In the 1980s, the company's cars were still a throwback to the 1960s in their engineering and style.
In the early 1990s, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the german company Volkswagen took ownership of the company and immediately ceased the seemingly backward design on the vehicles. Since then, the cars have sold as a cheaper alternative to Volkswagen while their reliability and reputation have drastically increased.
2013 was a milestone for the company when they not only released great profit earnings, their vehicles were also named the best car to own on the UK's Driver Power rankings, based on a poll of over 46,000 car owners.
The New Zealand market should offer an even better year in 2017, with Skoda launching the Kodiaq, a full-sized seven seater SUV - the kind of vehicle that rings a tune with New Zealand car owners.