It was indeed. When the first-generation Fabia vRS was launched back in 2003 it was unlike any other hot hatch its size. For it was powered not by a rev-happy nat-asp or turbocharged petrol engine, ...

If the phrase had existed back then, Skoda in the early 2000s might just have claimed the energy of a start-up. Yes, the brand had been around for a very long time and the VW money had been flowing ...

Few brands have managed to change their reputation as comprehensively as Skoda. Once the butt of reliability jokes, the Czech manufacturer has been completely repositioned over the past three decades ...

Amazing to recall the astonishing effect Skoda's Fabia hatchback had when it was first launched a quarter of a century ago. As the Czech car maker this week celebrates Fabia's 25th anniversary over ...