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Our Skoda Service

As a local fully fitted professional garage, we pride ourselves on offering our clients the highest possible level of customer satisfaction.

Our service includes free collection and delivery of your Skoda at your chosen time and place.

Our experienced and fully qualified mechanics check all cars from top to bottom to make sure the entire car is mechanically sound in every way.  

Free valet.

On completion of services your Skoda service book will be stamped and kept fully compliant with your car's warranty

Savings

On average our customers save around 60% on main Skoda dealer prices with the same or better level of service, not forgetting the convenience of not needing to take your car into a Skoda garage.

Warranty 

All of our Skoda parts come with a full 12 months parts and labour warranty for the same peace of mind you would expect from any Skoda main dealer  

Our costs

Our Skoda service prices are exactly as stated in the above chart with no hidden charges or extras. All other work is done on quotation and clients are made fully aware of the exact price before work is carried out on their vehicle. 

The History of Skoda

Skoda Auto , more commonly known as Skoda, is an automobile manufacturer based in the Czech Republic. Skoda became a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in 1991. Its total sales reached 684,226 cars in 2009.History

The origins of Skoda go back to the early 1890s where, like many long-established car manufacturers, the company started out manufacturing bicycles. It was 1894, and 26-year old Václav Klement, who was a bookseller in Mladá Boleslav, in today's Czech Republic, which was then part of Austria-Hungary, was unable to obtain spare parts to repair his German bicycle. Klement returned his bicycle to the manufacturers, Seidel and Naumann, with a letter, in Czech, asking for them to carry out repairs, only to receive a reply, in German, stating: "If you would like an answer to your inquiry, you should try writing in a language we can understand". A disgusted Klement, despite not having technical experience, decided to start a bicycle repair shop, which he and Václav Laurin opened in 1895 in Mladá Boleslav. Before going into business partnership with Klement, Laurin was an already established bicycle manufacturer from the nearby town of Turnov.

1905 Laurin & Klement at Škoda Auto Museum, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
In 1898, after moving to their newly-built factory, the pair bought a Werner "motorcyclette",[nb 1] which was produced by French manufacturer Werner Brothers. Laurin & Klement's first motorcyclette (which was powered by an engine mounted on the handlebars driving the front wheels) proved dangerous and unreliable — an early incident on it cost Laurin a front tooth. To design a safer machine with its structure around the engine, the pair wrote to German ignition specialist Robert Bosch for advice on a different electromagnetic system. The pair's new Slavia motorcycle made its debut in 1899.

In 1900, when the company had a workforce of 32, Slavia exports began, with 150 machines shipped to London for the Hewtson firm. Shortly afterwards, the press credited them as makers of the first motorcycle.[2] The first model, Voiturette A, was a success and the company was established both within Austria-Hungary and internationally. By 1905, automobiles were being produced by the firm. During the First World War Škoda was engaged in war production.

After WWI it began producing trucks, but in 1924, after running into problems and being hit by a fire, the company sought a partner. As a result, it merged with Škoda Works, the biggest industrial enterprise in Czechoslovakia. 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 Hermann Göring Werke serving the German World War II effort.