<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest Skoda industry news - from just-auto.com</title><link>http://www.just-auto.com</link><description>Latest Skoda industry news - from just-auto.com</description><copyright>© 2009 All content copyright just-auto.com. Published by Aroq Ltd.</copyright><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:51:26 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:51:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><category>just-auto.com - RSS feed</category><generator>just-auto.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda Auto nears '09 sales target</title><description>Skoda Auto says it is very close to its 2009 sales target, with sales boosted by export shipments to China.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=102089</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda Auto starts production of Superb Estate</title><description>The first Skoda Superb Estate has rolled off the production line in Kvasiny, Czech Republic.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101992</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RUSSIA/GERMANY: VW wants major role in Russia's economy</title><description>Volkswagen's Russian subsidiary Volkswagen Group Rus wants to be the first foreign company included in the Russian government's list of some 300 companies that are integral to the economy, RBC Daily, a Moscow-based business newspaper, reported on Monday.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101860</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CZECH REPUBLIC/GERMANY: Scrappage schemes boost Skoda as Audi buoys VW group</title><description>Car sales at Volkswagen's Czech unit Skoda Auto rose 6.5% in the third quarter halting a first half decline as scrappage subsidies in Germany, its biggest market, and growing business in China pushed sales to 174,984 vehicles.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101844</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GERMANY: Bentley, Seat, drag on VW profits</title><description>Volkswagen has reported nine month operating profit down to EUR1.5bn (US$2.1bn) from EUR4.9bn (US$7.3bn) a year ago, blaming heavy losses at its Spanish Seat and British Bentley brands.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101820</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SOUTH KOREA: VW parts buyers meet Korean suppliers</title><description>Volkswagen Group's parts buyers attended a Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency's autoparts export consultation session in Seoul today.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101811</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SOUTH KOREA: LG to supply VW audio</title><description>LG Electronics is to supply car audio systems worth about US$370m to Volkswagen.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101764</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RUSSIA: Car market has good prospects - Putin</title><description>The Russian car market has good prospects, prime minister Vladimir Putin has said.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101703</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RUSSIA: Volkswagen to assemble Audis in Kaluga</title><description>Volkswagen is to start assembly of Audi cars at its plant in Kaluga, local reports have said.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101692</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:53:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RUSSIA: VW plant officially starts CKD kit assembly</title><description>Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and Volkswagen chairman Martin Winterkorn today presided over the official start of CKD kit production at the automaker's Russian assembly plant in Kaluga.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101678</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GERMANY: VW group expects 30% China growth</title><description>kswagen on Monday said sales in mainland China and Hong Kong rose 37% year on year in the first nine months to 1.06m vehicles and that it expected full year growth of over 30%.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101550</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RUSSIA: VW plant switching to CKD assembly</title><description>Volkswagen plans to begin assembly of CKD (completely knocked down) kits, including welding, painting and trimming, at its Russian plant in Kaluga on 20 October, a spokesman told the Prime-Tass news agency.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101478</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CZECH REPUBLIC: Sales continue to fall</title><description>Czech car sales fell almost 14% year on year in the first nine months of 2009 following a 12% fall in the first half, according to the country's car importers' association.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101477</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GERMANY: VW Up! down for H2 2011 launch</title><description>Volkswagen on Monday said its new Up! small car model would be launched in the second half of 2011.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101437</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ESTONIA: Renault tops brand and model tables in September</title><description>First registrations of vehicles with the Estonian roads administration traffic registry totalled 1,959 cars in September, of which 812 were new.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101446</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CZECH REPUBLIC: Skoda considers production slow down</title><description>Volkswagen's Czech unit, Skoda Auto, may stop production for two days this month because of falling demand following the end of the vehicle scrappage subsidy in Germany.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101391</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK: August Europe growth doesn't signal full recovery</title><description>Though Europe's top five new car markets all posted growth in a month traditionally slow due to continental summer holidays, this cannot be regarded as market recovery, JATO Dynamics analysts said in their monthly review.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101179</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CHINA: Volkswagen Group boosts China investment</title><description>The Volkswagen Group says it is planning to invest a total of four billion euros in new products and the expansion of production capacities in China. The investments are to be financed from the cash flow of the Chinese joint venture companies.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101123</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CZECH REPUBLIC: Lawmakers green light scrappage scheme</title><description>The Czech parliament has overridden a presidential veto and given the go-ahead to a scrap-for-new scheme to boost car sales.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101075</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>INDIA: Volkswagen plans to double Indian headcount</title><description>Volkswagen intends to more than double its staffing levels in India, as it brings its production facilities up to full speed in the country.</description><link>http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=101025</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>