The two León generations are, or have been built upon two differing variants of the Volkswagen Group A platform, and they also share many other components with the Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Jetta, Audi TT, Audi A3 and Škoda Octavia.

Separately, during same period Bomber Command also has flown 18 major attacks against other targets in France, in Italy, and in Germany outside the Ruhr and Rheinland, including two raids on Berlin and strikes against Munich, Stettin, Turin, La Spezia, and the Škoda Works in Pilsen.

Besides producing arms for the Austro-Hungarian military, Škoda also manufactured locomotives, aircraft, ships, machine tools, steam turbines and equipment for power utilities and still do so to this day.

Prior to World War II Škoda also produced LT-35 and LT-38 tanks, which are better known under their German labels Panzer 35 ( t ) and Panzer 38 ( t ).

The Škoda Octavia 4x4 and SEAT León 4 and SEAT Alhambra 4 also used Haldex LSC, being based on Volkswagen Group models.

It is also the only Škoda production car ever to feature an 8-cylinder engine.

The German automotive giant-Volkswagen Group also produces SKDs in the Ukraine at its Solomonovo plant, producing cars under its Škoda and Volkswagen Passenger Cars marques.

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His father, a Russia-born engineer who since 1928 worked for Škoda, died on 27 November 1945 in Czech imprisonment and is buried in a mass grave in Pilsen which is also inscribed with Grünberg Theodor † 27.

The perception of Škoda in Western Europe has changed completely since the takeover by VW, in stark comparison to the reputation of the cars throughout the 1980s — often described as ' the laughing stock ' of the automotive world.

Škoda has several manufacturing and assembly plants, including one in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Volkswagen Racing in South Africa rallied a four-wheel drive Mark IVF Polo which shared some components with its sister World Rally Championship ( WRC ) Škoda Fabia ; the S2000 has a 2. 0 L 191 kW ( 260 bhp ) engine.

It has been used for saloon cars / sedans, estate cars / station wagon, and coupés-under the Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT and Škoda marques over the years.

In November 2011 under the contract manufacturing agreement GAZ started SKD assembly of Škoda Yeti.

The idea for an agricultural utility vehicle based on the Škoda Octavia engine, drive train and separate chassis came from Philip Andrews, who had taken over the Motor Lines vehicle assembly company from his father.

The plant currently assembles the Volkswagen Passat and Škoda Octavia.

In 1869, the plant was taken over by Emil Škoda, an industrious engineer and dynamic entrepreneur.

The Typ 9U Caddy was built in Škoda Auto's Kvasiny, Czech Republic plant.

On 14 June 2011, Volkswagen Group Rus and GAZ Group agreed to manufacture Volkswagen and Škoda cars at GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod.

In the competition for Škoda, Volkswagen was pitted against French car-maker Renault, which lost because its strategic plan did not include producing high-value models in the Czech factories: Renault proposed to manufacture the Renault Twingo city car in the Škoda factories.

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With some motor technology licensed from western Europe, but still using the Škoda-designed 1289 cc engine, Škoda engineers designed a car comparable to western production.

In the case of Škoda Automobile the state authorities brought in a strong foreign partner.

In May 1939, as part of his efforts to bully Turkey into joining the Axis, Ribbentrop had arranged for the cancellation of the delivery of 60 heavy howitzers from the Škoda Works, which the Turks had paid for in advance.

After World War I the Laurin-Klement company began producing trucks, but in 1924, after running into problems and being hit by a fire, the company sought a partner, and was acquired by Škoda Works, an arms manufacturer which had become a multi-sector concern and the biggest industrial enterprise in Czechoslovakia.

In the autumn of 1945, Škoda ( along with all large manufacturers ) became part of the planned economy, which meant it was separated from the parent Škoda company.

In the UK, a major turnabout was achieved with the ironic " It is a Škoda, honest " campaign, which was started in the early 2000s.

In 2006 Škoda presented its brand new model Roomster, a small MPV with a unique design, which reflects future trends.

Czechoslovakia was a major manufacturer of machine guns, tanks, and artillery, most of which were assembled in the Škoda factory and had a modern army of 35 divisions.

The base model did not need to have all the characteristics of the WRC car, as evidenced from cars such the Peugeot 206, 307, Citroën Xsara and Škoda Fabia, which during this period had no road car variant with a turbocharged petrol engine or four wheel drive.

The first two generations of A3 were based on the Volkswagen Group A platform, which they share with several other models such as the Audi TT, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Caddy and Volkswagen Touran as well as SEAT León, SEAT Toledo and Škoda Octavia.

Some German officials, however, were not satisfied with the car's relatively low top speed, and slow acceleration ; so Škoda met these demands with a new model range, in which the engines included the OHV ( over head valve ) system to increase power output.

A particularly well-known 20th-century example is Jaromír Vejvoda ’ s Modřanská polka ( 1927 ), which became popular during World War II in Czechoslovakia as " Škoda lásky " (" A Waste of Love "), in Germany as the Rosamunde-Polka, and among the allied armies as the Beer Barrel Polka ( as a song, known as " Roll out the Barrel ").

The Škoda 149 mm K-series was a heavy howitzer design which served with Germany, Turkey, Romania, Slovakia, and Yugoslavia during World War II.

Start of full-cycle production of the first car which is to be assembled at GAZ, Škoda Yeti, is planned for the fourth quarter 2012.

A typical example was the huge industrial complex Škoda Works in Plzeň, Czech Republic, which was tunneled by its top manager.

His facilities continued to expand over the next decade, and he incorporated his holdings in 1899 as the Škoda Works, which would become famous for its arms production in both World War I and World War II.

Austria-Hungary's naval architects, aware of the inevitable dominance of all big gun dreadnought type designs, then presented their case to the Marinesektion des Reichskriegsministeriums ( Naval Section at the War Ministry ) in Vienna, which on October 5, 1908 ordered the construction of their own dreadnought, the first contract being awarded to ' Werft das Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino ( STT )', the naval weaponry to be provided by the Škoda Works in Pilsen.

It was the successor to the Škoda Felicia, which was discontinued in 2001.

The only trace of non-VW Škoda left in the Fabia is the 1. 0 and 1. 4 8v " MPI " engines, which was a modification to Škoda's own 1. 3 engine, and was used in pre-Volkswagen Škodas such as the Estelle and Favorit.

During the war, Krupp was allowed to take over many industries in occupied nations, including Arthur Krupp steel works in Berndorf, Austria, the Alsacian Corporation for Mechanical Construction ( Elsaessische Maschinenfabrik AG, or ELMAG ), Robert Rothschild's tractor factory in France, Škoda Works in Czechoslovakia, and Deutsche Schiff-und Maschinenbau AG ( Deschimag ) in Bremen.

Škoda Works was established as an arms manufacturer in 1859.

Most later production was under the Škoda name.

After a decline during the economic depression, Škoda was again successful with models such as the Popular in the late 1930s.

During the World War II Occupation of Czechoslovakia, the Škoda works was turned into part of Reichswerke Hermann Göring serving the German World War II effort.

It was essentially an updated version of the pre-World War II Škoda Popular.

In the late 1980s, Škoda ( then named Automobilové závody, národní podnik, Mladá Boleslav or AZNP ) was still manufacturing cars that conceptually dated back to the 1960s.

:" Of course, that the Škoda became such a figure of fun was in part due to its ubiquity on Britain's roads.

However, it could be argued that the subsequent fortunes of other Eastern-Bloc automobile manufacturers such as Lada, AutoVAZ, and of Škoda Works itself – once Škoda Auto's parent company – suggested that Volkswagen's involvement was not necessarily a result of poor judgement.

Before the advertising campaign, it was common to hear tour guides in Bratislava making jokes about the Škoda, saying " How do you double the value of a Škoda?

" By 2005 Škoda was selling over 30, 000 cars a year in the UK, a market share of over 1 %.

The concept, a three-door compact car targeted at young drivers, was called Škoda Joyster.

A new and redesigned logo was revealed for Škoda in March 2011.

Kankkunen's fifth place in New Zealand was the team's best result, but they managed to edge out Škoda and Mitsubishi by one point in the battle for fourth place in the manufacturers ' world championship.