Agree with the last two posts. VW did a lot for Skoda, but even before that there was quite a history of excellent engineering, despite the occupation.
As somone who owned the Fabia vRS Mk1 SE, I would have liked another newer version, but the Mk2 was nothing special - just another 'hot hatch'. And the MK3 Fabia doesn't even have a vRS version. I know plenty of people have left Skoda because that car doesn't exist.
They never did anything to showcase their S2000 car - apart from a 'Monte-Carlo' Fabia, which was a 1.2 petrol, I think...... They should have made something different; like a Fabia (Petrol/ Diesel. Manual/ Auto) with 200+BHP & 4WD, but you get the feeling that's not what the bean counters at VW really wanted for the brand.