Skoda Fabia Super 2000 successful tarmac test by Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz tested Fabia Super 2000
6/11/2008
Jan Kopecký, Raimund Baumschlager and Carlos Sainz involved as Škoda
Auto carries on with its Fabia Super 2000 test programme. The successful
tarmac test recently took place in Austria.
Besides experienced test drivers Jan Kopecký and Raimund Baumschlager,
the team recently testing the competition version of the Fabia Super
2000 in Austria included two times world champion Carlos Sainz.
The Volkswagen factory driver won the Central European Rally with a
Race Touareg this year in April and contributed to the double success of
the new Scirocco in its class at the 24-hour race in Nürnburgring a few
days ago.
The test was not Sainz’s first experience of driving a Škoda – the
Spanish driver won the Shalymar Rally (near Madrid) with a Fabia in the
autumn of last year, and so he felt like trying out the new version of
the Fabia Super 2000. “I have got to know the Škoda Fabia really well,
and I can see a huge step forward as far as the development of the
competition version is concerned“, said Sainz, authorised to take part
in this test by Volkswagen Motor Sport Department Director Kris Nissen.
A number of big names of motor sport attended the test rides of the
new Škoda Fabia Super 2000 in order to check the project progress,
including Hans-Joachim Stuck of the Volkswagen Motor Sport Department.
Commenting on the project, Dr. Eckhard Scholz, Škoda Auto
BOD Member responsible for technological
development, said: “The involvement of experienced competitors such as
Carlos Sainz and Hans-Joachim Stuck highlights the importance the
Volkswagen Group attributes to Škoda’s motor sport initiatives and gives
valuable stimuli to the development of the new Fabia Super 2000.“
Škoda Auto at International Motor Show in Delhi
7 August 2008 · posted by Staff
1/8/2008
For the first time Škoda Auto is going to present the new Fabia at the
International Motor Show in Delhi.
The Company’s event presentation portfolio also includes the new
Octavia, the Octavia Tour and the Superb, which are already available in
the Indian market. Altogether seven Škoda Fabia models are going to be
displayed at Škoda Auto’s exhibition stand, including the highly
attractive “Sport Styling Kit” and the environmentally friendly
GreenLine TDI.
The Octavia is going to be presented through two of the available
equipment levels, the Ambiente and the top-end Laurin & Klement, the
Octavia Tour will be showcased in the Ambiente and Elegance versions.
The brand’s presentation will also include the Superb, a vehicle that
has built a very good position in the Indian market.
All Škoda vehicles sold in India are equipped with driver and
passenger airbags, an immobiliser, power steering, air conditioning and
central locking (except for the basic version of the Fabia line). The
standard equipment level for the Fabia, Octavia and Superb lines
includes a Škoda audio system with a CD & MP3 player.
The new Fabia designed for the Indian market will be available with
two petrol engines (three-cylinder
1.2 12V HTP/51 kW and four-cylinder 1.4 16V/63
kW) and one turbocharged diesel three-cylinder unit
(1.4 TDI PD/51 kW) with a five-speed manual
transmission. The engine and transmission portfolio for the other model
lines available in the Indian market will remain unchanged.
The Škoda Roomster, the Octavia RS and the Octavia Scout will not yet
be presented in India this time. Škoda Auto’s presentation portfolio
demonstrates the Company’s top-class competences in the segments of
compact vehicles, family MPVs, big comfortable
sedans, as well as dynamic cars.
Škoda has sold over 49,000 vehicles in the Indian market since 2001
when it set up its presence there. Škoda India has a network of 54
dealerships, and the current production capacity of the assembly plant
in Aurangabad (300,000 m2) is 30,000 vehicles/year.
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