The Skoda Favorit broke new floor when it debuted again in 1987, bringing trendy Western Europe design to these dwelling within the communist east, and now it’s again as an EV idea.
The Skoda Favorit idea was designed by Ljudmil Slavov, an inside designer on the Czech automaker, and David Stingl, a 3D modeller at Skoda. Mr Slavov says he used 120 hours of his personal time to reimagine the Favorit as a contemporary EV.
He describes the idea as extra of a “crossover than a pure hatchback” with a “greater physique construction [that] permits for higher battery placement within the ground”.
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The doorways, bonnet strakes, and general silhouette clearly recall the unique five-door hatch, however there are trendy touches, just like the shared door deal with scoop that may open both the entrance or rear doorways.
Though the Favorit idea’s physique surfacing is patterned on Skoda’s new Fashionable Strong design language, the idea doesn’t undertake all the weather from the styling ebook. For instance, the idea’s entrance finish eschews the company “tech-deck face” for a brand new tackle the unique’s headlights.
Thoughts you, with its offset brand, lacking grille, and angled bumper planes, the nostril additionally appears closely impressed by “droop snoot” Vauxhall Firenza HP from the mid-Seventies.
It’s unclear, although, if the Favorit idea might be put into manufacturing. On the finish of 2023 Skoda previewed a small EV hatch it had deliberate for the tip of 2025, and that automobile seems to be extra like an Elroq than a Favorit.
The unique Favorit was the final household of automobiles designed by Skoda when it was nonetheless absolutely owned by the communist authorities of Czechoslovakia.
Launched in 1987 it was one of the vital up-to-date automobiles ever bought behind the Iron Curtain. Penned by famed Italian automobile designer Nuccio Bertone, the Favorit had a contemporary front-wheel drive structure and a hatchback physique, not like its predecessor which was a rear-engine, rear-wheel drive sedan that traced its roots again to the Sixties.
It was powered by a 46kW 1.3-litre four-cylinder engine mated to solely to a five-speed handbook transmission. In comparison with modern Ladas, FSMs, and Trabants of the time, the Favorit might’ve been a spaceship.
Manufacturing of the Favorit ceased in 1994 when it was changed by the Felicia. Though it was principally a closely up to date Favorit, the Felicia benefited from Volkswagen engines because the German agency had taken a minor stake within the firm. In 2000 Volkswagen made Skoda a completely owned subsidiary.
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