Skoda to launch production of new Roomster model in early 2006

The Czech car maker Skoda will invest more than 100 million euros (129 million dollars) into its Kvasiny plant for the launch of its new Roomster model next year, the company's board chairman said on Thursday. The company, part of the Volkswagen group, intends to launch production of the vehicle early next year and the car will go on sale in the second half of 2006. The expanded facility will create another 2,000 jobs at the plant in Kvasiny, east Bohemia. It currently employs more than 1,200 people. The plant already manufactures Skoda's top-of-the-range Superb vehicle.