New training center opened at GAZ in Nizhny Novgorod. Cooperation with the partner GAZ strengthening the position of the Czech brand on the Russian market.

ŠKODA is continuing on its growth course. Worldwide sales rose 10.2 percent year on year in January 2012. This is also the best January figure in ŠKODA’s 117-year corporate history.

Endurance testing in ten electric cars based on ŠKODA Octavia in full swing. Practical testing at Prague airport. Octavia Green E Line fine-tuning. Delivery to external partners set for late March 2012.

ŠKODA Auto Museum displaying seven historic vehicles at ‘Salon Retro Mobile’. Unique 1928 Hispano Suiza ŠKODA and two other 1930s vintage cars shine in hall 3 of Porte de Versailles fairground.

Exhibition debut at 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Hands-on preview for journalists in February 2012. Model line extended into new market segments.

Jubilee car a Superb of the ‘Laurin & Klement’ special edition. Impressive growth course of the ŠKODA brand. Production and sales to grow significantly until 2018.

No less than four ŠKODA models made it onto the podium this year at auto motor und sport, Germany’s renowned car magazine’s ‘Die Besten Autos 2012’ reader poll.

New record: more than 1,650 new jobs created in 2011. Permanent staff: 25,800 employees from 37 nations working at ŠKODA as per December 31st, 2011. Over 21,000 applications received during the past year.

ŠKODA MissionL displayed outside Europe for the first time. Study shows design of new compact saloon and brand itself. International presence set to strengthen further. Compact saloon will be also available in Qatar.

New centers for logistics, car body construction and the paint shop at the Kvasiny plant. Thirteen ŠKODA training centers operating in four plants worldwide. About 6,000 employees trained in 2011.