WORLD SIXTH ( 6TH ) AUTOMOBILE COMPANY SKODA AUTO
SKODA AUTO Start up Year : 1895 Country : Czech Republic Company Founder : Vaclav Laurin & Vaclav klement Skoda auto is a Czech automobile manufacturer build in 1925 as the successor to Laurin & klement and headquartered in Ml ada Boleslaw , Czech Republic . In 1948 it worked became state owned . After 1991 , it was gradually privatized to the German multinational conglomerate Volkswagen Group, becoming a partial subsidiary in 1994 and a wholly owned subsidiary in 2000 Company First Logos This automobile are sold over 100 countries and total global sales reaches 1.25 million units in 2018 an increase in 4.4% from the previous year The operating profit was €1.6 billion in 2017 , an increase of 34.6% over the previous year. [ 7 ][ 8 ] As of 2017 , Skoda's profit margin was the second-highest of all Volkswagen AG brands after Porsche Production T hese cars are now manufactured in factories in Czech Republic ( 635,213 cars ), India ( 55,750 ...