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First drive: Skoda Fabia Czechs in

Rocky — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:15:01 +0000

VW-owned company Skoda has high hopes for its light-sized Fabia chic-magnet

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Skoda Fabia 5-dr hatch range

Rocky — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:25:55 +0000

Skoda renews its assault on the local market with the sparky Fabia light hatch
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AIMS: Skoda to reveal Fabia, Yeti pricing

Rocky — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:18:18 +0000

Volkswagen’s Czech mate Skoda to announce pricing for two crucial new models at AIMS

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Skoda unveils dramatic Fabia RS 2000 roadster concept at Wörthersee

Rocky — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:22:04 +0000

Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Performance, Misc. Auto Shows, Skoda, Design/Style

Skoda Fabia RS 2000 concept – Click above for high-res image gallery

The Volkswagen Group’s annual GTI-Treffen festival on the shores of Lake Wörthersee in Austria may be named for VW’s iconic tuned Golf, but by now – in its 30th rendition – it’s turned into a multi-marque celebration of the hot hatch. Case in point: the A1 Clubsport Quattro concept unveiled there this year by Audi. And now Skoda has joined in on the action with a hatch-based custom of its own.

To create the dramatic Fabia RS 2000 concept you see here, Skoda has taken its existing Fabia RS hot hatch, lopped off the roof and fitted a widebody kit housing 18-inch powder-coated alloys for a stance similar to its S2000 rally counterpart. The brightwork has also been blacked out, the open-air cabin fitted with four individual buckets with racing harnesses and carbon-fiber trim, and the hood louvered to vent the 200+hp 2.0-liter twin-turbo four.

All in all, a rather dramatic take on a bread-and-butter hatchback that blends the best of a road-going rally car with a four-door convertible. But while its occupants may enjoy the wind in their hair, the Wörthersee show stand is about probably as much daylight as this concept will ever see. Have a closer look in the high-res image gallery and the press release after the jump.

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Skoda Fabia here mid-year

Rocky — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:19:56 +0000

VW-owned Czech brand confirms Skoda Fabia and Yeti for Oz release within months

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