Skoda unveil ‘world car’

Skoda is to unveil the MissionL at Frankfurt. The near production ready model will be the brands sixth model and the start of a so called “model offensive”.

The MissionL is a compact five-door model which is to be sold in Europe, Russia and China; while India will get its own version.  Importantly SKODA chairman Winfried Vahland says the MissionL shows “exactly the direction our brand is going to take.”  He goes on to say SKODA is “going to present a new model every six months over the next two or three years.”

Skoda is aiming to increase its global production to 1.5 million cars by 2018. It will be investing heavily in new models and improving its production capability. SKODA will increase its co-operation with the Russian car maker GAZ while increasing the production capacity of its own factories.