Continued progress: Constructing on final 12 months’s momentum, Škoda delivered 238,600 autos to prospects worldwide within the first quarter of 2025 (+8.2% year-on-year), and confirmed its sturdy place because the fourth best-selling model in Europe
Škoda Auto constructed on final 12 months’s momentum to attain a sturdy Q1: With 238,600 autos delivered to prospects worldwide, the Czech automobile producer recorded a rise of 8.2% year-on-year within the first three months of 2025. Electrical fashions with a plug, together with all-electric autos (BEV) and plug-in hybrids (PHEV), mixed accounted for a report share of 15% of complete deliveries with 36,900 autos. The strong gross sales and monetary outcomes as soon as once more demonstrated Škoda Auto’s monetary stability and resilience regardless of present dynamic market circumstances. Škoda Auto generated income of €7.259 billion (+10.4%), working revenue rose to €546 million (+2.1%), the return on gross sales stood at 7.5% (8.1% in Q1 2024), and internet money stream climbed to €527 million, up 15.3% year-on-year. This efficiency was pushed by sturdy value self-discipline and the broad, fashionable mannequin line-up. The corporate additionally continues to learn from synergies inside the Volkswagen Group and the Model Group Core. In India, Škoda Auto recorded a pointy rise in deliveries following the launch of the brand new Kylaq SUV, reaching 15,000 items (+89.3% year-on-year).
“Škoda Auto prolonged the momentum of our best-ever monetary 12 months in 2024 into the primary quarter, reaching additional worthwhile progress together with double-digit beneficial properties in income and internet money stream. World deliveries have been up 8.2% from a 12 months earlier, outperforming the trade common regardless of market volatility in Europe and internationally. We’re capable of effectively maintain profitability even below the cloud of potential European CO₂ levies. This success validates our customer-first method on this period of transition to elevated electrification. The brand new, absolutely electrical Elroq compact SUV led our increasing e-mobility drive with stronger-than-expected orders of greater than 45,000 by way of the top of March. Its SUV cousin, the brand new Enyaq, was once more some of the standard BEVs in Europe with deliveries up by practically 45% from a 12 months earlier. I’m grateful to our prospects for his or her constructive response to our merchandise and to all Škodians for growing, constructing and promoting our most numerous and fashionable lineup ever. We additionally took essential steps in additional increasing our worldwide footprint outdoors Europe, launching the all-new compact SUV Kylaq in India and opening a manufacturing plant in Vietnam. General, our efficiency thus far this 12 months exhibits that we stay positioned to be among the many most profitable and worthwhile quantity automobile manufacturers.”
Klaus Zellmer, CEO of Škoda Auto
“Our monetary outcomes for the primary quarter mirror a really strong begin to the 12 months. Whereas these figures embody prices associated to CO₂ regulation in Europe, they display our dedication to rigorous value optimisation. As well as, we’re benefiting from our well-balanced mannequin portfolio, AI tasks, and present synergies inside the Model Group Core. General, we stay absolutely devoted to driving transformation throughout the automotive trade – right here in our Czech dwelling market, throughout Europe, and past. We’re working diligently to safe a sound foundation for future investments to additional strengthen our firm.”
Holger Peters, Škoda Auto Board Member for Finance, IT, and Authorized Affairs
“Škoda’s efficiency within the first quarter of 2025 introduced a powerful 5.2% year-on-year enhance in Europe – as soon as once more outperforming the general market. A lot of nations contributed to this success – such because the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany or the Czech Republic. But additionally markets additional afield, like Türkiye and Israel contributed to our total sturdy total gross sales efficiency. In India we even managed to extend our deliveries to prospects by virtually 90% in comparison with 2024 due to our new mannequin Kylaq. In Europe we confirmed our sturdy place because the fourth best-selling model whereas we greater than doubled our deliveries of electrical autos: We reached 36,900 items together with each battery-electric and plug-in hybrid fashions. This impressively exhibits: Our mannequin technique is proving efficient on the worldwide markets. We’re persevering with to sharpen our buyer focus – not simply by way of our product line-up, but additionally in our gross sales and repair expertise, the place our Human Contact idea, centred on a private, people-first method, is taking part in an more and more essential function.”
Martin Jahn, Škoda Auto Board Member for Gross sales and Advertising
Excellent supply leads to Europe
Škoda Auto began 2025 in full drive, delivering 238,600 autos to prospects worldwide between January and March – a rise of 8.2% in contrast with the identical interval final 12 months. Among the many best-performing markets have been Germany (46,500 autos; +6.7%), the UK (22,600; +23.0%), the Czech Republic (22,000; +8.6%), India (15,000; +89.3%) and Israel (8,200; +35.8%). France and Sweden additionally contributed to the rise in deliveries with very sturdy performances within the first quarter.
In Western Europe, deliveries rose by 6.7% to 136,300 autos. This progress additional bolstered the model’s place because the fourth best-selling automobile producer on the European market. With supply progress of 5.2% in Europe, we’ve got managed as soon as once more to outperform the general market, which decreased by 0.3%.
In India, Škoda noticed a big enhance in gross sales following the launch of the brand new Kylaq SUV. In complete, 15,000 autos delivered within the Indian market characterize virtually a doubling of deliveries in comparison with the earlier 12 months.
Elroq drives progress in electrical car deliveries
The share of electrical autos (EVs), encompassing each BEVs and PHEVs, is rising quickly. Mixed, all electrified fashions with a plug accounted for 15% of deliveries in comparison with 8% in Q1 2024. This consists of the all-electric Elroq and Enyaq in addition to the improved plug-in hybrid variants of Kodiaq and Excellent. Within the first three months of 2025, deliveries of PHEV autos to prospects have tripled compared to the primary quarter of 2024, reaching 9,900 items. One of many principal drivers is the profitable all-new Elroq: Between October final 12 months and the top of March, the compact SUV obtained greater than 45,000 orders. The excessive demand is anticipated to rise additional with the introduction of the not too long ago unveiled range-topping Elroq RS. The mannequin has been notably effectively obtained in Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. Deliveries are already underway. With the arrival of the Elroq, Škoda Auto has doubled its electrical car gross sales ambitions for this 12 months.
New Enyaq: one among Europe’s most in-demand electrical autos continues its success story
The Enyaq ranked among the many prime three best-selling electrical autos in Europe final 12 months and continued its sturdy efficiency into the primary quarter of 2025. With 20,200 items delivered (+44.7% year-on-year), it stays some of the sought-after electrical fashions in key markets comparable to Germany, Czech Republic and Switzerland.
The brand new Enyaq household, unveiled in January, has additional boosted gross sales momentum with round 25,000 new orders positioned by the top of March. The primary deliveries to prospects are scheduled for the second quarter, beginning with Germany, the UK and Denmark.
Demand for Škoda autos with inside combustion engines additionally stays sturdy, supported by probably the most up-to-date and complete mannequin portfolio within the firm’s historical past. The Octavia stays the model’s best-selling mannequin, with 49,400 items delivered. As well as, the bigger Kodiaq SUV additionally attracted extra fleet prospects with 32,300 items delivered in complete (+32.2%). The Kamiq and the Fabia have been additionally met with excessive demand.
Advancing the internationalisation technique: new plant in Vietnam and coming into the Omani market
On the finish of March 2025, Škoda Auto and its native accomplice and investor, Thanh Cong Group, opened a brand new meeting plant in Vietnam for the Slavia and Kushaq fashions. This important milestone within the model’s internationalisation technique underlines Škoda Auto’s ambition to strengthen its presence past its dwelling European market. Škoda is leveraging synergies with close by India, from the place it imports fully knocked-down (CKD) kits for the meeting of the Kushaq SUV.
Furthermore, the automobile producer has entered the Omani market, marking one other step ahead in its strategic enlargement within the Center East.
Škoda Auto Group1) – Comparability of key figures, January to March 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | Change2) | ||
| Deliveries to prospects | vehicles | 238,600 | 220,500 | +8.2% |
| Manufacturing3) | vehicles | 283,800 | 278,500 | +1.9% |
| Gross sales4) | vehicles | 276,200 | 268,400 | +2.9% |
| Gross sales income | € million | 7,259 | 6,574 | +10.4% |
| Working revenue | € million | 546 | 535 | +32.1% |
| Return on gross sales | % | 7.5 | 8.1 | – |
| Investments | € million | 361 | 443 | -18.4% |
| Web money stream | € million | 527 | 457 | +15.3% |
1) Škoda Auto Group includes Škoda Auto a.s., Škoda Auto Slovensko s.r.o., Škoda Auto Deutschland GmbH and Škoda Auto Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd.
2) Share deviations are calculated from non-rounded figures.
3) Includes manufacturing within the Škoda Auto Group, excluding manufacturing at accomplice meeting crops in China and Slovakia, however together with different Group manufacturers comparable to Seat, VW and Audi; car manufacturing excluding half/full kits.
4) Includes Škoda Auto Group gross sales to distribution corporations, together with different Group manufacturers together with Seat, VW, Audi, Porsche and Lamborghini.
Worldwide deliveries within the first quarter of 2025 by chosen market area
| Gross sales area | 2025 | 2024 | Change | ||
| Western Europe | 136,300 | 127,700 | +6.7% | ||
| Germany (largest market) | 46,500 | 43,500 | +6.8% | ||
| Central Europe | 47,200 | 46,300 | +2.0% | ||
| Czech Republic | 22,000 | 20,300 | +8.6% | ||
| Jap Europe | 10,800 | 11,000 | −1.2% | ||
| China | 3,000 | 3,800 | −20.0% | ||
| India | 15,000 | 7,900 | +89.3% | ||
| Complete worldwide | 238,600 | 220,500 | +8.2% |
Škoda car deliveries to prospects within the first quarter of 2025
(in items, rounded, listed by mannequin; change in per cent in comparison with the identical interval in 2024):
| Mannequin | 2025 | Change |
| Škoda Octavia | 49,400 | −19.4% |
| Škoda Kodiaq | 32,300 | +32.2% |
| Škoda Kamiq | 30,700 | +7.6% |
| Škoda Fabia | 29,300 | +6.3% |
| Škoda Karoq | 24,400 | −11.6% |
| Škoda Enyaq | 20,200 | +44.7% |
| Škoda Excellent | 17,400 | +23.7% |
| Škoda Scala | 12,900 | −14.4% |
| Škoda Kylaq | 7,800 | − |
| Škoda Elroq | 6,800 | − |
| Škoda Kushaq | 3,900 | −8.3% |
| Škoda Slavia | 3,500 | −5.0% |
SOURCE: Škoda
