Skoda has a rich motorsport history – and an enduring talent for producing radical concept cars From Monte Carlo wins to student-designed concept cars, Skoda has always had a knack for pushing limits. Below, we highlight the most important, influential and our favourite cars from 130 years in the business. Motorsport machines Laurin & Klement CCR 1905 It wasn't

One last dance in these seminal hot hatchbacks... We take these manual, front-drive hot hatches for one final fling in Wales It’s probably unwise for a lowly road tester to even attempt a Churchillian tone. Thankfully, I’m only paraphrasing. Have we reached the end for the conventional, established, petrol-swilling hot hatchback? Or

Top 10: Fastest Trains in the world 2025 marks the bicentenary of the world’s first passenger railway line – the Stockton and Darlington route in England. The first locomotives were capable of hitting 15mph – a clear improvement over a horse – and over the last 200 years top speeds (and the

Skoda's manufacturing plant is the size of Monaco – 4000 cars are made here every day The beating heart of Skoda’s global operations is mind-boggling in both sheer scale and choreographed detail I don’t quite catch the number on which one of the 13 gates that lead into Skoda’s

Cupra's second coming of its five-cylinder halo crossover finally makes it into right-hand-drive form Four years ago, Cupra tested the bounds of its brand, and the market’s appetite for pricier and rarer examples of its wares, when it launched the Cupra Formentor VZ5. This five-cylinder, fire-breathing, range-topping, high-rise alternative to an Audi

Small used cars make wise buys. We pick 50 midget gems Small cars are amazing. With much less space to work with, they must accomplish many of the things that in far larger cars we take for granted. As if that weren't enough, they must be cheaper than bigger cars too. For

Autocar has witnessed some of Skoda's most significant moments, with both founded back in 1895 Skoda's story has been recorded in the pages of Autocar for over a century. We've sifted through the Autocar Archive to find some of Skoda's most significant moments since its inception in 1895. 1902 It took three years