Skoda Auto India is planning to increase prices of its premium cars in January 2005 on account of increase in input costs and for complying with the Euro-III norms.
With a presence in the value segment, better service quality, and lower ownership cost, Skoda India's director of sales and marketing Zac Hollis aims to make important changes. He tells Arindam Majumder how he plans to make India the company's fifth-largest market by 2023.
The local subsidiary of Czech carmaker Skoda said on Wednesday that it will start producing cars at its new greenfield facility in Aurangabad from January next year.
The company has been saying it would introduce the new car and it would be priced below Fabia, the range for which starts at around Rs 500,000. Other models of the company in India are Laura, Octavia and Superb.
Volkswagen group company Skoda Auto India said on Wednesday that it would launch luxury car 'Superb' and premium sedan 'Laurin & Klement' in March and 'Fabia' would follow suit soon.
Volkswagen group company Skoda Auto India on Thursday launched luxury sedan Superb and said it aimed to break even in 2005 by selling 10,000 cars and launch new models on four product lines till 2008.
Czech automaker Skoda is planning to introduce as many as eight models in the next five years to make India amongst the top-five of its global markets.
Three years after it discontinued selling Octavia in the Indian market, Skoda Auto India on Thursday relaunched the premium sedan priced between Rs 13.95 lakh and Rs 19.45 lakh.
Skoda Auto India Ltd is to roll out a series of new models of passenger cars under its Octavia brand in the next one year targeting a total sale of 8500 units in 2003 as against 4500 units in 2002, the marketing head of the company said on Wednesday.
SKODA introduced a 'Holiday Offer' whereby a customer can buy the car and pay EMI a year after the purchase.
If you don't mind working over weekends and like being in a two-piece suit all day long, pick the Superb. And if you have a penchant for exploring places over the weekend, look no further than the Endeavour which can also carry your gang.
The bookings of the Yeti had started a few months ago and the company claims it to be difficult to meet all the current orders till this year end.
Skoda Auto India said on Monday that it was confident of selling 8000 cars this fiscal, despite lower sales in August.\n\n\n\n
To shed its premium tag and ramp up volumes in the Indian market, Czech car maker Skoda is increasing localisation levels and rationalising prices across the range of products it offers in the country.
Skoda Auto has launched the awaited model Skoda Fabia 'Scout' in the country.
The new factory of car major Skoda at Aurangabad in Maharashtra would begin operations by the third week of January 2004 and produce nearly 15,000 high-end luxury cars annually in 'completely knocked down' condition.
It is simple yet appealing, well-built and provides excellent ride quality, and now the Skoda Rapid has been fitted with a 7-speed DSG automatic transmission.
In an aggressive bid to more than double its sales, Volkswagen group company Skoda Auto India on Wednesday said it would launch Fabia and Octavia II sedans next year and make the Indian operations a hub for South Asia.
Luxury segment auto player, Skoda India, on Monday said that it will increase prices of all models by Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 from August 1. The company sells models like Fabia, Octavia, Laura and Superb in the price bracket of Rs 4.5 lakh (Rs 450,000 to Rs 22 lakh (Rs 2.2 million).
The Rapid will not have all the features present in the Vento and might retail at a price below the Vento.
The Indian unit of Czech carmaker Skoda Auto said on Monday it expected its sales in 2003 to nearly double from a year ago helped by three model launches and a four to six per cent growth of the premium car segment.
Performance wise, the Elantra's 1.8-litre petrol and 1.6-litre diesel engines provide great thrust initially, but tire on reaching the 150 kmph mark. Octavia is a more sensible choice.
It offers luxury saloon car features at a competitively low price.
The car will adhere to the small car norms as specified by the union budget and thereby will benefit from the 16 per cent excise duty.
Skoda is working at entering the pre-owned car business by the end of the financial year.
'We began hitting Kasab hard.' 'In the melee it struck me that the man we were beating to pulp should remain alive.'
While a refurbished Laura would hit the roads some time next month, a premium mid-sized sedan, Rapid, would arrive by the end of the year.
Its track record has been patchy, but the carmaker wants to launch at least one model every year.
Carmaker Skoda India has decided to price Fabia, the hatchback it plans to launch at the Auto Expo in January, in the range of Rs 5-6 lakh.
As the company announces the launch of the Yeti, let us take a look what the crossover has on offer. . .
Skoda India launched on Wednesday an exclusive showroom at Faridabad in the National Capital Region. Besides, to expand its product portfolio in the domestic market, the company would launch two new models next year, apart from introducing new variants of the existing cars.
If you're someone looking for some serious performance along with a practical family sedan with generous cabin space and do not mind spending more on fuel and the company's after-sales service, then this is all the car you'll ever need.
Though it will replace Laura, the new model would retain latter's petrol and diesel engines.
It is as different as chalk and cheese when you step inside the cabin of all these cars.
The new variant 'Superb Comfort' is the third upgrade on Superb. It has been priced lower than the existing model which is sold at Rs 22.29 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) to boost sales during the upcoming festive season.
American tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday said his proposed visit to India has been postponed due to "very heavy Tesla obligations". The electric carmaker Tesla CEO -- who was expected to be in India on April 21 and 22 and scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- wrote on X that he is looking forward to coming to India later this year.
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