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PCH, 500 Bucks Worth Of Rust Edition: Skoda Felicia or Burma Jeep?

We were shocked, shocked to learn that the Peugeot 404 Baja racer annihilated the Oval Window Baja Bug in last Friday's Choose Your Eternity poll. It's a new week, however, and we've got new challenges ahead. Let's head on up to Seattle, where the constant rain creates sort of a year-round meat-market singles bar for lonely iron atoms looking to hook up with promiscuous oxygen atoms... and nobody goes home alone! When you've got a vehicle that's been sitting outside in coastal Washington for decade after decade, you figure you ought to be able to get it for a very reasonable price- and you figured right! Zeet has earned a PCH Tipster T-shirt by finding us a couple of tantalizingly cool machines sitting in the sodden Pacific Northwest weeds, so let's drive right in to a colder, damper Project Car Hell!
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5:20 PM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,816 views, 36 comments

Latest by NatefromOgden: Do you know what you call a Skoda convertible? In England it would be a "skip." Here we would call it a dumpster. more »

industry news

2009 Skoda Superb Supremely Safe, Achieves Five Stars In Euro-NCAP Tests

When we first saw the 2009 Skoda Superb we got weak in the knees. We asked the doctor to Czech us out and his Prague-nosis was that this Passat platform mate, with its twindoor system, was just too sexy. We know, it's a liftback sedan like all the others. But is it? Euro-NCAP, sort of the IIHS of Europe, tested the Superb and gave it five stars or 35 points for the protection of adults and 40 points for the protection of children. The big difference? Knee airbags. Brilliant. Press release below the jump.

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9:40 AM on Wed May 28 2008
By Matt Hardigree
779 views, 27 comments

Latest by mxrz: UK Skoda jokes? The joke's on you fool: [www.carpages.co.uk] [thecarfanatic.com] [www.topgear.com] Clearly, UK loves their Skodas. more »

spy photos

Skoda Superb Estate In The Works? Is Someone Reading Our Diary?

If you know us, you know we love the 2009 Skoda Superb. For serious. It's the best looking thing they build on the the Passat platform. And now our friends at World Car Fans have some spy photos of what looks to be a Superb Estate and a rendering of what they expect it to look like. We're all in support of taking our favorite Czech VW and giving it an extra pillar but... what about the Twindoor? Whatever, give us a Superb Estate and we'll fill it with good Czech beer, leggy Charles University philo students and Vaclav Havel. Just because.

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Spy Photos

4:45 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,574 views, 11 comments

Latest by muhnkee_2: no sense just plundering VW brazil, they are also producing some cool stuff in volkswagen South Africa... how about a brand new Mk1 Golf, currently known as a citi golf - classic mk1 shape, brand new donor dash, absolutely no safety more »

geneva motor show

Skoda Superb GreenLine's Only Emission Is The Sex And CO2

For those who haven't noticed, we're a little dragon for the 2009 Skoda Superb (i.e. the Czech Passat) and it's clever TwinDoor system. And a version that gets better mileage and is better for the environment, why not? This version of the Superb gets a 1.9-Liter inline-four turbodiesel good for about 105 horsepower and the US equivalent of 46.1MPG.

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10:20 AM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,406 views, 12 comments

geneva motor show

It's A Hatch, It's A Trunk, It's The Skoda Twindoor System

The 2009 Skoda Superb was already our favorite version of the VW Passat when the company released images of it earlier this year. Since then we've been waiting for pictures of the new Twindoor system, which promised the styling of a sedan with the usability of a hatchback. We were dubious until we saw the pictures. The Twindoor tailgate splits below the window, allowing normal trunk action or full-on hatchback accessibility.

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2:00 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,002 views, 46 comments

Latest by apexpredator: This thing ROCKS!! I sell VW and I would LOVE to sell this thing as the new Dasher! Especially since the new CC Passat Concept is going to kill any sales that the normal passat would normally garner. This thing has more »

custom cars

The Finest Skoda Limo Czechoslovak Korunas Can Buy

Forget Mutec and their Rolls-Royce Phantom, this Czech build Skoda 110 limousine may be the finest piece of old (oooold) world craftsmanship ever conceived. Completely decked out with all the modern amenities, including spray paint tinted windows, luxury bucket seats, ceiling mounted tube television, indoor/outdoor carpeting, a convenient smoking bar, a sunroof and all the cross bracing you'll ever need.

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1:15 PM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,154 views, 34 comments

geneva motor show

2009 Skoda Superb To Be Outfitted With VW Media System

It only took Skoda, the Czech VW subsidiary, decades to emerge from the automotive Dark Ages and finally throw a tech bone or two into its sedans and the like. The latest news coming out of the land where they invented pilsner is that the Skoda Superb, which is primed and ready for an unveiling at the Geneva Auto Show, will also be outfitted with VW's hard-drive based navigation system, the RNS 510.
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1:45 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Travis Hudson
1,406 views, 13 comments

Latest by UDMan: @dearthair: You don't have to be in LA to get your electronics stolen. My cheap Garmin Navigation System was taken right out of my car last night, IN MY DRIVEWAY! Of course, I forgot to lock the car, so it more »

geneva auto show

The Skoda Superb Is More Than Adequate

The folks at Skoda, the Czech VW subsidiary, have always had a stellar time reworking and elongating the Passat platform to make an upper-mid-level platform for that Czech executive on the go. Now we've got photos of the next generation Skoda Superb and, hey, it's better than ordinary. In fact, propelled by VW's 1.8 TSI it's downright pretty good. It'll officially bow at the Geneva Auto Show, an event we hear is good even relative to things otherwise considered good. Press release below the jump.

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4:00 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,724 views, 20 comments

Latest by FЯeeMan: Cool, the headlamps can "look-round-corners"! So long as they can speak and tell me there's a very large truck coming, too, then this is an excellent feature. At least it doesn't have the VAG gaping-maw grille. That one's still more »

german christmas

Match Made in Heaven: Skoda Delivery Fun

You didn't think we could actually make it through any trip without bringing you local Camino action did you? Here's a bitchin' Skoda Felicia Fun doing its duty as a pizza delivery truck/car in Schesslitz. Way more dignified than the last Fun we brought you. Could there be a better match? Pizza delivery, Camino-ness, fuel economy, plenty of room for cases of bier in the back... it's perfect! There's something so right about that missing hubcap too. Ristorante bei Peppo Skoda-camino driver, today's real Bavarian hero.

12:45 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By bwojdyla
501 views, 9 comments

Latest by biminitwst: @ccc40821: See, I TOLD you thats why they put the handle on the rear! more »

geneva motor show

Skoda Unveils 2009 Superb

Wow, we continue to be boggled by Skoda's meteoric move up market. The company released these teaser shots today of the 2009 Superb sedan. No details, except that it'll feature a "generously sized interior" and "a number of smart solutions." The rest will be unveiled at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show in March. Is it just us, or is their a hint of Renault Vel Satis as you look along the Superb's flanks?

11:45 AM on Tue Dec 11 2007
By Wes Siler
1,992 views, 15 comments

Latest by wheels OF satan!: skoda is available here in australia... do you need some more pics? i can do ... more »

engine swap

Engine Swap of the Day: Tatra and Audi V8s In Škoda Felicia

I've been making inquiries of our Czech friend BobAsh about the possibility of obtaining a Tatra V8 and transaxle from his homeland, thinking it might be fun to do a Tatra-engined VW Squareback as my personal Hell Project. He suggested I check out what some Czech madman did with a late-50s Škoda Felicia: first, a DOHC Tatra 613 V8 in the rear (and this was originally a front-engined car)... but that just wasn't insane enough. Now it's packing an Audi 4.2 with what appears to be eight Mikuni carbs. The article is in Czech, but you get the idea. [FeliciaCentrum.cz]

12:45 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Murilee Martin
999 views, 18 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: A whole new meaning to Junk in the Trunk. more »

down on the street bonus edition

Down On The Czech Street: Skoda Spartak!

Once again, our Czech tipster BobAsh has come through with the Skoda goods for us, this time in the form of a bunch of shots of a Skoda 440 (also known as the Spartak) from the mid-to-late 50s. Since BobAsh was kind enough to write a lot of description, thus sparing my lazy ass from having to, you know, do work, we'll hear the rest in his own words: More »

2:15 PM on Fri Oct 12 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,440 views, 16 comments

choose your eternity

Project Car Hell, Czech Edition: Tatra or Skoda?

We've received some great tips for Project Car Hell, but tipster Bobash takes it to a whole new level with these finds. After watching the excellent Czech-hoonage Tatra promotional film, Happy Journeys, he found both a Tatra 603 and a cop-style Skoda 1201. Not only that, he did the translation, provided all the historical background, and even saved our lazy asses a bunch of work by providing a bunch of writing in Jalopnik-approved PCH style. Thanks, Bobash- you're first in line for one of the groo-oovy PCH tipster prizes we keep promising to provide! So hop on the first flight to Prague, ye of eternal vehicular torment, and get ready to wake up as a giant cockroach with a wrench in each of your six hands, because we're entering Kafka territory with these cars.
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5:00 PM on Thu Sep 27 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,768 views, 59 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: The Skoda's likely more rust than car, and it has Jack and bugger-all for parts left for it on this side of the Atlantic. And Jack's just left town. We have a clear winner here, gentlemen. more »

czech out my fine ride, ja?

When A Maa-aan Loves A Skodaaaaaa!

Normally, when some car geek puts together a website about his beloved project car, the photos don't really do justice to the cars. Hey, it's hard to take good car photos (which is why we should all appreciate Señor Bumbeck's mad camera skilz), so it's nice when we spot a project-car site put together by someone who does a good job photographing his pride and joy. In this case, it's a crazy Dutchman and his 1960 Škoda Felicia.[flnet.nl]

4:45 PM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By Murilee Martin
811 views, 14 comments

Latest by Turboner: @Paul Y: You do look a little like a Matador in that reflection, minus the red cape. more »

czech yo'self before you wreck yo'self

Skoda Releases First Fabia Wagon Teaser

The Czechs manning the chuck wagon over at Skoda have ladled up the first teaser image of the new Skoda Fabia Estate. The hatchback dropped earlier this year at Geneva, but we'll have to wait until we're cooling our heels on the banks of the Main to catch the wagon. Oh heartless burg of Frankfurt, you taunt us so. [World Car Fans]

10:15 PM on Tue Jul 17 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
816 views, 2 comments

romanian scourge

Skoda Shamed by Dacia



Poor, poor Octavia driver. The sap got his knedlíky handed to him by some savvy schnook in a broke-dick Dacia on the streets of Bucharest. A freaming Dacia! Somewhere in Deutschland, Ferdinand Piëch is gnashing his wooden teeth.

10:30 PM on Thu Jul 12 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
431 views, 3 comments

pour some more 5w-30 on my pancakes

Have Your Skoda And Eat It Too!

So apparently everyone in Europe has seen this ad, like, 20 bjillion times by now, and now it's our turn to jump on the Skoda Cake bandwagon. Those crazy Czechs (actually, their ad-agency minions) went and made a Skoda Fabia out of cake and candy, complete with cake interior and engine, not to mention Jell-O taillights. But that's not the best part... More »

11:00 AM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By Murilee Martin
8,628 views, 13 comments

skodas around the globe

Octavia Goes to China

A few of the most tedious men in the auto industry are dropping the science behind the launch of the Skoda Octavia in the world's second largest auto industry. According to the Shanghai Volkswagen heads, the Chinese Octavia is more advanced than the European model. Plus, it's apparently available with the "Turbochanger Superchanger Injection" motor. Which — as far as we can make out is a breakdancing transformable robot that leaps out of the engine bay and pulls you to safety when the going gets seemingly impassable. Skoda for life! Skoda for victory! – Davey G. Johnson More »

12:30 PM on Wed Jun 20 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
1,209 views, 5 comments

Latest by EuropaBambaataa: Wait a minute! The chinese are getting the 1.4 TSI on the Skoda before we do? That's not fair. I want to drive a 170hp Skoda Fabia and I want it now! more »

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