Czech Republc, June 11: Skoda said at the Greek round of the World Rally Championship that its new Fabia World Rally Car will make an early debut in the Rally Deutscheland beginning on July 24. The Skoda Fabia has been tested intensively during 2003 and the team say they have been so encouraged by the pace of the car that it will join the championship in its eighth round, the German Rally. The two cars will be driven by the current pairings of Didier Auriol/Denis Giraudet and Toni Gardemeister/Paavo Lukander. Auriol came ninth in the Acropolis Rally last week in Greece, and Gardemeister lies 10th overall. Skoda lies fifth out of six in the manufacturers' championship. The next round is the Cyprus Rally which begins on the 19th of June.


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