Talk:Škoda Auto

message: 1st paragraph seems to have been vandalised.
:there's also something terribly wrong with 1990's and 2000's section.--Devamech (talk) 16:30, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: any ideas on its manufacturing of munitions activities before WWII? I've heard that the czech rep. was a huge munition mftcr...looking for confirmation from some who may know/heard.
Well the Skoda guns were pretty popular, I would assume they were making quite a bit of munitions there as well. Peter Chamberlain
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AFAIK, ?koda Octavia was developed on the common basis with VW Golf IV, Audi A3 and probably some Seat and not on the larger basis of VW Passat, Audi A4 etc. --Peterlin 09:37, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe the Octavia name is used for different models in different places.  In the UK, an Octavia is a large family saloon car.  I haven't found any exact information on the chassis but the exterior dimensions of 4,507 mm x 1,920 mm are close to the VW Passat at 4676 mm x 1740 mm. The Mk.4 VW Golf shares a platform with SEAT León, Škoda Fabia and Audi TT amongst others. See the Octavia and Fabia sections of Škoda UK website for more details. akaDruid 12:59, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: In fact Octavia is based on the same chassis than Golf. For more details see Octavia and Golf. As you can see the wheel base is identical (2578 mm) in both (Radstand in Golf's technical data) and wheel track is almost identical too (Spurweite, vorn for front and hinten for rear). For reference, here is the technical data for Passat (wheel base 2709 mm). --84.250.189.193 19:00, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Guns?

message: The following was deleted without comment. Why?
:As an aside, it would be nice if you were not anonymous, please sign with four tildes(that's the wavy sign, it's 'upper case Hash' on my keyboard.
:Adrian Pingstone 15:28, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Hierarchy

message: I think Škoda Works should have a separate article. -- Sandius 20:07, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It does (I took the liberty of wikilinking your comment).  But the person who moved it didn't have enough sense to insert a link here.  Gene Nygaard
Deleted word 'worthless' in description of Škoda. Alexisr 16:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Škoda Works

message: In response to Leflyman's request for "citations" I have added three references to the article. This desire for references seems to have been creeping into Wikipedia lately. Do we really need to have every common sense item of knowledge referenced?. Bob BScar23625 13:05, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: The Melkus PT 73 Spyder was designd with inpiration from something called Škoda Metalex. I managed to find very few pictures and it seems it has MTX markings (but it says Metalex in te rear). Anybody have more info on it? // Liftarn
: Try this link -  --Jklamo 19:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Metalex or MTX?

message: I disagree with the following in connection with the VW merger:
"Backed by VW know-how and investments the design — both style and engineering — has improved greatly. The 1996 model Felicia was still based on the floor plan of the Favorit, but quality improvements helped and in the Czech Republic the car was as popular as it was value for money."
Regarding the quality:
Skoda as one of few manufacturers continues producing spare parts for models as old as 25 years (e.g. Skoda 120). There are many of these cars still in operation in the Czech Republic, which wouldn't be the case if they were anything but very good quality. (e.g. how many Fiats that old are on the roads?) Many Favorits also still exist in the Czech Republic and abroad, despite initial claims in the media that (compared to the older models) this one was so bad that 'it wouldn't last two years'.
Regarding the value for money:
New Skoda Favorits in 1990 retailed for 80,000 Czech Crowns (approximately 2500 euro), while costing about 4 times more 3 years later.
If you have references to support these facts then it would be worth adding them I think.
:Skodas, at least in the UK, always had a better reputation than the offerings from other USSR (Unloved Soviet & Socialist Rubbish) manufacturers but the perception was that quality improved after the VW takeover.  Certainly my anecdatal experience from Felicia, Fabia and Roomster ownership is that they were much better screwed together than previous cars i've owned.  Yes, Citröen, I'm looking at you. Mr Larrington (talk) 15:00, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: VW merger - not an improvement in quality/value

message: I have deleted following section below (named "Company name") from article. I think it's just worthless trivia and don't belong here. Many companies have names meaning something so it's not something extraordinary. it's just a coincidence between founder's name and Czech/Slovak/... word. It could be noted somewhere but definitely not in separate section IMHO.
In Czech, the word 'škoda' means "damage, detriment, disadvantage", and occurs in the stock phrase "to je škoda", which roughly means, "It's a pity". It has the same meaning in several Slavic languages such as Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Ukrainian and Polish, though in the latter it is spelled 'szkoda'.
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- Miko3k 10:20, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why was this bit of information regarding Emil Skoda not on the page itself. It makes sense that if a car brand is named after a person that you mention this. I am sure at the page of Opel we will see that Opel was founded by Adam Opel...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.89.37.87 (talk) 13:30, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Company name

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Skoda Rapid 136 1988.jpg

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message: Operating profit 200-odd billion? That can't be; is it supposed to be million, maybe  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.127.8.25 (talk) 09:04, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously as it's a company based in Czech Republic that figure is in Kc.--ЗAНИA talk WB talk] 16:06, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Operating Profit 

message: Why is Laurin & Klement car models in Skoda page, these are made before Skoda bought the company, in my opinion they dont belong to this page, there is also own Laurin & Klement article in wikipedia. Škoda Auto is not founded as the infobox says  "1895 as Laurin & Klement" , the Skoda auto was formed in 1924 after Skoda works bought the Laurin and Klement. You could say Skoda auto was founded as Skoda Works in 1859-->Typ932 T·C 15:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Any opinions of this?. There are other companies also which dont count their history like this -->Typ932 T·C 15:58, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

text: Skoda made cars before the L&K merger, ie Skoda Hispano-Suiza.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.89.37.87 (talk) 13:28, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Laurin & Klement 

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message: Please remove the unnecessary comma from "Rear of a Škoda Popular Special, on display at the Sportauto Museum" in image caption. Or better yet, unprotect the page so we don't have to make requests like this for trivial edits.  Both of the editwarriors on this page 3RR'd the same day, back to back, and could have been blocked for it. There is no need for page protection, much less for weeks and weeks, as the page is not attracting vandalism, nor even seeing any editwarring except between two individuals who can be dealt with as individuals. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 05:37, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deal with problem editors as such, instead of protecting page, or even tiny grammar edits become a hassle 

message: DilbertsDog (talk) 13:36, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about the Rapid, Yeti, Roomster, Citigo? 

message: I need help from an expert or a wikipedian for the skoda 130 photo.
(It is in section post world war II, oh and please put text in!) Written by 174.60.119.235 (talk) 13:47, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: need help

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message: With due respect to the editors,
Could we have to add a new topic to the Skoda Wikipedia page regarding the "Skodaverse India" project. It involves Skoda's exploration of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) in the blockchain and cryptocurrency domain.
Reference: https://www.skoda-auto.co.in/news/news-detail/skoda-auto-enters-the-realm-of-nfts-with-skodaverse-india Tarunmahajanantier (talk) 07:02, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't seem that notable to me. Opok2021 (talk) 14:01, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Opok2021 ok no worries Nick Winsley (talk) 14:24, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does We Have to add new Skoda NFT Project?  

message: The logo (apparently since 2022), is unsourced and according to the Skoda website (https://www.skoda-auto.com/world/logo-history), the logo in the infobox is the same logo Skoda (L&K) used from 1905-1929. The current logo is also shown on the website. Could someone show me sources for this or it will have to be changed to the current logo. Opok2021 (talk) 13:55, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Skoda Logo in the infobox is unsourced and appears to be incorrect