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According to the advertising agency that works for Lexus, the name never had any particular meaning. However it's still speculated the name is an amalgamation of the words "luxury" and "elegance", or that it stands for "Luxury Exports to the US".

Toyota Motor Corporation own Lexus - it's Toyota's luxury brand. Toyota Motor also make cars under the Hino, Ranz, Daihatsu and Toyota brands.

If there are any common problems and complaints about Skoda's reliability or faults, they'll likely show up on our Skoda problems page. You can also calculate a car's projected resale value via our price and specs page. 

While Skoda does translate from Czech to mean "Too bad!", Skoda Auto is actually named after a Czech engineer. Emil Skoda owned Skoda Works, a leading arms manufacturer for the Astro-Hungarian military. In the '20s Skoda Works acquired Laurin-Klement, the car, motorbike and bicycle manufacturer, to rebrand the company and operate as the car manufacturer we know today.

Skoda is owned by Volkswagen Group. The Skoda brand build cars out of the Czech Republic while Volkswagen also build Skoda cars out of Slovakia, India, Russia and China.

Skoda Auto is owned by Volkswagen Group. Other car companies that fall under the VW Group banner include Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT and, of course, Volkswagen.

The main Skoda factory remains in the Czech Republic in Mladá Boleslav. They also have plants in Kvasiny, Vrchlabi and Prague. Volkswagen owns the Skoda brand so outside of the Czech Republic, Skodas are made in Slovakia, India, Russia and China, predominantly in Volkswagen plants.

If there are any common problems and complaints about Jaguar's reliability or faults, they'll likely show up on our Jaguar problems page. You can also calculate a car's projected resale value via our price and specs page.

Without knowing what you mean by casual weekend drives, I will assume they’re not off-road, so either one would be a good choice.

You should have an auto electrician check the operation, it could simply be a connection in the wiring loom affecting both the windows and the seat.