What's Better for the Snow: A FWD Model with Winter Tires or an AWD Model with Regular Tires?

It's a question asked by many automobile owners living in a number of regions around the world with harsh winters and lots of snow; would you be better off with a front-wheel drive (FWD) model fitted with winter tires that you can swap once the weather warms up, or an all-wheel drive (AWD) vehicle with regular rubber? Read more »

Spy Shots: New Skoda Octavia Combi RS is a Family Man's Golf GTI

Don’t let those tiny wheels with the low-cost hub caps fool you; what you see here is the Combi variant of the new generation of the Skoda Octavia RS (labeled the vRS in Britain), the sedan, or rather liftback version of which, we saw through a series of leaked screenshots from an online car configurator in December. Read more »

Updated sedan and wagon Skoda Superb

The original machine with an unusual body type - sedanohetchbek Skoda Superb - launched in 2008. It seems that is not the time to change the generation, but restyled model do not hurt. After all, the car should better match the new style of the brand, manifested in the recent models like Octavia and Rapid. And let the
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Drive-Test Skoda Rapid

Not believe my eyes - the scraper against the ice and snow sat on the inside of the tank flap! Numerous containers for small items in the cabin, the tray under the driver seat to store emergency vest, two-way floor in the trunk, not only pockets on backside of the front seats, but also on their end ... And that's not all.
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Spy Shots: New Skoda Octavia Combi Caught on Public Roads

There's really no point in trying to hide the styling elements of the new generation of the Skoda Octavia Combi since the liftback version has already been formally introduced and we've even seen the station wagon without camouflage (albeit from a distance), however, the Czech carmaker continues to circulate lightly masked prototypes like this one, nabbed earlier in the week. Read more »

Skoda Prices All-New Octavia from £15,990 in the UK

About a month after Skoda began series production of the new Octavia Mk3, the Czech automaker opened the order books in the UK with deliveries to begin on March 16.

The new generation of the Octavia starts from £15,990 for the base 1.2-liter TSI petrol model, with prices rising to £23,240 for the range-topping 2.0-litreTDI diesel connected to a dual clutch DSG transmission.

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Skoda Confirms Six New Model Presentations for 2013, Can You Guess What They Are?

The VW Group's pride and joy from the Czech Republic has plans to release six new models onto the European market in 2013, according to a teaser card published by Skoda France on its social media account. Read more »

New Skoda Logo and Brand Lettering for Fabia and Roomster

To underscore the brand’s entry into a new growth phase, VW Group-owned Skoda presented an updated version of its winged arrow logo with a more modern design that did away with the integrated ŠKODA lettering on the VisionD Concept study back in 2011. Read more »

Declared range of motors for pyatidverki Skoda Octavia

Just a couple of weeks ago, the Czechs presented to the world the next generation model of Skoda Octavia. And now they have released a full range of motors. All eight of the ICE - four-cylinder, four-valve per cylinder, turbocharged, direct injection of fuel.

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The network got renderings of the new Skoda Octavia RS

 Recently, the official presentation of the new model generation Skoda Octavia. Czechs tell a lot about the car and even assured that the "charged" version of the RS is not too long to wait, and it will show very soon (rumored to be at the motor show in Geneva in March). The images sport versions leaked to the network much earlier.

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