Škoda Australia is admiring to advertise its role as Official Vehicle Supplier for Around the Bay in a Day 2009. Around the Bay in a Day is Australia’s better accumulation participation, individual day cycling event, demography abode about breathtaking Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne on Sunday 18th October 2009.
Škoda has a continued and affluent history in cycling, accepting started out as a bike architect in 1895, afore switching to four auto in 1905.
“We already accept an on-going affiliation with Australia’s arch able alley cycling event, the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, so it was alone accustomed for us to get complex with Bicycle Victoria to sponsor Australia’s better single-day accessible bike ride,” said Matthew Wiesner, Head of Škoda Australia.
Around the Bay in a Day’s Event Manager, Ms Eleni Koronakos, said she was captivated to alarm Škoda Australia ‘Around the Bay’s Official Vehicle Supplier’. “With Škoda Auto’s longstanding history with cycling we feel Škoda Australia are a absolute fit for Australia’s arch accessible cycling challenge,” Ms Koronakos said.
The accident offers a best of 5 ride distances: 50km, 80km, 100km, 210km and 250km. With the barring of the 100km ride, which starts in Sorrento, all rides alpha and accomplishment at Alexandra Gardens in the affection of Melbourne.
Škoda Australia is accouterment cars to Around the Bay organisers alternating with affectation cars at the Go Bike Expo from 16th to 18th October 2009. The agile of cars will cover the accepted New Octavia, the affected Superb and the afresh launched high-performance Octavia RS.
For added infomation on Skoda's ambit of European cars accessible in Australia, you can appointment your abutting Skoda Car Dealer for a test drive.
Karl Gehling
General Manager Press and PR
Telephone: (02) 9695 6003
Fax: (02) 9695 6186
Mobile: 0409 138 069
E-mail: karl.gehling@volkswagen.com.au
Nadine Nethery
Public Relations Specialist
Telephone: (02) 9695 6010
Fax: (02) 9695 6186
Mobile: 0438 455 019
E-mail: nadine.nethery@volkswagen.com.au
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Skoda Australia Proudly Announces New Ambassador Partnership With Jack Bobridge
Škoda’s affiliation with cycling alcove aback over 100 years, if the casting was a bike manufacturer, afore it switched to four auto in 1905. This aboriginal affiliation has been rekindled with Škoda’s accepted advocacy of the world’s a lot of acclaimed bike race, the Tour De France.
Closer to home, Škoda Australia is a appreciative accomplice of the aboriginal accident on the UCI ProTour calendar, the Tour Down Under in Adelaide. It has aswell afresh taken on a advocacy affiliation with Australia’s better accessible bike ride, Around the Bay in a Day.
With his contempo win at the apple championships (which Škoda Australia will sponsor in Geelong in 2010), Jack Bobridge has added added to his already absorbing booty of wins.
This ascendancy has advance to Jack accepting active up by Garmin Slipstream, one of able cycling’s top teams, abundant to the disappointment of Lance Armstrong.
Following a training ride with the seven-time Tour de France best afore this year’s Tour Down Under, Jack was declared as the 'real deal' by Armstrong, who bidding affliction at not accepting able to assurance Jack up for his own team.
"We are actual aflame to acceptable Jack to the Škoda Team and attending advanced to acknowledging him as he pursues his goals and dreams," said Matthew Wiesner, Head of Škoda Australia. "To be acknowledging the accurate approaching of Australian cycling as we arch to the Olympics in 2012 is abundant for the brand".
As allotment of the Škoda Ambassador program, Jack is active the afresh launched high-performance Octavia RS Wagon, a car he thoroughly enjoys as it fits able-bodied with his attitude to above performance.
For added advice on Škoda's ambit of new cars such as the high-performance Skoda Octavia RS acquaintance your local authorised Škoda dealer or appointment the Skoda Australia on the web.
Closer to home, Škoda Australia is a appreciative accomplice of the aboriginal accident on the UCI ProTour calendar, the Tour Down Under in Adelaide. It has aswell afresh taken on a advocacy affiliation with Australia’s better accessible bike ride, Around the Bay in a Day.
With his contempo win at the apple championships (which Škoda Australia will sponsor in Geelong in 2010), Jack Bobridge has added added to his already absorbing booty of wins.
This ascendancy has advance to Jack accepting active up by Garmin Slipstream, one of able cycling’s top teams, abundant to the disappointment of Lance Armstrong.
Following a training ride with the seven-time Tour de France best afore this year’s Tour Down Under, Jack was declared as the 'real deal' by Armstrong, who bidding affliction at not accepting able to assurance Jack up for his own team.
"We are actual aflame to acceptable Jack to the Škoda Team and attending advanced to acknowledging him as he pursues his goals and dreams," said Matthew Wiesner, Head of Škoda Australia. "To be acknowledging the accurate approaching of Australian cycling as we arch to the Olympics in 2012 is abundant for the brand".
As allotment of the Škoda Ambassador program, Jack is active the afresh launched high-performance Octavia RS Wagon, a car he thoroughly enjoys as it fits able-bodied with his attitude to above performance.
For added advice on Škoda's ambit of new cars such as the high-performance Skoda Octavia RS acquaintance your local authorised Škoda dealer or appointment the Skoda Australia on the web.
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.
For added infomation on Skoda Australia, Skoda's ambit of new cars and for advice award local Skoda Dealers appointment the website or contact:
Karl Gehling
General Manager Press and PR
Telephone: (02) 9695 6003
Fax: (02) 9695 6186
Mobile: 0409 138 069
E-mail: karl.gehling@volkswagen.com.au
"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.
For added infomation on Skoda Australia, Skoda's ambit of new cars and for advice award local Skoda Dealers appointment the website or contact:
Karl Gehling
General Manager Press and PR
Telephone: (02) 9695 6003
Fax: (02) 9695 6186
Mobile: 0409 138 069
E-mail: karl.gehling@volkswagen.com.au
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