of parts. Even last year, sales exceeded one hundred thousand cars, this year they are … Read more