SKODA
30 entries
Czech carmaker with roots in a bicycle workshop of 1895, owned by the Volkswagen Group since 2000.
- Established
- 1896, as the successor to Laurin & Klement
- Headquarters
- Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
- Owner
- Volkswagen Group, since 2000
- State owned
- From 1948 until privatisation began in 1991
The company that became Škoda Auto began as a bicycle workshop opened by Václav Klement and Václav Laurin in Mladá Boleslav in 1895, which built its own bicycles under the Slavia name from 1896 and its first car, the Voiturette A, in 1905.
The Škoda Works took over Laurin & Klement in 1925. The car business became state owned in 1948 and was privatised from 1991, ending as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in 2000.
- 1895Laurin & Klement workshop opened
- 1896Bicycles built under the Slavia name
- 1905First automobile, the Voiturette A
- 1925Acquired by the Škoda Works
- 2000Wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group
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SKODA Škoda Yeti: Škoda’s first crossover
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SKODA Škoda 1200: Škoda’s first all-steel body
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SKODA Škoda 440, 445 and 450: the Spartak years
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SKODA Škoda Roomster: the high-roof family car
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SKODA Škoda Superb: the flagship that came back in 2001
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SKODA Škoda Octavia: the model that rebuilt Škoda
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SKODA Škoda 1202: the asymmetric estate and van
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SKODA Škoda Favorit and Forman: the front-wheel-drive revolution
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SKODA Škoda Felicia: the first Škoda under Volkswagen
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SKODA Škoda Fabia: the car that made Škoda mainstream