Skoda is readying itself for a glut of new models over the next three years.

First up is the jacked-up, plastic-clad Octavia Scout, coming in March as a kind of budget Audi A6 Allroad version of the Octavia estate, closely followed by the important all-new Fabia in the spring, the car that replaces the current top-50 fleet seller.

The following year, the Czech brand will replace the Superb saloon with what an insider called a “very different new look and a car packed with technical excellence”.

And in 2009, the company will add a fifth model derivative with a production version of the supermini-4×4 Yeti concept revealed earlier this year.