Škoda Auto lifts deliveries 6.1% and operating profit 7.4% in first nine months of 2026

Škoda Auto delivered 812,400 vehicles to customers worldwide in the first nine months of 2026, 6.1% more than a year earlier, and kept its position as Europe's second-best-selling car brand according to official ACEA figures. Sales revenue rose 3.5% to €23,132 million and operating profit climbed 7.4% to €1,923 million, lifting the return on sales to 8.3% from 8.0%. Production within the Škoda Auto Group, which includes other Group brands, grew 2.3% to 856,400 vehicles, and sales to distribution companies rose 3.4% to 899,100 cars. Investments fell 11.0% to €1,161 million and net cash flow declined 7.9% to €1,782 million.

Outside those markets, Türkiye followed India as the next-largest non-European market with 32,600 deliveries, up 1.2%. By region, Western Europe accounted for 483,200 vehicles (+9.0%), Central Europe 160,200 (+6.6%) and Eastern Europe 42,300 (+7.7%), while other markets were almost flat at 72,900 (+0.1%) and China fell to 700 from 10,800 a year earlier. The strongest percentage growth came in Egypt (+48.8%), Hungary (+19.4%) and Belgium (+17.1%), and deliveries also rose in North Africa, with Egypt at 5,000 vehicles and Morocco at 4,700 (+4.5%).

Electrified vehicles grew faster than the rest of the business: Škoda delivered 203,100 fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars worldwide, up 34.7%, and battery-electric deliveries rose 41.3% to 167,400 units. In Europe (EU27+4), 29.8% of Škoda cars delivered came with a plug, the brand ranks fifth among BEV brands there, and the Elroq and Enyaq are the third and fourth best-selling BEV models in Europe. The Elroq is the best-selling electric car in Denmark, Germany and Slovakia, second in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Switzerland and third in Poland and Austria, while the Enyaq leads the electric market in the Czech Republic and ranks in the top three in Austria, Denmark, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Škoda doubled its electric portfolio this year with the Epiq, produced in Spain, and the Peaq SUV, built at the main plant in Mladá Boleslav, drawing more than 82,000 orders for the two by mid-October and taking the range to a record 14 model series.

The Octavia remains Škoda's best-selling model overall with 138,000 deliveries, down 2.9%, followed by the Kodiaq on 107,800 (+11.9%), the Kamiq on 92,200 (−3.3%), the Elroq on 92,200 (+52.7%), the Fabia on 88,100 (−2.1%) and the Karoq on 75,000 (−4.2%). The Enyaq attracted 72,700 customers (+25.0%), ahead of the Superb on 50,500 (−7.3%) and the Scala on 39,000 (−3.5%). The Kylaq reached 33,200 deliveries (+10.2%), the Kushaq 11,400 (+16.3%) and the Slavia 9,700 (−4.5%). The new Epiq recorded 1,900 deliveries and the Peaq 700.