SKODA, the well-known automaker based in the Czech Republic, has a long and proud history starting with their first car produced as early as 1905. After 1945 SKODA was for quite some time a government-owned and operated company. In 1991 SKODA gradually began to become privatized and by the turn of the 21st Century it had become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. The plan was that the SKODA would be one of the Volkswagen Group' sentry-level cars but as time went by most of the SKODAs were manufactured to such a high level of quality that they were comparable to their counterparts in the Volkswagen line and in addition were more spacious inside. Popular models from SKODA include the OCTAVIA, a family car with plenty of room, their SUV model the YETI and the SUPERB which is a more exclusive model. SKODA has had a long-term strategy since 2010 the goal of which is to double its sales by 2018. With this strategic plan well on its way to success we will undoubtedly be seeing more and more cars from SKODA on the roads in the near future.