Skoda Makes Cars in Kazakhstan
According to Interfax News Agency via Ferghana.ru:
SKODA COMES TO KAZAKSTANSkoda, by the way, is a Czech automaker.The factory that assembles Nivas in Kazakhstan intends to market over 500 Skodas this year and almost 5,000 in 2006. Skoda Superbs will account for 20% of the output, Skoda Octavias for the remaining 80%.
"Ferghana" in Ferghana.ru refers to the Ferghana Valley, a land with ancient history where Greeks, China, Islam, Russia and steppe nomads clashed -- a fascinating, if now neglected (in the West), corner of the world.