Skoda Auto's Q3 Results Are Better Than Those Achieved Over the Same Period of Last Year

The Czech Republic´s better car architect has delivered 504,625 cars to its barter from January till September 2009 - the Škoda casting alone fell by 5.0%, although the all-around car bazaar saw an 11.9% year-on-year fall. The Group has bogus 387,574 cars in all of its plants over the aboriginal nine months of this year, 22.4% beneath than it did over the aforementioned aeon of 2008. Besides that, Škoda Auto aswell articles cars in China - (89,911 cars over the aboriginal months of this year). Škoda is accidental EUR 162.4 actor of its operating accumulation over the aboriginal nine months of 2009 to the all-embracing abstracts of the Volkswagen Group.

"Just like the after-effects of the absolute automotive industry, our after-effects are essentially afflicted by the all-around bread-and-butter recession. We accept adopted a amount of measures to abide financially able and steady. To action the accepted problems in the automotive market, we accept launched some new, adorable products. The Škoda Yeti is accepting launched auspiciously in the markets of our presence, and we accept continued the portfolio of our environmentally-friendly cars (GreenLine). Furthermore, we presented the acreage adaptation of our flagship product, the Škoda Superb, at the contempo Frankfurt Motor Show – the acknowledgment we are now accepting is actual positive. For the aboriginal time this year, Škoda Auto has apparent its sales abstracts abound in the third quarter. We apprehend this absolute trend to abide aswell over the endure three months of 2009. This year is actual difficult for the absolute automotive industry. Yet we accept been able to accomplish actual acceptable after-effects admitting adverse macroeconomic conditions", said Škoda Auto BOD Chairman Reinhard Jung.

"These sales abstracts are, to a ample extent, a aftereffect of car scrappage schemes, decidedly that in Germany, and the bearings in the Chinese bazaar which, as one of actual few in these difficult times, has been growing dynamically. Making use of these absolute effects, we accept fabricated up for over a bisected of the accident we are now adversity in Eastern Europe. The sales in the final allotment of 2009 are accepted to ability levels commensurable to those of endure year. Next year we are traveling to face the after-effects of abortion of one-off abutment programmes, but the economies of the corresponding countries are accepted to alpha growing. Yet it is actual difficult to acquaint now what 2010 in actuality holds for us," says Reinhard Fleger, BOD Member for Sales.

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