| Škoda Auto has started producing a brand new | | | | manufacturing plant. "I am very pleased that the first |
| engine in its Mladá Boleslav plant. The new unit is | | | | installation is going to be performed at Škoda Auto |
| going to be fitted to Škoda, Audi, Volkswagen and | | | | and that I have a chance to be involved in this project," |
| Seat vehicles. | | | | said Head of the Engine Manufacturing Plant Project |
| The all-new product is a 1.2-litre supercharged | | | | Joachim Rossmanit. |
| four-cylinder (77 kW) engine with direct fuel injection. | | | | The engine manufacturing plant in Mladá Boleslav |
| The identification of vehicles to be fitted with this | | | | produced 270,875 three-cylinder 1.2 HTP atmospheric |
| engine is going to include the abbreviation "TSI". One of | | | | engines and 538,069 MQ 200 transmissions in 2008. |
| the key targets in the product development process | | | | Besides fitting the new engine, the Mladá Boleslav |
| was to reduce CO2 emissions and fuel consumption. | | | | plant is going to cast the engine block and machine a |
| "This brand new TSI engine provides a unique | | | | number of key parts. |
| opportunity of combining environmental friendliness with | | | | "This new unit is going to be one of the most important |
| a well-balanced driving performance. With substantially | | | | engines for the Company, and we are indeed pleased |
| lower CO2 figures, this new engine needs to be seen | | | | that it is our plant that is going to manufacture it," says |
| as a contribution to a significant reduction of average | | | | Milan Stanek, Head of Engine Manufacturing at Škoda |
| emission volumes in our cars," said Škoda Auto BOD | | | | Auto. Škoda Auto's engine manufacturing department |
| Chairman Reinhard Jung. | | | | was recently also commissioned to produce new MQ |
| The new engine is going to take the environmental | | | | 100 transmissions. |
| friendliness across the VW Group brands to the next | | | | For further infomation on finding your local Skoda |
| level. Furthermore, this project is a reason for | | | | dealer and the range of Skoda cars such as the |
| increasing the total capacity of Škoda Auto's engine | | | | Octavia RS visit the official Skoda Australia website. |