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The Little Bastard, #2

July 8, 2025 murrellp@bigpond.com Barry Green

Drive: Les Corniches, France, 100km Car: Beck 550 Spyder Story: Barry Green Photos: Dawn Green  Those given to superstition should read no further. I’m driving a car that flauntingly pays homage to one in which

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Škoda renews, re-equips Scala for 2024

October 15, 2024 murrellp@bigpond.com New releases

ŠKODA’S SCALA COMPACT HATCHBACKS have been renewed, re-equipped and re-priced for 2024 with the Scala Select staring from a national $32,490 driveaway and the Scala Monte Carlo from a national $43,990 driveaway. Positioned between the

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Škoda makes another pitch with new Fabia Monte Carlo

July 22, 2022 murrellp@bigpond.com New releases

PERENNIAL “ALSO RAN” Škoda will be hoping to make a breakthrough with its reinvented Fabia hatchback. It arrives in local showrooms in August in the form of the Monte Carlo Edition 150, sharply priced at

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Škoda sharpens pencil with new Kamiq entry level

July 8, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com New releases

ŠKODA AUSTRALIA HAS INTRODUCED a new Ambition grade to its MY22 Kamiq line-up, offering the same 110kW turbocharged petrol powertrain available as the rest of the range, filling the void left by the unprecedented success

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Škoda launches “city-sized” Kamiq SUV

February 14, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com New releases

IT MIGHT SOUND like an oxymoron, but Škoda’s new SUV is described as “city-sized”. But since most SUVs never go anywhere near an off-road track, it might make more sense than first appears. Boasting a

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Škoda hits the high notes with Scala

January 29, 2021 murrellp@bigpond.com New releases

ŠKODA AUSTRALIA’S FIRST RELEASE for the year is a brand-new nameplate – the Scala compact hatchback. We seem to keep on saying this, but the struggling brand really does need a winner in its line-up Scala is

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Škoda Scala enters small hatch market

April 25, 2020 murrellp@bigpond.com New releases

IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK like 2020 is Škoda’s make-or-break year in Australia. As one company executive said to seniordriveraus in confidence last year, “it’s time for Škoda to piss or get off the pot”. Over

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