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Skoda Planning New SUV Larger than the Yeti and 5-Door Rapid Hatchback
Skoda is likely to add a second SUV to its lineup, one that would be larger than the VW Tiguan-based Yeti. The second SUV is part of the VW-owned company’s plans to increase global sales by 50 percent over the next few years. Skoda’s target is to increase sales from just under a million last year to 1.5 million by 2018, when the VW Group wants to become the world’s largest carmaker. A second SUV is seen as vital for the success of the brand's growth plan. While the Yeti is a successful model, the Czech carmaker believes there’s room for another, larger SUV. Although there are no details about the new SUV, it would likely be based on VW’s good-for-all MQB architecture.
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Skoda Reportedly Mulling Multiple Models, Most Of Which Are Crossovers And Suvs
We already know that Skoda shot callers are seriously pondering the creation of their own version of the VW CrossBlue concept. The seven-seater SUV would put the Czech brand on completely new ground, quite distant from where their current high-riding...
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Bt Design's Etape Concept Converts Skoda Yeti Into A Sporty Pickup Truck
Making its world premiere at this week's 2012 Auto Mobil International Show (AMI) in Leipzig, Germany, is a new concept model for a small Skoda pickup truck from BT Design, a subsidiary of Benet Automotive (BA), a Czech company that works closely...
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Skoda To Challenge The Big Boys At Bonneville Speed Week With 600hp Octavia Rs
With the help of the Volkswagen Group, Skoda has turned out to be quite an important player in the automotive industry. The Czech automaker delivered more than 760,000 cars last year and aims to double its annual sales to 1.5 million by 2018. But it’s...
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Auto News For Thursday, August 20, 2015 - Gm Production In Oshawa, Ontario, Extended
Here are the five must-read, must-watch auto news stories, reviews and videos for Thursday, August 20, 2015. INSIDE THE CANADIAN AUTO INDUSTRY Big news for the Canadian auto industry came out of GM Canada’s Oshawa HQ yesterday. GM will invest...
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Production Skoda Yeti - Across The Pond
Back when The Good Car Guy started talking about Skoda, Volkswagen's Czech subsidiary, the Yeti had been revealed in Geneva of '05 to be super-funk, a Skoda Roomster with more SUV-like characteristics. The production Yeti is ready now, as shown...
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