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Škoda satisfied with sales ahead of relaunch

Škoda saw sales fall by 30% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period last year, with 360,600 vehicles delivered worldwide. The operating profit of €676m is […]

Bowden assumes new role

Matthew Bowden will take over as director of Škoda UK from February next year. He will replace Rod McLeod, who becomes director of Volkswagen UK. Bowden returns to Volkswagen Group […]

Škoda names new head of sales

Škoda UK has appointed Kevin Rendell as its new head of sales operations. He joins the brand following five years as head of aftersales at Volkswagen UK. He will replace […]

VW boss says firm will recover

The newly appointed Volkswagen boss, Matthias Mueller, has said the company will recover from the diesel emissions scandal in two to three years. In a speech to managers he said the […]

400,000 VW cars need injectors

Around 400,000 Volkswagen cars in the UK will need fuel injectors altered as well as a software fix, according to the UK boss. Paul Willis, UK managing director, said that […]

ECP ask experts about VW scandal

Euro Car Parts has asked experts in emissions-related repairs what they make of the VW ‘defeat device’ scandal affecting Audi, Seat, Skoda, VW and VW Commercial vehicles. Tony Wilson, managing […]

VW values ‘marginally affected’ by emissions

Trade values of Volkswagen used cars have so far only been marginally affected by the news of last week’s emissions scandal, according to figures from Glass’s. These are the key […]

Seat involved in diesel scandal

Seat is the latest VW brand to reveal it is involved in the diesel duping scandal that has rocked the automotive world. Seat sit under the Volkswagen umbrella along with […]

VW saga continues

Following yesterday’s revelation that bosch warned Volkswagen back in 2007 about using ‘diesel duping’ software, German prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into former chief executive Martin Winterkorn, as two […]

Skoda named ‘most dependable’

Skoda has been named as the UK’s most dependable brand in a new JD Power study.  The inaugural 2015 UK Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) asked owners to report problems with […]