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Volkswagen Is Making Less Money Because It's Selling More EVs

The Volkswagen Group’s earnings after tax plummeted 40.6 percent to €2.18 billion in the first quarter of 2025. At first glance, you might assume this sharp decline was due to a drop in sales. But that’s not the case. Deliveries actually rose by 1.4 percent to 2.13 million units. So…

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Electric car showroom now on Amazon

Skoda’s Amazon showroom lets you check stock at local dealers, book a test drive and calculate finance

The Independent UK

Amazon is now a car showroom, and this could be a game changer

The first Amazon UK car showroom lets you book a test drive and check the availability of the latest Skoda range

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Skoda Kodiaq vRS: A sound proposition

CAR REVIEW: With or without its artificial growl, the new Kodiaq vRS is a hoot to drive, finds Sean O’Grady

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Verstappen family takes double victory as Jos wins on ERC debut

News of Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix triumph was delivered to Jos Verstappen while sitting in a rally car en route to success in the European Rally Championship.

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Skoda Elroq vRS: the family-friendly SUV gets spicy

New all-electric performance model is the quickest Skoda ever with 0 to 62mph in 5.4 seconds

The Independent UK

Skoda’s Cheapest EV Gets A Hot Hatch Makeover

Czech automaker Skoda has wasted no time in giving its new entry-level electric model a sporty makeover. This is the new Skoda Elroq RS, a battery-powered compact crossover that can go from a standstill to 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in 5.4 seconds. That’s faster than the…

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The Czech Republic's car giant Skoda is defying parent Volkswagen's downturn

Volkswagen-owned Skoda is defying a broader downturn for the German carmaker.

Fortune

Don’t Want A Tesla Model Y? Here Are Your Best Alternatives In Europe

Tesla sales are suffering around the world, but especially in Europe. EV buyers here are ditching the brand following its boss’ political pivot and support of President Trump’s policies, many of which seem designed to break the longstanding friendship between the United States and the European Union. Luckily, Europeans have…

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Ex-RAF pilot who killed himself and four others on M6 was suicidal, inquest hears

Coroner records Richard Woods’s death as suicide after he crashed into family’s car while driving wrong way

The Guardian - UK

Drunk man who killed Scots family on M6 'did so deliberately', inquest told

A man who drove the wrong way on the M6, killing himself and a family of four Scots, intended to take his own life, an inquest into the incident has…

The National (Scotland)

New budget-friendly MG S5 EV undercuts SUV rivals

Prices from £28,495 mean the new MG S5 undercuts the Kia EV3 and Skoda Elroq

The Independent UK

Audi Q4 e-tron review: An affordable family-friendly SUV

Audi’s affordable electric car is a family-friendly SUV with a good range and premium look and feel throughout

The Independent UK

Volkswagen CEO on the challenges facing the UK’s favourite car brand

Thomas Schäfer is Volkswagen brand CEO and head of the brand's core group (including Skoda, Seat and Cupra).

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Skoda Turns Its GTI Wagon Into a Wicked Police Car

Europe is no match for the flamboyant police car fleet of the UAE or even Australia. However, occasionally, we come across something more exciting than the typically mundane police vehicle that roams the streets of the Old Continent. Skoda offers a dedicated lineup of vehicles converted for emergency services—not just…

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The Volkswagen ID.4 Just Dethroned The Tesla Model Y In This Key Market

Unless you‘ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen that things aren’t going so good for Tesla right now. Especially in Europe, sales were already on the way down, but recent Musk antics that run afoul of some European countries’ anti-hate speech laws have helped crater the brand’s sales.…

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Toyota Is Killing Japan's $10,000 Corolla

$10,000 cars still exist–you just have to know where to look for them. One place is India, where you can pay even less than that for a brand-new Skoda crossover or a Honda sedan. In Japan, Toyota sells this dirt-cheap Corolla. It looks different from the globally available model since…

The Independent UK

Skoda Elroq review: A spacious and well-priced small SUV

Skoda’s second SUV borrows much from the slightly bigger Enyaq, but wraps it up in a more appealing and cheaper package

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Europe's most popular cars - ranked by country

In 2024, the most popular car on the old continent was the Dacia Sandero (268,101 units, +14%), followed by the Renault Clio (216,317 units, +7%) and the Volkswagen Golf (215,715 units, +17%). A total of 12.91 million new cars were registered in Europe (+0.9%), mainly due to the demand for hybrid…

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Audi Q4 E-Tron Gets Cheaper Base Trim With Over 250 Miles Of Range

Audi has introduced a new base trim for its smallest European EV, the Q4 E-Tron. Based on the same MEB platform as the Volkswagen ID.4 and Skoda Enyaq, the new Audi Q4 E-Tron 40 is powered by a 63-kilowatt-hour (59 kWh usable) battery pack that enables a WLTP-rated driving range…

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The 20 Best-Selling EVs Of 2024 In Europe

Europe had a bit of a rough year in 2024 in terms of new car registrations. As previously reported, overall car sales in this part of the world went up by less than 1% compared to 2023, and every powertrain type was down except for hybrids. That includes the all-electric…

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Cupra Needs To Bring Cars, Not SUVs, To America

Seemingly out of nowhere, Volkswagen decided to bring one of its European brands to America. But instead of granting a US visa to the better-known Skoda or SEAT marques, the higher-ups chose the newcomer, Cupra. Cupra has been in the VW Group since 2018, but the name has been used…

Fortune

The Czech Republic's car giant Skoda is defying parent Volkswagen's downturn

Volkswagen-owned Skoda is defying a broader downturn for the German carmaker.

The Independent UK

Elderly woman dies on Christmas Day following crash with unmarked police car

The crash with Staffordshire Police’s unmarked Skoda Octavia happened in early December

The Independent UK

Deals and wheels: Post box transformed into EV charger, Enyaq pricing revealed and new Mazda6e broadens firm’s EV range

A round-up of the latest car reveals, consumer issues and hot deals.

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