The ŠKoda 120 Celebrates 50 Years Since Its Premiere, It Was Already Outdated
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Cars with a rear engine and rear-axle drive were long past their zenith in the world during the 1970s, but the Czechoslovak industry came up with a novelty that still used this concept. The Škoda 105/120 model series, introduced on September 15, 1976, was created as a temporary solution, but it lasted in production for almost 14 years.
Cars with a rear engine and rear-wheel drive were long past their zenith in the world in the mid-1970s, but at that time the Czechoslovak industry came up with a new product that still used this concept. The Škoda 105/120 model line, introduced on September 15, 1976, was created as a temporary solution...
Škoda Auto is celebrating several anniversaries this year: the Octavia is 30 years old, the Superb is 25 years old, but above all the 105 and 120 are commemorating 50 years since their world premiere. This took place exactly half a century ago today, on September 15, 1976, at the Brno Engineering Fair. And even though most of the more than two million units produced are enjoying a well-deserved retirement, you can still see the essentially brand…
The Skoda 105/120 series are a prime example of the theory of autorelativity. The more ordinary they were in the eighties and the more despised they were in the nineties, the more positive emotions they arouse today when they appear polished at some of the veteran events. Let's remember them on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their presentation at the Brno Fair in 1976.
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