koda Auto (Czech pronunciation: ['?

koda] ( listen)), more commonly known as koda,

is a Czech automobile manufacturer founded in 1895 as Laurin & Klement. It is he
adquartered in Mlad Boleslav, Bohemia, Czech Republic.
The car manufacturer was acquired by koda Works in 1925.[3] The company became a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in 2000,[4] specifically to fill
the role as the group s entry brand, but the Czech brand moves progressively more
upmarket, when most models overlap with their Volkswagen counterparts on price
and features, while eclipsing them on space.[5] Its total global sales reached 1
.04 million cars in 2014 and had risen annually by 12.7 percent.[1]