List of articles tagged: Fabia

In 2011, we did witness that most of the best-selling cars were recently launched. The older generation cars weren't the best sellers. Even if they were, the sales of the same product in 2011, was lower when compared to the figures of 2010.

Economy driving world champion Gerhard Plattner drove a Fabia GreenLine from Austria to Denmark on just one tank full, that's like driving from Mumbai to Jaipur and back. Fuel consumption of 2.21 l/100 km was achieved, that translates into an exhausting 45kmpl. Starting on 10 May in Reutte, Austria, Plattner drove to Bov, Denmark and back. The Skoda Fabia’s GreenLine variant has been in the offing for a long time now. It is being extensively sold in the UK and just established new ground after covering 2006km on one tank full.

SkodaAuto India announced a sales growth of 39.17% for the month of February, 2011with the sale of 2512 units as against 1805 units in February 2010. The Yeti and the Fabia spearheaded the company's growth in the country.

The A1 is Audi's supermini-class car based on the Volkswagen Groups PQ25 platform which is incidentally, the same platform that is used in the VW Polo and the Skoda Fabia. The Audi A1 was launched by the carmaker at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010. The deliveries of the car in Europe started in Christmas last year.

A total of 10 Fabia Super 2000 will be making an appearence at the Monte Carlo Rally. This is the opening event  of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC), in which Škoda is going to be defending its titles in both the Manufacturers and Drivers competitions.

In 2010, Å koda Auto achieved the best sales result in the history of the company. With 762,600 sold vehicles (2009: 684,200), the brand increased its sales 11.5 %. Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland, the chairman of the board of Å koda Auto said, "In 2010, Å koda has given an outstanding performance. In almost all markets, we have had significant growth and increased our market shares. Again, our sales have risen at a double-digit pace."

ŠkodaAuto India announced that its sales grew by 38% in the year 2010 as opposed to that in 2009. ŠkodaAuto India’s total sales for year 2010 stood at an impressive 20,166 units. The company’s sales performance was encouraging in the last month of the year as well with total sales of 2617 units and a growth of 135% over the same period last year. The introduction of the new Škoda Fabia (read road test) and Škoda Yeti(read road test) were the main highlights of the year 2010 for Škoda Auto India.

ŠkodaAuto India announced a sales growth of 29% for the month of November 2010. ŠkodaAuto India’s total sales for November 2010 stood at 1841 units as against 1425 units in November 2009. Škoda's recent launches the Škoda Fabia (read road test here) and Škoda Yeti (read road test here) are frontrunners when it comes to the company's sales figures.

Skoda Auto India will soon be launching a sedan, for the time being named as SK215, somewhere in the last quarter of 2011. Skodas latest offering was the facelifted Fabia and later on this year the Yeti too will find a place in the SUV segment. The SK215 is a sedan and will be based on the Fabia platform.

Those familiar with the world of performance tuning in India will know a name like KS Motorsport (Mumbai), who has done many a mean machine in the last few years. Some of the cars prepared by KS Motorsport have won many a closed street racing event. Normally known for turbo-charging and doing up Japanese street machines like the Mitsubishi Lancer, Honda City and many a Suzuki, KS Motorsport has just launched Revo Technik ECU remaps for India. Revo Technik is a British based tuning firm that specialized in ECU remaps for the VAG (Volkswagen Auto Group) range of cars – which includes Audi, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen and Porsche.