Skoda Success in Wheels Magazine's 'Gold Star Cars' Awards

BOTANY, AUSTRALIA – October 29, 2009: Wheels Magazine has awarded its 2009 ‘Gold Star Cars’ and Škoda has taken out the award in two categories with the Octavia and Superb.

The Octavia 1.8 TSI convinced the judges in the medium car segment between $31 – 46K, while the Superb 2.0 TDI Elegance lead in the large car segment between $46 – 61K ahead of two locally manufactured players.

In addition to these two category wins, the Superb 1.8 TSI Ambition came second in the large car segment from $36 – 46K, while the Roomster 1.9 TDI came third in the small/medium car segment between $26 – 31K.

Matthew Wiesner, Head of Škoda, comments: “This year’s results in Wheels Magazine’s ‘Gold Star Cars’ Awards represents a convincing achievement for the Škoda brand. The broad representation of Škoda models showcases the quality of our range. For a relatively new brand within this market, two first places, a second and a third show, that Škoda is on the way to becoming a serious contender in the Australian market.”

Wheels Magazine’s ‘Gold Star Cars’ took 145 vehicles in 18 different categories into consideration. The complete results are available in the November issue of Wheels Magazine