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{{Short description|Czech automobile manufacturer}}
{{Distinguish|text=the now-separate engineering company [[Škoda Transportation]] or the former parent [[Škoda Works]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Škoda Auto a.s.
| logo = Škoda_nieuw.png
| logo_size = 180
| logo_caption = Logo since 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Skoda logo: wordmark revealed to replace emblem on cars |url=https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/consumer/new-skoda-logo-wordmark-revealed-replace-emblem-cars |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Autocar |language=en}}</ref>
| image = Škoda nové sídlo.jpg
| image_alt = New Škoda Auto headquarters
| image_caption = Headquarters in [[Mladá Boleslav]], [[Czech Republic]], 2024
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1925|df=yes}}
| founder = [[Václav Laurin]] and [[Václav Klement]]
| location_city = [[Mladá Boleslav]]
| location_country = [[Czech Republic]]
| locations = 
| area_served = Worldwide (except Japan and North America)
| key_people = Klaus Zellmer (CEO)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/press-releases/skoda-auto-posts-strong-sales-and-financial-results-in-q1-2025/ | title=Škoda Auto posts strong sales and financial results in Q1 2025 }}</ref>
| industry = [[Automotive industry|Automotive]]
| predecessor = [[Laurin & Klement]]
| products = [[Automobile]]s
| production = {{increase}} {{circa}} 822,568 units <small>(2024)</small><ref name="AR21"/><ref name="Škoda-Div_AR21"/>
| market cap = 
| revenue = {{increase}} €25.5 billion <small>(2024)</small><ref name="AR21">{{cite web |url=https://www.skoda-auto.com/_doc/b6a68d8b-0ec2-4cd5-b357-36587e77bf6d#?s_aid=73fu5smu-1q5o-b4t1-cv8h-uz7t7rgj9b4s_004_0|title=Annual Report 2024 |website=www.skoda-auto.com}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} €2.09 billion <small>(2024)</small><ref name="AR21"/>
| net_income = {{increase}} €1.66 billion <small>(2024)</small><ref name="AR21"/>
| assets = {{increase}} €7.21 billion <small>(2024)</small><ref name="AR21"/>
| equity = {{increase}} €4.65 billion <small>(2024)</small><ref name="AR21"/>
| owner = 
| num_employees = {{increase}} 37,551 <small>(2024)</small><ref name="AR21"/>
| parent = [[Volkswagen Group]]
| subsid = Škoda Auto Česká republika<br />Škoda Auto Deutschland GmbH<br />Škoda Auto Slovensko s.r.o.<br />[[Škoda Auto Volkswagen India]]
| homepage = {{URL|skoda-auto.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name="AR21"/><ref name="Škoda-Div_AR21">{{cite web |url=https://annualreport2021.volkswagenag.com/divisions/skoda.html |title=Volkswagen AG {{!}} Škoda Annual Report 2021 |date= |access-date=September 6, 2022 |publication-date= | orig-date= |publisher= |website=Volkswagen AG |page= |pages= |lang=en |format= |url-access=}}</ref>
}}

'''Škoda Auto [[Akciová společnost|a.s.]]''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈʃkoda|-|Cs-Skoda.ogg}}), often shortened to '''Škoda''', is a Czech [[automobile]] manufacturer established in 1925 as the successor to [[Laurin & Klement]] and headquartered in [[Mladá Boleslav]], [[Czech Republic]]. Škoda Works became [[State ownership|state owned]] in 1948. After the [[Velvet Revolution]], it was gradually [[Privatization|privatized]] starting in 1991, eventually becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the German multinational conglomerate [[Volkswagen Group]] in 2000.<ref name="Skoda Auto ownership chronicle">{{cite web |url= http://www.volkswagenag.com/vwag/vwcorp/info_center/de/talks_and_presentations/2004/10/eastern_europe_investor.-bin.acq/qual-BinaryStorageItem.Single.File/20041006_mlada_boleslav.pdf |title= Skoda Auto ownership chronicle |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101216033527/http://www.volkswagenag.com/vwag/vwcorp/info_center/de/talks_and_presentations/2004/10/eastern_europe_investor.-bin.acq/qual-BinaryStorageItem.Single.File/20041006_mlada_boleslav.pdf |archive-date= 16 December 2010 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.autozeitung.de/auto-galerie/alle-vw-konzernmodelle-teil-3-seat-und-skoda |title=Alle VW-Konzernmodelle Teil 3: Seat und Skoda |language=de |publisher=Autozeitung.de |access-date=28 August 2011 |archive-date=5 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605235915/http://www.autozeitung.de/auto-galerie/alle-vw-konzernmodelle-teil-3-seat-und-skoda |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=VN11/>

Škoda automobiles are sold in over 100 countries, and in 2018, total global sales reached 1.25 million units, an increase of 4.4% from the previous year.<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2018"/> The operating profit was €1.6 billion in 2017, an increase of 34.6% over the previous year.<ref name="ŠKODA car sales 2015"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/skoda-auto-with-profit-up-6-5-pct-to-record-eur708m-in-2015/1327137|website=www.ceskenoviny.cz|title=&#124;}}</ref> As of 2017, Škoda's profit margin was the second-highest of all Volkswagen AG brands after [[Porsche]].<ref>[https://ekonomika.idnes.cz/skoda-auto-volkswagen-presun-vyroby-zmeny-f2h-/ekoakcie.aspx?c=A171006_113803_ekoakcie_hm1 Žádné změny ve Škodě Auto nechystáme, vzkazuje Volkswagen do Čech]. ''[[Mladá fronta DNES]]''. 6 September 2017.</ref>

Its slogan is “Simply Clever”.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Škoda Simply Clever |url=https://www.skoda-auto.com/world/simply-clever |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=www.skoda-auto.com |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
The [[Škoda Works]] was founded by Czech engineer [[Emil von Škoda]] in 1859 in [[Plzeň]], then in the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]] in the [[Austrian Empire]], and was originally an [[arms manufacture]]r. It was one of the largest European industrial conglomerates in the 20th century, and is the predecessor of today's Škoda Auto, [[Doosan Škoda Power]], and [[Škoda Transportation]] companies. Although Škoda is named after its founder, the word "škoda" also means "pity" or "shame" in [[Czech language|Czech]].<ref name="c858">{{cite web | title=Returning the favor?| website=dw.com | date=2011-09-23 | url=https://www.dw.com/en/skoda-vws-secret-weapon-in-emerging-markets/a-15404813 | access-date=2024-08-09}}</ref><ref name="d609">{{cite web | title=Nothing to pity: Skoda Museum triumphs Czech brand | website=Autoweek | date=2001-11-11 | url=https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2123026/nothing-pity-skoda-museum-triumphs-czech-brand/ | access-date=2024-08-09}}</ref>

===Laurin & Klement===
{{Main|Laurin & Klement}}

[[File:Laurin & Klement founders 1895.jpg|thumbnail|Founders [[Václav Klement]] (left) and [[Václav Laurin]] (1895)]]
[[File:12-01-11-autostadt-wolfsburg-by-RalfR-301.jpg|thumbnail|[[Laurin & Klement]] Type A (1905)]]

As with many long-established [[automotive industry|car manufacturers]], the company that became Škoda Auto started by manufacturing bicycles.<ref>Piotr S. Wandycz, 'The Price of Freedom: A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present', (London, 1992), p. 171</ref> Škoda (then Laurin & Klement) was founded in 1896 as a [[velocipede]] manufacturer.<ref name="nkp1905">{{cite web |title=Český průmyslový svět – 1905 |url= https://ndk.cz/uuid/uuid:9ee4d9f0-6a7a-11e4-9d98-005056825209 |website=Digital library of the National Library ČR}}</ref>

In {{start date and age|df=yes|1894|paren=y}}, 26-year-old [[Václav Klement]] (1868–1938), who was a bookseller in [[Mladá Boleslav]], Kingdom of Bohemia (today's Czech Republic, then part of [[Austria-Hungary]]), was unable to obtain spare parts to repair his German bicycle. Klement returned his bicycle to the manufacturers, Seidel and Naumann, with a letter, in Czech, asking them to carry out repairs, only to receive a reply, in German: "If you want us to answer you, we insist that you convey your message in a language we understand."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Škoda. A Car That Made History|last=Jetschgo|first=Johannes|publisher=Vitalis|year=2019|isbn=978-3-89919-652-8|location=Prague|pages=8–9}}</ref> Not satisfied with the reply and realizing the business potential, Klement, despite having no technical experience, decided to start a bicycle repair shop, which he and Václav Laurin opened in 1896 in Mladá Boleslav. Before going into partnership with Klement, Laurin had been an established bicycle manufacturer in the nearby town of [[Turnov]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Škoda. A Car That Made History|last=Jetschgo|first=Johannes|publisher=Vitalis|year=2019|isbn=9783899196528|location=Prague|pages=9}}</ref>

In 1898, after moving to their newly built factory, the pair bought a [[Werner Motors|Werner "Motocyclette"]].<ref group=nb>More information about the Werner motor bicycles: {{cite web |last=Twycross |first=Tony |title=Auto Cycling, 1890s Style |publisher=The Moped Archive |date=April 2005 |url= http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pattle/nacc/arc0556.htm}}</ref> Laurin & Klement's first motorcyclette, powered by an engine mounted on the handlebars driving the front wheels, proved dangerous and unreliable – an early accident on it cost Laurin a front tooth. To design a safer machine with its structure around the engine, the pair wrote to German ignition specialist [[Robert Bosch]] for advice on a different electromagnetic system.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} Their new Slavia motorcycle made its debut in 1899, and the company became the first motorcycle factory in [[Central Europe]].<ref name="nkp1905" /> In 1900, with a company workforce of 32, Slavia exports began and 150 machines were shipped to [[London]] for the Hewtson firm. Shortly afterwards, the press credited them as makers of the first motorcycle.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.classiccar4you.com/classic-cars-gallery/?album=744&gallery=1206&pid=11691 |title= Skoda Works |publisher= classiccar4you |access-date= 22 September 2016 |archive-date= 20 December 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191220043340/http://www.classiccar4you.com/classic-cars-gallery/?album=744&gallery=1206&pid=11691 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carautoportal.com/skoda/ |title=Skoda Company History |publisher=CarAutoPortal.com |access-date=10 August 2009 |archive-date=21 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221115013/http://www.carautoportal.com/skoda/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

By 1905, the firm was manufacturing automobiles, making it the second-oldest car manufacturer in the [[Czech lands]] after [[Tatra (company)|Tatra]]. The company, with an area of {{convert|7800|m2|ha}}, had a workforce of 320 and used 170 special machine tools, power-driven by {{convert|100|hp}} of steam power.<ref name="nkp1905"/> The first model, Voiturette A, was a success, and the company was established both within Austria-Hungary and internationally.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Skoda {{!}} Dezo's Garage|url=https://www.xr793.com/skoda|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>

===Škoda===
[[File:Old Škoda Prague2.jpg|thumb|left|Škoda 422 (1929)]]
After World War I, the Laurin & Klement company began producing trucks, but in 1924, after running into problems and being affected by a fire on their premises, the company sought a new partner.

Meanwhile, ''Akciová společnost, dříve Škodovy závody'' (Limited Company, formerly the Škoda Works), an arms manufacturer and multisector concern in [[Plzeň]], which had become one of the largest industrial enterprises in Europe and the largest in [[Czechoslovakia]], sought to enlarge its non-arms-manufacturing base, so it acquired Laurin & Klement in 1925. It also started manufacturing cars in cooperation with [[Hispano-Suiza]]. Most of the later production took place under Škoda's name.

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An assembly line was used for production from 1930 onwards. Also in 1930, a formal spin-off of the car became a new company, ''Akciová společnost pro automobilový průmysl'' or abbreviated ''ASAP'', happened. ASAP remained a wholly owned subsidiary of the Škoda Works, and continued to sell cars under the Škoda marque. Apart from the factory in Mladá Boleslav, it also included the firm's representation, sales offices, and services, as well as a central workshop in Prague. At the time, the car factory in Mladá Boleslav covered an area of 215,000 m<sup>2</sup> and employed 3,750 blue-collar and 500 white-collar workers.

[[File:Skoda 932 01 (1).jpg|thumb|Škoda Š 932 prototype, 1932]]

In 1932, ASAP-Škoda in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, produced a type [[Škoda 932]] prototype of a streamlined 4-seater two-door car with a rear air-cooled flat-four engine designed by Karel Hrdlička and Vsevold Korolkov. This car's bodywork closely resembled the small car designs yet to come.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Ivan |last=Margolius |title=Škoda's People's Car |magazine=The Automobile |date=June 2023 |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=34–40}}</ref>

After a decline caused by the economic depression, Škoda introduced a new line of cars in the 1930s, which significantly differed from its previous products. A new design of chassis with [[backbone chassis|backbone tube]] and all-around independent suspension was developed under the leadership of chief engineer Vladimír Matouš and modelled on the one first introduced by [[Hans Ledwinka]] in Tatra. First used on model Škoda 420 Standard in 1933, it aimed at solving the insufficient torsional stiffness of the [[Frame (vehicle)#Ladder frame|ladder frame]].<ref name="kralik"/>

The new design of chassis became the basis for models [[Škoda Popular|Popular]] (845–1,089 cc), [[Škoda Rapid (1935–47)|Rapid]] (1,165–1,766 cc), [[Škoda Favorit (1936–1941)|Favorit]] (1,802–2,091 cc), and [[Škoda Superb (1934–1949)|Superb]] (2,492–3,991 cc).<ref name="kralik">{{cite book |last=Králík |first=Jan |year=2008 |title=V soukolí okřídleného šípu |place=Prague |publisher=Grada Publishing |pages=19–22 |isbn=9788024724157 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nqIokdzDwtoC&q=%C5%A1koda+superb&pg=PA22}}</ref> While in 1933 Škoda had a 14% share of the Czechoslovak car market and occupied third place behind [[Praga (company)|Praga]] and Tatra, the new line made it a market leader by 1936, with a 39% share in 1938.<ref name="kralik"/>

===World War II===
During the [[occupation of Czechoslovakia]] in World War II, the Škoda Works were turned into part of the ''[[Reichswerke Hermann Göring]]'' serving the Nazi German war effort by producing components for military terrain vehicles, military planes, other weapons components, and cartridge cases. Vehicle output decreased from 7,052 in 1939 to 683 in 1944, of which only 35 were passenger cars. Between January and May 1945, 316 trucks were produced.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pavlínek |first=Petr |year=2008 |title=A Successful Transformation? Restructuring of the Czech Automobile Industry |series=Contributions to Economics |publisher=Physica-Verlag |doi=10.1007/978-3-7908-2040-9 |isbn=978-3-7908-2039-3}}</ref> The UK and US air forces bombed the Škoda works repeatedly between 1940 and 1945. The final massive air raid took place on 25 April 1945, and resulted in the near-complete destruction of the Škoda armament works and about 1,000 dead or wounded.<ref>[http://www.398th.org/History/Veterans/History/Streitfeld/HFH_19450425_Pilsen.html HELL FROM HEAVEN – Chapter 35 – Mission 31 – Pilsen, Czechoslovakia – Our Last Combat Mission – April 25, 1945 – By Leonard Streitfeld, Bombardier, 600th Squadron]. 398th.org (25 April 1945). Retrieved on 16 July 2013.</ref>

===Post World War II===
[[File:Škoda Tudor Cabrio 938, 2013 Oldtimer Bohemia Rally 38.JPG|thumb|Škoda 1101 Tudor Roadster (1949)]]
When, by July 1945, the Mladá Boleslav factory had been reconstructed, production of Škoda's first post-World War II car, the 1101 series, began. It was essentially an updated version of the pre-World War II Škoda Popular. In the autumn of 1948, Škoda (along with all other large manufacturers) became part of the communist [[planned economy]], which meant it was separated from the parent company, Škoda Works. Despite unfavourable political conditions and losing contact with technical development in noncommunist countries, Škoda retained a good reputation until the 1960s, producing models such as the Škoda 440 Spartak, 445 Octavia, [[Škoda Felicia (1959–64)|Felicia]], and Škoda 1000 MB.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Estrin|first1=Saul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7gvGLIQ9UcC&q=%C5%A0koda+440+Spartak,+445+Octavia,+Felicia+and+%C5%A0koda+1000+MB&pg=PA159|title=Foreign Direct Investment in Central Eastern Europe: Case Studies of Firms in Transition|last2=Richet|first2=Xavier|last3=Brada|first3=Josef C.|date=2000|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-0255-8|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-122.jpg|thumb|Škoda Octavia Super (1960)]]
Starting in 1957, the Škoda Octavia, and later the Felicia, were imported to the United States amid a wave of new imports as some American consumers sought out cars smaller than typical Detroit offerings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kwanten |first=Alex |date=20 September 2022 |title=Restored 1960 Škoda Octavia testifies to Cold War culture clash |url=https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/restored-1960-skoda-octavia-testifies-to-cold-war-culture-clash/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922020138/https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/restored-1960-skoda-octavia-testifies-to-cold-war-culture-clash/ |archive-date=22 September 2023 |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=Hagerty Media}}</ref> Škoda’s American dealerships, concentrated on the West Coast and in the Northeast, quickly encountered buyer resistance due to the Cold War political climate in ways that comparable Western European cars did not. The cars were also not well supported after sale, making even minor repairs difficult. U.S. sales peaked in 1959 but fell sharply after 1960, and many were sold at steep discounts. A few later cars, including 1000MB models, were sold in the U.S. as late as 1966-67, but in very small numbers.<ref name=":1" /> Škoda has not sold vehicles in the U.S. since then, but did sell cars in Canada from 1984 to 1990.

[[File:13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-121.jpg|thumb|Škoda MB 1000 (1966)]]
In the late 1980s, Škoda (then named ''Automobilové závody, národní podnik'' or abbreviated ''AZNP'') was still manufacturing cars that conceptually dated back to the 1960s, and in Western Europe at least, were aimed squarely at the budget end of the market. [[Rear-engine design|Rear-engined]] models such as the [[Škoda Type 742|Škoda 105/120]] (Estelle) and [[Škoda Garde/Rapid|Rapid]] sold steadily and performed well against more modern makes in races such as the [[RAC Rally]] in the 1970s and 1980s. They won their class in the RAC rally for 17 years running. They were powered by a {{cvt|130|PS|kW|0|lk=in}}, {{cvt|1289|cc|cuin|1}} engine. –Škodas remained a common sight on the roads of the United Kingdom and Western Europe throughout the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="Last laugh"/>

Sport versions of the Estelle and earlier models were produced, using the name "Rapid" (originally sold as the Garde in some markets). Soft-top versions were also available. The Rapid was once described as the "poor man's Porsche",<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul | last = Burrows|title=Czech-in time for Skoda|url=http://www.avhub.com.au/index.php/Features/Geare/czech-in-time-for-skoda.html|publisher=AVHub|date=13 March 2008}}</ref> and had significant sales success in the UK during the 1980s.<ref name="Last laugh">{{cite news|title=Skoda has last laugh|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/654973.stm|work=BBC News|date=24 February 2000}}</ref>

{{Quote|To drivers in the UK, the vehicles which chugged off Škoda's production line in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, embodied all that was wrong with the [[Soviet-type economic planning|planned economies]] of the Soviet satellite states. Of course, the Škoda became such a figure of fun in part due to its ubiquity on Britain's roads. The company must have been doing something right.|BBC report on Škoda sales in the 1980s.<ref name="Last laugh"/>}}

[[File:Favorit 1994 corp.jpg|thumb|[[Škoda Favorit]] (1987–1995)]]

In 1987, the [[Škoda Favorit|Favorit]] was introduced, and was one of a trio of compact front-wheel drive hatchbacks from the three main Eastern Bloc manufacturers around that time, the others being [[AvtoVAZ|VAZ]]'s [[Lada Samara]] and [[Zastava Automobiles|Zastava]]'s [[Yugo Sana]]. The Favorit's appearance was the work of Italian design company [[Gruppo Bertone|Bertone]]. With some motor technology licensed from Western Europe, but still using the Škoda-designed 1289&nbsp;cc engine, Škoda engineers designed a car comparable to Western production. The technological gap still existed, but began closing rapidly. The Favorit was very popular in Czechoslovakia and other [[Eastern Bloc]] countries. It also sold well in Western Europe, especially in the UK and Denmark, due to its low price, and was regarded as solid and reliable. However, it was perceived as having poor value compared with contemporary Western European designs. The Favorit's trim levels were improved, and it continued to be sold until the introduction of the Felicia in 1994.

===Volkswagen Group subsidiary===
[[File:Skoda Felicia outside Robinson.JPG|thumb|The [[Škoda Felicia]] from 1994 was the first new model manufactured after a takeover by Volkswagen Group.]]
Until 1990, Škoda was still making its outdated range of rear-engined small family cars, although it had started production of the [[Škoda Favorit|Favorit]] front-wheel drive hatchback in 1987 as an eventual replacement.

The [[fall of communism]] with the [[Velvet Revolution]] brought great changes to Czechoslovakia, and most industries were subject to [[privatization]]. In the case of Škoda Automobile, the state authorities brought in a strong foreign partner. The tender for privatization was announced in 1990; 24 different companies were registered for the tender, while only eight of them expressed a serious interest – [[BMW]], [[General Motors|GM]], [[Renault]], [[Volvo]], [[Volkswagen Group|Volkswagen]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Fiat]], and [[Mercedes-Benz]]. In August 1990, VW and Renault were on the shortlist.<ref name=VN11>{{Cite book|last=Návělek|first=Vojtěch|url=https://theses.cz/id/sgu4xy/00140705-621242035.pdf|title=Acquisition of Škoda Auto Company by Volkswagen Group|year=2011|location=Olomouc}}</ref> Renault first offered to terminate Favorit production and replace it with the outdated [[Renault 18]] derivative and new [[Renault Twingo]], which would have eliminated the Škoda brand. This offer was declined, and Renault prepared a new one. They offered a 60:40 [[joint venture]] (40% share of Renault), while Škoda Favorit production was to be retained and produced side by side with the [[Renault 19]], and producing engine units, gearboxes, and other components for Renault. Total investment would have been US$2.6 billion (US${{Inflation|index=US|value=2.6|start_year=1990}} billion in 2019).<ref name="VN11" />

Volkswagen offered to continue Favorit production and preserve the Škoda brand, including retention of research and development. Volkswagen offered a purchase of 30% Škoda share, gradually increasing to 70%. Volkswagen's total investment would have been US$6.6 billion (US${{Inflation|index=US|value=6.6|start_year=1990}} billion in 2019) by 2000. The government inclined on the Renault side, while the Škoda [[trade union]] preferred VW, because it offered significantly larger potential for development of the company.<ref name=VN11/>

Volkswagen was chosen by the [[Government of the Czech Republic|Czech government]] on 9 December 1990,<ref>{{Cite news|date=1991-01-23|title=VW-Skoda Deal Tests Privatization|work=The Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1991/0123/fskoda.html|access-date=2020-07-13|issn=0882-7729}}</ref> and as a result, on 28 March 1991 a joint-venture partnership agreement with Volkswagen took place, marked by the transfer of a 30% share to the Volkswagen Group on 16 April 1991, raised later on 19 December 1994 to 60.3% and the year after, on 11 December 1995, to 70% of its shares, to make VW the largest and controlling shareholder of Škoda.<ref>{{cite web|title=ŠKODA AUTO a.s.|url=http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/de/talks_and_presentations/2004/10/eastern_europe_investor.-bin.acq/qual-BinaryStorageItem.Single.File/20041006_mlada_boleslav.pdf|publisher=Volkswagen Group|author=Mladá Boleslav|date=6 October 2004|access-date=6 November 2012|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927194804/http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/de/talks_and_presentations/2004/10/eastern_europe_investor.-bin.acq/qual-BinaryStorageItem.Single.File/20041006_mlada_boleslav.pdf|url-status=dead}} </ref> On 30 May 2000, Volkswagen AG bought the remaining 30% of the company, thus making Škoda Auto a wholly owned [[subsidiary]] of the group. Backed by Volkswagen Group expertise and investments, the design–both style and engineering–has improved greatly. The 1994 model Felicia was effectively a reskin of the Favorit, but quality and equipment improvements helped, and in the Czech Republic, the car was perceived as a good value for money and became popular. Sales improved across Europe,<ref name="VN11" /> including the United Kingdom, where the Felicia was one of the highest-ranking cars in customer satisfaction surveys.

[[File:Skoda Octavia Combi RS (III) – Frontansicht, 20. Juni 2014, Düsseldorf.jpg|thumb|The Octavia is the bestselling Škoda model.]]
Volkswagen AG chairman [[Ferdinand Piëch]] personally chose [[Dirk van Braeckel]] as head of design, and the subsequent Octavia and Fabia models made their way to the demanding European Union markets. They are built on common [[list of Volkswagen Group platforms|Volkswagen Group floorpans]]. The Fabia, launched at the end of 1999, formed the basis for later versions of the [[Volkswagen Polo]] and [[SEAT Ibiza]], while the Octavia, launched in 1996, has shared its floorpan with a host of cars, the most popular of which is the [[Volkswagen Golf Mk4]].

The perception of Škoda in Western Europe has completely changed since the takeover by VW,<ref>{{cite web |title=Skoda's Marketing Success Goes From Strength To Strength |url= http://www.carpages.co.uk/skoda/skoda_marketing_success_17_12_02.asp |publisher=Carpages |date=17 December 2002}}</ref> in stark comparison with the reputation of the cars throughout the 1980s described by some as "the laughing stock" of the automotive world.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kevin Massy |url=http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-9859723-48.html |title=Skoda flagship to get VW's premium nav system |publisher=CNET Reviews |date=28 January 2008 |access-date=6 February 2010 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605130546/http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-9859723-48.html |url-status=dead }} </ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Kealy |url=http://www.carsales.com.au/reviews/2009/small-4x4/skoda/skoda-octavia-scout-4x4-13348 |title=Skoda Octavia Scout 4x4 |publisher=Carsales.com.au |date=16 February 2010 |access-date=6 February 2010 |archive-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226113351/http://www.carsales.com.au/reviews/2009/small-4x4/skoda/skoda-octavia-scout-4x4-13348 |url-status=dead }} </ref> As technical development progressed and attractive new models were marketed, Škoda's image was initially slow to improve. In the UK, a major change was achieved with the ironic "It is a Škoda, honest" campaign, which began in 2000 when the Fabia was launched. In a 2003 advertisement on British television, a new employee on the production line is fitting Škoda badges on the car bonnets. When some attractive-looking cars come along, he stands back, not fitting the badge, since they look so good they "cannot be Škodas".<ref>{{cite web |title=4. Brand Strategy |url=http://www.cim.co.uk/mediastore/Brand_eGuides/eGuide4.pdf |publisher=The Chartered Institute of Marketing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029202605/http://www.cim.co.uk/mediastore/Brand_eGuides/eGuide4.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2008 |pages=22–23 |date=7 April 2003 }} </ref> This market campaign worked by confronting Škoda's image problem head-on – a tactic which marketing professionals regarded as high risk. By 2005, Škoda was selling over 30,000 cars a year in the UK, a market share of over 1%. For the first time in its UK history, a waiting list developed for deliveries from Škoda. UK owners have consistently ranked the brand at or near the top of customer-satisfaction surveys since the late 1990s.

In 1991, Škoda built 172,000 units, exporting 26% of its production to 30 countries, while in 2000, it built 435,000 units, exporting 82% of its production to 72 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-07-02|title=New flagship model will compete Skoda rebirth|url=https://europe.autonews.com/article/20010702/ANE/107020793/new-flagship-model-will-compete-skoda-rebirth|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Automotive News Europe|language=en}}</ref>

===Growth strategy===
[[File:Škoda Auto Mladá Boleslav.jpg|thumb|400px|Škoda Auto plant in [[Mladá Boleslav|Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic]]]]
One of the most important years for Škoda Auto was 2010, in terms of both products and management. On 1 September 2010, Prof. Dr. H.C. Winfried Vahland assumed responsibility for the management of the company, becoming the CEO of Škoda Auto. In the same year, Škoda set forth plans to double the company's annual sales to at least 1.5 million by 2018 (later known as the 'Growth Strategy', {{langx|cs|Růstová strategie}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Automotive News Europe |url=http://europe.autonews.com/article/20101102/ANE/101109967/skoda-aims-to-double-car-sales-to-1.5-million |publisher=Automotive News Europe |first=Paul |last=McVeigh |date=2 November 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

At the [[2010 Paris Motor Show]] in September 2010, the company unveiled the Octavia Green E Line. This e-car concept was the forerunner to the e-car test fleet that Škoda released in 2012. The final first-generation [[Škoda Octavia|Octavia]] (Tour) was produced at the Mladá Boleslav plant in November 2010. The worldwide production of this model has exceeded 1.4 million units since its release in 1996. In 2010, for the first time in history, China overtook Germany in sales to become Škoda's largest individual market.<ref>{{cite web|title=Automotive News Europe|url=http://europe.autonews.com/article/20120212/ANE/120219974/skoda-says-europes-economic-crisis-wont-stop-its-growth|publisher=Automotive News Europe|date=12 February 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2011, Škoda Auto celebrated its 20-year partnership with the Volkswagen Group. More than 75,000 visitors attended an open-house event held in Mladá Boleslav in April. Earlier that year, the company provided details on its 2018 Growth Strategy: for at least one new or completely revised model to be released every six months.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Prague Post|url=http://www.praguepost.cz/business/7720-automaker-unveils-its-new-logo.html|date=2 March 2011|access-date=10 April 2014|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305123636/http://www.praguepost.cz/business/7720-automaker-unveils-its-new-logo.html|url-status=dead}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Autocar|url=http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motoring/skoda-reveals-future-vision|publisher=Autocar|author=Matt Prior}}</ref> With this in mind, the company redesigned its logo and [[corporate identity|CI]], which was presented at the 2011 [[Geneva Motor Show]]. Škoda's main attraction at the event was the Vision''D'' design concept, a forerunner to the future third-generation Octavia. Škoda presented the Mission''L'' design study at the [[Frankfurt Motor Show|IAA in Frankfurt am Main]] in September, which was to become the basis of the company's forthcoming compact model, the European [[Škoda Rapid (2012)|Rapid]].[[File:Skoda Octavia, TWB 2018, Friedrichshafen (OW1A0242).jpg|alt=A red 2018 Škoda Octavia|left|thumb|Škoda Auto is one of the largest car manufacturers in Central Europe. In 2018, 1,253,700 cars were sold worldwide, a record for the company.]]
In the same year, the company started production of the new [[Škoda Rapid (2011)|Rapid]] model in [[Pune|Pune, India]] (October 2011), and launched the [[Škoda Citigo]] at Volkswagen's [[Bratislava]] plant (November 2011). In 2012, Škoda introduced two new mass production models. The [[Škoda Rapid (2012)|European version of the Rapid]] premiered at the [[2012 Paris Motor Show|Paris Motor Show]]. This car was a successor to the first-generation Octavia in terms of its price bracket. The second model was the third-generation Octavia, which premiered in December 2012. In the same month, local production of the Yeti was launched at the Nizhny Novgorod GAZ factory.<ref name="Alexander Rogan">{{cite web|title=Russia Supply Chain|url=http://www.russiasupplychain.com/yeti-spotted-in-russias-regions/|publisher=Russia Supply Chain|author=Alexander Rogan|date=6 December 2012|access-date=10 April 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072534/http://www.russiasupplychain.com/yeti-spotted-in-russias-regions/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

In 2012, Škoda introduced an emission-free (on the street) fleet of Octavia Green E Line e-cars on Czech roads to be used by external partners. Since internal tests on the fleet in late 2011, the e-fleet had driven more than 250,000&nbsp;km. During the same year, Škoda celebrated several milestones, including 14 million Škoda cars being produced since 1905 (January),<ref>{{cite web|title=Volkswagen|url=http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/content/de/homepage.html|publisher=Volkswagen|date=21 November 2013|access-date=10 April 2014|archive-date=5 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205210635/http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/content/de/homepage.html|url-status=dead}} </ref> three million Fabias (May),<ref>{{cite web|title=FleetEurope|url=http://www.fleeteurope.com/news/fabia-3-million-rolls-production-line#.UwTEQnnGCLE/|publisher=FleetEurope|author=Tim Harrup|date=11 May 2012|access-date=10 April 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224318/http://www.fleeteurope.com/news/fabia-3-million-rolls-production-line#.UwTEQnnGCLE/|url-status=dead}} </ref> 500,000 Superbs at the Kvasiny plant (June),<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Autos Blog|url=http://indianautosblog.com/2013/12/skodas-kvasiny-500000th-superb-110746|author=Karthik H|date=30 December 2013}}</ref> and 5 years of Škoda operations in China.<ref name="Alexander Rogan"/>

Massive rejuvenation of the model range was a major tune for 2013 at Škoda: The Czech car maker launched the third-generation Octavia Combi and Octavia RS (both liftback and estate), as well as facelifted Superb and Superb Combi. They were accompanied by brand new members of the Rapid family as the Rapid Spaceback, the first Škoda hatchback car in the compact segment, and the Chinese version of the Rapid. The Yeti also faced significant changes. With the facelift, two design variants of Škoda's compact SUV are now available, the city-oriented Yeti and rugged Yeti Outdoor. Chinese customers were also given a Yeti with an extended wheelbase.
[[File:Skoda Vorstand Genf 2018.jpg|thumb|Part of the board of directors at the [[Geneva Motor Show]] with Škoda Vision X (2018): from left Christian Strube, Klaus-Dieter Schürmann, Alain Favey, Bernhard Maier, Michael Oeljeklaus, and Dieter Seemann]]

In 2015, Volkswagen admitted that it had installed pollution-cheating software in many of its cars to fool regulators that its cars met emissions standards, when in fact they polluted at much higher levels than government standards. About 1.2 million Škoda cars worldwide were fitted with this emissions-cheating device.<ref>{{Cite web|title = VW scandal: German prosecutors probe Winterkorn as Volkswagen emissions-rigging crisis spreads to 2.1 million Audi cars and Skoda models| date=28 September 2015 |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/11895848/BREAKING-2.1-million-Audi-cars-fitted-with-VW-emissions-cheat-devices.html|access-date = 28 September 2015}}</ref> Škoda said that Volkswagen would recall and cover refitting costs for all of the cars affected by the [[Volkswagen emissions testing scandal|scandal]]. In 2015, Škoda was voted the most reliable car brand in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motortrader.com/motor-trader-news/automotive-news/skoda-wins-top-jd-power-honours-dependability-10-08-2015|title=Skoda wins top JD Power honours for dependability|website=www.motortrader.com|date=10 August 2015}}</ref> A corporate strategy was launched in 2015 to produce a range of all-electric cars from 2019.<ref name="Autocar March 16, 2016" />

Škoda Auto began manufacturing the large, seven-seat [[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]] [[Škoda Kodiaq]] in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/skoda/kodiaq/88859/new-skoda-kodiaq-suv-prices-specs-and-everything-you-need-to-know|title=New Skoda Kodiaq SUV: prices and specs|website=Auto Express|access-date=11 August 2024|archive-date=28 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628164505/http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/skoda/kodiaq/88859/skoda-kodiaq-new-suv-spied-testing-at-the-nurburging|url-status=dead}}</ref> it was introduced at the Paris Motor Show in October 2016,<ref>{{cite news|title=Kodiaq moment: snapshots of Skoda's 7-seat SUV|url=http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-events/paris/2016/kodiaq-moment-snapshot-of-skodas-7-seat-suv/|publisher=CAR magazine|date=29 July 2016}}</ref> and sales began at early 2017. In the second half of 2017, sales began of the new compact SUV [[Škoda Karoq]], which officially replaced the [[Škoda Yeti]]. The automaker introduced in December 2018 a new small family car, the [[Škoda Scala]]. In February 2019, the company introduced in [[Geneva]] the new [[Crossover (automobile)|subcompact crossover]] [[Škoda Kamiq]].

== Leadership ==
* Ludvik Kalma (1991–1996)
* Vratislav Kulhánek (1996–2004)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/domaci/kulhanek-obcas-pozde-brzdi.A011109_143313_eko_profily_ven|title=Kulhánek občas pozdě brzdí|first=Marek Pražák, Petr Šimůnek, MF|last=DNES|date=9 November 2001|website=iDNES.cz}}</ref>
* Detlef Wittig (2004–2007)
* Reihnhard Jung (2007–2010)
* Winfried Vahlung (2010–2015)
* Bernhard Maier (2015–2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cross.skoda-auto.com/sdrive/sync.html?v=2#s_aid=_004_0&s_sync=PRE_1_1754322256180&s_ref=https://www.skoda-storyboard.com/en/press-releases/bernhard-maier-new-skoda-ceo-2/|title=Skoda central service|website=cross.skoda-auto.com}}</ref>
* Thomas Schäfer (2020–2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2020/09/THOMAS-SCHAEFER-02-1.jpg|title=ŠKODA’s new CEO Thomas Schäfer}}</ref>
* Klaus Zellmer (2022–present)

==Electrification strategy==
[[File:2021 Skoda Enyaq - Arctic Silver Metallic (2).jpg|thumb|The fully electric [[Škoda Enyaq iV]] has been produced since November 2020, and six fully electric models will be available by 2025.]]
In 2015, new Škoda chairman Bernhard Maier said that the Volkswagen Group "is working on a modular, new electric platform and we are in the team", and "there is no alternative to electrification."<ref name="Autocar March 16, 2016"/> New Škoda corporate "Strategy 2025", which replaces the previous "Strategy 2018", aims to start production of a fully electric vehicle in 2020,<ref name="Autocar March 16, 2016">Julian Rendell. [http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/skoda-electric-vehicle-under-development Skoda electric vehicle under development]. ''[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]''. Published on 16 March 2016.</ref> and five electric models across different segments by 2025.<ref>Christiaan Hetzner. [http://europe.autonews.com/article/20170110/ANE/170119993/vws-ev-platform-ready-for-skoda-seat-brands VW's EV platform ready for Skoda, Seat brands] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410133309/https://europe.autonews.com/article/20170110/ANE/170119993/vw-s-ev-platform-ready-for-skoda-seat-brands |date=10 April 2020 }}. europe.autonews.com. [[Crain Communications]]. 10 January 2017.</ref>

At [[Auto Shanghai]] in 2017, Škoda displayed its Vision E concept for an all-electric 300-[[Brake horsepower|bhp]] [[coupé]]-SUV,<ref>Jimi Beckwith. [https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-shanghai-auto-show/first-drive-skoda-vision-e-concept-review First drive: Škoda Vision E concept review]. ''[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]''. Published on 31 August 2017.</ref> with [[Autonomous car#Classification|level 3 autonomy]] capability and {{convert|500|km|mi|abbr=out}} range.<ref>Tim Pollard. [http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-events/shanghai/2017/skoda-vision-e-its-the-czechs-first-electric-car/ Skoda Vision E: it's the Czechs' first electric car]. carmagazine.co.uk. 18 April 2017.</ref> It is based on the [[Volkswagen Group MEB platform|VW MEB platform]] and Škoda Auto will also manufacture [[Electric-vehicle battery|electric-vehicle batteries]] for the Volkswagen Group in its facility in the Czech Republic.<ref>Pavel Svačina. [https://ekonomika.idnes.cz/skoda-volkswagen-elektromobily-zakazka-tovarna-vyroba-piy-/ekoakcie.aspx?c=A171010_356934_ekoakcie_rts Škoda bude vyrábět baterie pro elektroauta. Pojede na ně i Vision E]. (Czech). ''[[Mladá fronta DNES]]''. Published on 10 September 2017.</ref> The second development stage, the Škoda Vision iV, was revealed in March 2019.

A [[plug-in hybrid]] car, the [[Škoda Superb iV]], was available for sale from early 2020,<ref>{{cite news |title=2020 Skoda Superb iV hybrid revealed: pricing, specs and release date |url=https://www.whatcar.com/news/2020-skoda-superb-iv-hybrid-revealed-pricing-specs-and-release-date/n19456 |access-date=3 June 2019 |work=What Car? |language=en}}</ref> and a small SUV model Škoda Kamiq with a [[Natural gas vehicle|natural gas]]-electric hybrid powertrain and a hybrid Fabia from later the same year.<ref name="Autocar March 16, 2016"/><ref>Jim Holder. [https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volkswagen-group-hybrid-hot-hatches-due-2020 Volkswagen Group hybrid hot hatches due from 2020]. ''[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]''. Published on 2 November 2017.</ref><ref>Jimi Beckwith. [https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-geneva-motor-show/skoda-vision-x-small-suv-concept-previews-2019-production Skoda Vision X small SUV concept previews 2019 production model]. ''[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]''. Published on 1 February 2019.</ref> By March 2018, the electrification plan was expanded to 10 electrified models for 2025 - six fully electric cars and four plug-in-hybrids. Out of these, five models are to be available by 2020.<ref>Rachel Burgess. [https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/skoda-confirms-five-electrified-models-next-two-years Skoda confirms five electrified models in next two years]. ''[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]''. Published on 21 March 2018.</ref> In 2018, the brand launched its largest-ever investment plan of €2 billion over five years into its electrification.<ref>[http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/skoda-zvysila-zisk-na-31-8-miliardy-kc-chce-investovat-do-boleslavi/1600233 Škoda zvýšila zisk na 31,8 miliardy Kč; chce investovat do Boleslavi]. [[Czech News Agency]]. 21 March 2018.</ref>

The brand's first fully electric car, a [[A-segment|city car]] [[Volkswagen Up#Škoda Citigo|Škoda Citigo-e iV]], was sold from 2019 to 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Electric Skoda Citigo e will go on sale next year |url=https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/manufacturer-news/2019/05/24/electric-skoda-citigo-e-will-go-on-sale-next-year |access-date=3 June 2019 |work=Fleetnews.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>Luke Wilkinson. [https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/skoda/citigo/99236/all-electric-skoda-citigo-e-iv-revealed-for-2019-with-165-mile-range All-electric Skoda Citigo e iV revealed for 2019 with 165-mile range] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602123402/https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/skoda/citigo/99236/all-electric-skoda-citigo-e-iv-revealed-for-2019-with-165-mile-range |date=2 June 2019 }}. ''[[Auto Express]]''. 23 May 2019</ref> The all-electric [[Škoda Enyaq iV]] is available for sale since September 2020. The Škoda Enyaq Coupé has been from May 2023.

==Sales and markets==
Škoda has maintained sound financial stability over recent years. In 2013, the brand achieved sales revenues totalling €10.3 billion (2012: €10.4 billion). Due to the weak economic situation in many European countries and the expansion of the model range, operating profit reached a modest €522 million (2012: €712 million). Škoda achieved a successful start to 2014. As well as recording the highest number of deliveries to customers in a first quarter ever (247,200; up 12.1%), it recorded a significant increase in sales revenue (23.7%) to almost €3 billion. Operating profit increased 65.2% to €185 million over the previous year.

===Sales figures===
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 | [[Škoda Felicia]]
 | [[Škoda Octavia]]
 | [[Škoda Fabia]]
 | [[Škoda Superb]]
 | [[Škoda Roomster]]
 | [[Škoda Yeti]]
 | [[Škoda Rapid (2012)|Škoda Rapid]]
 | [[Škoda Citigo]]
 | [[Škoda Kodiaq]]
 | [[Škoda Karoq]]
 | [[Škoda Kamiq]]
 | [[Škoda Scala]]
 | [[Škoda Enyaq]]
 | [[Škoda Kushaq]]
 | [[Škoda Slavia]]
 | [[Škoda Elroq]]
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! Total || 1994<ref>{{cite web |title=Case study: Skoda |url=http://tcworld.info/index.php?id=76 |publisher=Tcworld.info |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210040037/http://tcworld.info/index.php?id=76 |archive-date=10 February 2011 |date=December 2008 }} </ref> !! 1995<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipfm.cz/editor/filestore/File/Gesamtpraesentation_SKODA_2008En.pdf |title=GENERAL PRESENTATION ŠKODA 2008 |publisher=Institute for Industrial and Financial Management |page=15 |access-date=28 August 2011 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718173328/http://www.ipfm.cz/editor/filestore/File/Gesamtpraesentation_SKODA_2008En.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> !! 1996<ref>{{cite web |title=ŠKODA AUTO a.s. |url=http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/en/talks_and_presentations/2004/06/Skoda_Octavia_Presentation_.-bin.acq/qual-BinaryStorageItem.Single.File/20040621_skodaoctavia.pdf |publisher=Volkswagen Group |place=Prague |date=21 June 2004 |access-date=6 November 2012 |archive-date=29 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729182909/http://www.volkswagenag.com/content/vwcorp/info_center/en/talks_and_presentations/2004/06/Skoda_Octavia_Presentation_.-bin.acq/qual-BinaryStorageItem.Single.File/20040621_skodaoctavia.pdf |url-status=dead }} </ref> !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012<ref name=skodafy2012>{{cite book |title=vwagfy2012 |url=http://www.skoda-auto.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/company/investors/annual-reports/en/skoda-annual-report-2013.pdf |access-date=15 March 2013 |date=15 March 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924102417/http://www.skoda-auto.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/company/investors/annual-reports/en/skoda-annual-report-2013.pdf |url-status=dead }} </ref> !! 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=ŠKODA 2013: Success with new models |url=https://media.skoda-auto.com/en/_layouts/Skoda.PRPortal/pressrelease.aspx?ID=607 |access-date=27 January 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024011/https://media.skoda-auto.com/en/_layouts/Skoda.PRPortal/pressrelease.aspx?ID=607 |url-status=dead }} </ref> !! 2014 !! 2015<ref name="ŠKODA car sales 2015">{{cite web|title=Record-breaking 2015: ŠKODA Delivers 1.06 Million Cars to Customers|url=https://media.skoda-auto.com/en/_layouts/Skoda.PRPortal/pressrelease.aspx?ID=963|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085504/https://media.skoda-auto.com/en/_layouts/Skoda.PRPortal/pressrelease.aspx?ID=963|url-status=dead}} </ref> !! 2016<ref name="ŠKODA car sales 2016">{{cite web |title=ŠKODA delivered 1 127 700 vehicles last year |url=http://www.skoda-auto.com/en/news/2017-01-10-record-breaking-2016/ |access-date=13 January 2017 |archive-date=6 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306035101/http://www.skoda-auto.com/en/news/2017-01-10-record-breaking-2016 |url-status=dead }} </ref> !! 2017 !! 2018<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2018"/>!! 2019<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2020"/>!! 2020<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2020"/>!! 2021<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2021"/> !! 2022<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2022"/> !! 2023<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2023"/> !! 2024<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2024"/>
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| 1,627,304 || 172,000 || 210,000 || 261,000 || 288,458 || 261,127 || 241,256 || 148,500 || 44,963 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || – || – || - || - || - || - || -
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 7,544,643 || − || − || − || 47,876 || 102,373 || 143,251 || 158,503 || 164,134 || 164,017 || 165,635 || 181,683 || 233,322 || 270,274 || 309,951 || 344,857 || 317,335 || 349,746 || 387,200 || 409,360 || 359,600 || 389,300 || 432,300 || 436,300 || 418,800 || 388,200 || 363,722 || 257,364 || 200,771 || 141,112 || 191,941 || 215,716
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 4,965,711 || − || − || − || − || − || 823 || 128,872 || 250,978 || 264,641 || 260,988 || 247,600 || 236,698 || 243,982 || 232,890 || 246,561 || 264,173 || 229,045 || 266,800 || 255,025 || 202,000 || 160,500 || 192,400 || 202,800 || 206,500 || 190,900 || 172,793 || 105,459 || 99,104 || 92,663 || 94,395 || 117,121
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| 1,670,732 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 177 || 16,867 || 23,135 || 22,392 || 22,091 || 20,989 || 20,530 || 25,645 || 44,548 || 98,873 || 116,700 || 106,847 || 94,400 || 91,100 || 80,200 || 139,100 || 150,900 || 138,100 || 104,755 || 86,151 || 66,146 || 60,840 || 67,446 || 72,800
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 372,783 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 14,422 || 66,661 || 57,467 || 47,152 || 32,332 || 36,000 || 39,249 || 33,300 || 29,600 || 16,600 || − || − || – || – || - || - || - || - || -
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 687,886 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 11,018 || 52,604 || 70,300 || 90,952 || 82,400 || 102,900 || 99,500 || 95,600 || 69,500 || 13,100 || 10 || 2 || - || - || - || -
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 1,452,347 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 1,700 || 9,292 || 103,800 || 221,400 || 194,300 || 212,800 || 211,500 || 191,500 || 142,118 || 79,702 || 63,657 || 17,296 || 3,282 || -
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 332,642 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 509 || 36,687 || 45,200 || 42,500 || 40,200 || 40,700 || 37,100 || 39,200 || 31,199 || 14,971 || 4,373 || 3 || - || -
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 965,919 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 100,000 || 149,200 || 171,794 || 131,590 || 98,566 || 94,455 || 105,857 || 114,457
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 828,259 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 6,300 || 115,700 || 152,708 || 137,223 || 119,156 || 87,716 || 100,052 || 109,404
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 680,470 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || – || 27,900 || 64,597 || 128,539 || 120,742 || 96,269 || 116,461 || 125,962
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 305,421 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 39,071 || 63,181 || 48,154 || 39,538 || 59,229 || 56,248
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 260,187 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 634 || 44,718 || 53,678 || 81,650 || 79,507
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 85,492 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || 12,815 || 26,761 || 26,603 || 19,313
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 56,828 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || - || 20,931 || 19,904 || 15,993
|- style="text-align:right;"
| 46 || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || − || - || - || - || 46
|- style="text-align:right;"
! 21,836,670 || 172,000 || 210,000 || 261,000 || 336,334 || 363,500 || 385,330 || 435,403 || 460,252 || 445,525 || 449,758 || 451,675 || 492,111 || 549,667 || 630,032 || 674,530 || 684,226 || 762,600 || 879,200 || 949,412 || 920,800 || 1,037,200 || 1,055,500 || 1,127,700 || 1,200,500 || 1,253,700 || 1,242,816 || 1,004,816 || 878,202 || 731,262 || 866,820 || 926,567
{{Scrolling table/end}}

===Markets===
[[File:Skoda Auto prodej svet.png|thumb|Worldwide sales of Škoda cars]]
As of August 2016, Škoda is being sold in 102 countries.<ref>Václav Lavička. [http://byznys.ihned.cz/c1-65386640-nenapadna-skoda-je-ziskovejsi-nez-hrda-audi-ostatnim-v-koncernu-muze-slouzit-za-vzor-chvali-handelsblatt Nenápadná Škoda je ziskovější než hrdá Audi. Ostatním v koncernu může sloužit za vzor, tvrdí německý tisk]. ''[[Hospodářské noviny]]''. Published on 1 August 2016.</ref> In 2022, the top markets for Škoda by number of sales were Germany (134,260), Czech Republic (71,152), India (51,865), Great Britain (49,555) and Poland (44,985).<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2022"/> In the [[Asia-Pacific]] region, Škoda is also being sold in Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Brunei. Škoda is also planning to expand into Iran, where imports are to be started from 2018 and production of vehicles by 2020.<ref>[https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-auto/71109/skoda-to-make-low-cost-cars-for-iran Skoda to Make Low-Cost Cars for Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417095010/https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-auto/71109/skoda-to-make-low-cost-cars-for-iran |date=17 April 2019 }}. ''[[Financial Tribune]]''. Published on 27 August 2017.</ref> Expansion strategy also includes Singapore.<ref>[http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/vw-singapore-plots-skoda-comeback VW Singapore plots Skoda comeback] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417095028/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/vw-singapore-plots-skoda-comeback |date=17 April 2019 }}. ''[[The Straits Times]]''. Published on 11 November 2017.</ref>

==Production==
Škoda cars are made in factories in the Czech Republic (635,213 cars), India (55,750 cars), China (41,936 cars), and Slovakia (16,116 cars).<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2022"/> A smaller number of Škoda models are additionally manufactured in [[Solomonovo|Solomonovo, Ukraine]] through local partner. Until 2020, there was manufacturing in [[Oskemen|Öskemen, Kazazhstan]]. Cars were also built in two locations in [[Russia]]; however, this ended following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://navigator.volkswagenag.com/index.html?lang=en_GB#ODEOT10201000000OB115O030000OCO1604B775521 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202073622/http://navigator.volkswagenag.com/index.html?lang=en_GB#ODEOT10201000000OB115O030000OCO1604B775521 | archive-date=2 December 2017 | title=Navigator 2017 }} </ref> This table lists the factories and their production models in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Report 2019|url=https://az749841.vo.msecnd.net/sitesencom/alv1/897008b0-7c89-4a06-af11-046443370fe7/skoda-annual-report-2019.6422e579e4bc93923fda47f788f9f9d1.pdf|website=ŠKODA AUTO COMPANY}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About ŠKODA|url=http://www.skoda-auto.com/company/about|access-date=2020-09-21|website=www.skoda-auto.com|language=en-com}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable " border="1"
! Manufacturing plant
! Production models
! Location
! Operator<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/group/portrait-and-production-plants.html|title=Portrait & Production Plants|publisher=Volkswagen Group|access-date=29 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carwale.com/news/skoda-kylaq-production-begins-dealer-network-to-be-expanded-soon/|title=Skoda Kylaq production begins; dealer network to be expanded soon|date=14 December 2024 |publisher=Carwale|access-date=14 December 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mladá Boleslav]] (Czech Republic)
| Fabia, Octavia, Kamiq, Karoq, Scala, Enyaq iV, EA211 engines
| {{Coord|50.421111|14.930556}}
| rowspan="3" | ŠKODA AUTO a.s.
|-
| [[Kvasiny]] (Czech Republic)
| Kodiaq, Karoq
| {{Coord|50.204722|16.257778}}
|-
| [[Vrchlabí]] (Czech Republic)
| Transmissions
| {{Coord|50.610972|15.624444}}
|-
| [[Volkswagen Bratislava Plant|Bratislava]] (Slovakia)
| Superb
| {{Coord|48.234135|16.98791}}
| VOLKSWAGEN SLOVAKIA, a.s. (VW AG subsidiary)
|-
| [[Pune]] (India)
| Kushaq, Slavia, Kodiaq, Kylaq
| {{Coord|18.74228667|73.81853167}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Škoda Auto India Private Limited|Škoda Auto India Pvt Ltd.]] (Škoda Auto a.s. subsidiary)
|-
| [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] (India)
| Octavia, Superb
| {{Coord|19.873056|75.488333}}
|-
| [[Anting]] (China)
| Kamiq, Kamiq GT
| {{Coord|31.295833|121.177778}}
| rowspan="4" | SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Company, Ltd. (VW AG joint venture)
|-
| [[Ningbo]] (China)
| Octavia, Karoq
| {{Coord|30.3412579|121.3237526}}
|-
| [[Nanjing]] (China)
| Superb
| {{Coord|31.9465982|118.7962963}}
|-
| [[Changsha]] (China)
| Kodiaq
| {{Coord|28.170958|113.176422}}
|}

==Motorsport==
[[File:2014 Škoda Museum, Škoda Supersport typ 966 1950 01.JPG|thumb|Škoda 966 Supersport (1950) in Škoda Museum]]
[[File:Škoda Motorsport (18060783156).jpg|thumb|With [[Škoda Fabia R5]], Škoda Motorsport team won the [[2015 FIA World Rally Championship-2|2015]], [[2016 World Rally Championship-2|2016]], [[2017 FIA World Rally Championship-2|2017]] and [[2018 World Rally Championship-2]], which focuses on production-based cars.]]
{{Main|Škoda Motorsport}}

The Škoda brand has been engaged in motor sport since 1901, and has gained several titles with various vehicles around the world. The team had competed as a manufacturer in the [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]] (before it merged with ERC in 2013) and [[World Rally Championship]] between 1999 and 2005. Now it competes in the [[European Rally Championship]] and [[WRC-2]].

Until the final season of IRC in 2012, Škoda Motorsport was the most successful manufacturer with a total of 27 points, winning the rallying series in 2010–2012. Since 2013, when the two competing series were merged, it has continued to compete in the European Rally Championship.

Škoda Motorsport drivers won with the [[Škoda Fabia S2000]] the European Rally Championships in 2012–2014.

===World Rally Championship===
{{Main|World Rally Championship}}

After a long history of class victories in lower levels of motorsport, Škoda became a participant in the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] World Rally Championship in the [[1999 World Rally Championship season|1999 season]], with [[World Rally Car]] models of the Škoda Octavia. Škoda's best result with the Octavia WRC was [[Armin Schwarz]]'s third place at the 2001 [[Safari Rally]]. From mid [[2003 World Rally Championship season|2003]], the Octavia was replaced by the smaller Škoda Fabia. Škoda used the [[2004 World Rally Championship season|2004 season]] to develop the car further, but did not achieve much success in the [[2005 World Rally Championship season|following season]]. However, at the season-ending [[Rally Australia]], 1995 [[list of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions|world champion]] [[Colin McRae]] was running second before retiring. Škoda then withdrew from the series, and the [[2006 World Rally Championship season|2006 season]] saw Škoda represented by the semi-privateer [[Red Bull]] Škoda Team. [[Jan Kopecký]] drove the Fabia WRC to fifth place at the [[Rally Catalunya]], and as late as the [[2007 Rallye Deutschland]] the Fabia still achieved a fifth-place result, again in the hands of Kopecký. Former works [[Ford World Rally Team|Ford]] and [[Citroen World Rally Team|Citroen]] driver [[François Duval]] also drove a Fabia WRC in 2006 for the privateer First Motorsport team, achieving a sixth-place finish in Catalunya.

===WRC2===
{{Main|WRC2}}

In 2009, Škoda entered the [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]] (IRC) for the first time, using the Fabia S2000, winning three rallies and finishing second in both the drivers and manufacturers' championships. In 2010, Škoda won a total of seven IRC events, winning both the manufacturers' and driver championships for [[Juho Hänninen]]. These achievements were repeated in the following two seasons, with [[Andreas Mikkelsen]] as the driver's champion. In 2013, the Intercontinental Rally Challenge was merged with the [[European Rally Championship]] (ERC), and the team gained the drivers' championship title once again for [[Jan Kopecký]]. The car was also raced by privateers in several championships, including Red Bull, Barwa, Rene Georges, and Rufa in the 2010 [[Super 2000 World Rally Championship]].

[[Škoda Motorsport]] won the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 [[WRC-2]] championships with [[Škoda Fabia R5]].

===Bonneville Speedway===
In August 2011, a special Škoda Octavia vRS set a world record at the [[Bonneville Speedway]] and became the fastest production car in the world with an engine up to two litres, when it hit {{convert|227|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://life.ihned.cz/c1-52640760-skoda-octavia-vrs-je-nejrychlejsim-dvoulitrem-sveta-uhanela-365-km-h |title=Škoda Octavia vRS je nejrychlejším dvoulitrem světa |trans-title=Skoda Octavia VRS is the fastest two-liter in the world |publisher=IHNED.cz |language=cs |date=28 August 2011}}</ref> The current fastest production Škoda car is the [[Škoda Superb#Third generation (2015-present)|Škoda Superb III]], with a top speed of {{convert|250|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} and an acceleration from {{convert|0|to|100|km/h|abbr=on}} in 5.8 seconds.

==Current models==
{{Main|List of Škoda vehicles}}

* [[Škoda Enyaq]] – [[Electric car|all-electric]] [[Sport utility vehicle|crossover SUV]] (since 2020)
* [[Škoda Elroq]] – all-electric crossover SUV (since 2025)
* [[Škoda Kodiaq]] II – [[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]] (since 2023)
* [[Škoda Karoq]] – [[compact SUV]] (since 2017)
* [[Škoda Kamiq]] – crossover SUV (since 2019)
* [[Škoda Kushaq]] – crossover SUV (since 2021)
* [[Škoda Kylaq]] - [[subcompact crossover SUV]] - (since 2024)
* [[Škoda Superb]] IV – [[compact executive car]] (since 2023)
* [[Škoda Octavia]] IV – [[Compact car|small family car]] (since 2019)
* [[Škoda Slavia]] – [[subcompact car]] (since 2022)
* [[Škoda Scala]] – small family car (since 2019)
* [[Škoda Fabia]] IV – [[supermini]] (since 2021)
<gallery>
File:Skoda Enyaq IMG 5403.jpg|[[Škoda Enyaq]] (since 2020)
File:Škoda Elroq IMG 2651.jpg|[[Škoda Elroq]] (since 2025)
File:Škoda Kodiaq II IMG 9433.jpg|[[Škoda Kodiaq]] II (since 2024)
File:2018 Skoda Karoq SE L TDi S-A 1.6 Front.jpg|[[Škoda Karoq]] (since 2017)
File:Skoda Kamiq Genf 2019 1Y7A5907.jpg|[[Škoda Kamiq]] (since 2019)
File:2021 Škoda Kushaq (India) front view.png|[[Škoda Kushaq]] (since 2021)
File:2025 Skoda Kylaq.png|[[Škoda Kylaq]] (since 2024)
File:Škoda Superb IV Combi IMG 8943.jpg|[[Škoda Superb]] IV (since 2023)
File:Skoda Octavia IV Combi IMG 2617.jpg|[[Škoda Octavia]] IV (since 2019)
File:2021 Škoda Slavia 1.5 TSI Style (India) front view.png|[[Škoda Slavia]] (since 2022)
File:Skoda Scala IMG 2462.jpg|[[Škoda Scala]] (since 2019)
File:Skoda Fabia IV IMG 5307.jpg|[[Škoda Fabia]] IV (since 2021)
</gallery>

==Logo==
In 1923, two different trademarks were registered at the Office for Innovation and Model Registration in [[Plzeň]]. The first depicted a winged arrow pointing to the right with five feathers in a circle and the second was a winged arrow with three feathers. The famous winged arrow with three feathers still forms the Škoda logo today. The ''ŠKODA'' text was added to the logo in 1936. The arrow represents speed, the wings progress and freedom, the eye precision, and the circle unity, completeness, world, and harmony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novinky.cz/ekonomika/358504-plzenska-skodovka-zmenila-logo.html|title=Plzeňská Škodovka změnila logo|date=12 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpravodajstvi.sumpersko.net/Na-sumperskem-Parsu-se-skvi-legendarni-logo-s-okridlenym-sipem-a-napis-Skoda-7185/clanek|title=Na šumperském Parsu se skví legendární logo s okřídleným šípem a nápis Škoda|website=Šumpersko.net}}</ref> The story goes that, on his travels through the US, [[Emil von Škoda|Emil Škoda]] had once been so taken with a Native American's feathered headdress that he had returned to Plzeň with a relief image which inspired the logo.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Škoda. A Car That Made History|last=Jetschgo|first=Johannes|publisher=Vitalis|year=2019|isbn=9783899196528|location=Prague|pages=40}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-219.jpg|1925–1934
File:13-04-05-Skoda_Museum_Mladá_Boleslav_by_RalfR-227.jpg|1926–1993 (blue also offered)
File:Skoda (6249949722).jpg|1986–1990
File:Skoda Auto Logo from 1991.jpg|1991–2010
File:13-04-05-Skoda Museum Mladá Boleslav by RalfR-233.png|2011–2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Logo Timeline |url=https://www.skoda-auto.com/world/logo-history |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=www.skoda-auto.com |language=en}}</ref>
File:Škoda nieuw.png|2023–present
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Czech Republic|Companies|Cars}}
* [[List of automobile manufacturers of the Czech Republic]]
* [[Škoda Works]]
* [[Avia Motors|Avia]]
* [[Tatra (company)|Tatra]]
* [[Praga (company)|Praga]]

== Explanatory notes ==
{{Reflist|group=nb}}

== Citations ==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2024">{{cite report |url=https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2025/03/Skoda_Auto-Annual_Report-2024_EN_e2c82f13.pdf
|title=ŠKODA AUTO Annual Report 2024 |publisher=ŠKODA AUTO a.s. |location=Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic |date=2025 |access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2023">{{cite report |url=https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2024/03/Skoda_Auto-Annual_Report-2023_EN_a825b501.pdf
|title=ŠKODA AUTO Annual Report 2023 |publisher=ŠKODA AUTO a.s. |location=Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic |date=2024 |access-date=11 June 2023}}</ref>
<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2022">{{cite report |url=https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2023/03/Skoda_Auto-Annual_Report-2022-EN_128a4978.pdf
|title=ŠKODA AUTO Annual Report 2022 |publisher=ŠKODA AUTO a.s. |location=Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic |date=2023 |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>
<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2021">{{cite report |url=https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2022/03/220322-SKODA-AUTO-Annual-Report-2021-1.pdf
|title=ŠKODA AUTO Annual Report 2021 |publisher=ŠKODA AUTO a.s. |location=Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic |date=2022 |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2020">{{cite report |url=https://cdn.skoda-storyboard.com/2021/03/210324-10-00_Annual_Report_2020.pdf
|title=ŠKODA AUTO Annual Report 2020 |publisher=ŠKODA AUTO a.s. |location=Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic |date=2021 |access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="ŠKODA Sales 2018">{{cite report |url=http://www.skoda-auto.com/news/news-detail/sales-2018 |title=ŠKODA delivers 1.25 million vehicles worldwide in 2018 |publisher=ŠKODA AUTO a.s. |location=Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic |date=2019 |access-date=13 January 2019 |archive-date=18 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118054741/https://www.skoda-auto.com/news/news-detail/sales-2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

== General and cited references ==
* {{cite book |last1=Margolius |first1=Ivan |last2=Meisl |first2=Charles |name-list-style=amp |year=1992 |title=Škoda Laurin & Klement |place=London |publisher=Osprey |isbn=1-85532-237-4}}
*Jetschgo, Johannes (2019). ''Škoda: A Car That Made History''. Prague: Vitalis. {{ISBN|978-3-89919-652-8}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Škoda Auto}}
* {{Official website|http://www.skoda-auto.com/}}
* {{YouTube|user=skoda}}
* [http://www.skoda-storyboard.com Skoda-storyboard] – official news of Škoda Auto
* [https://carsaddon.com Carsaddon] – news of Škoda Auto
* [https://www.egy-car.com/vehicle/skoda Skoda] – Škoda Auto cars and news in Egypt

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