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Elegance from Moravia - Wikov

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Created on May 14, 1980

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Vaclav Petrik

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Daniel Reinhard

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Bruno von Rotz

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Motor Journal, J. Matl, K. Kupka, P. Kalina

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Kurt Hasler / Peter Hürlimann

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Wikov

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Archiv

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Daniel Reinhard

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Bruno von Rotz

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Motor Journal, J. Matl, K. Kupka, P. Kalina

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Kurt Hasler / Peter Hürlimann

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Wikov

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Archiv

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Wikov Sport (1931) - Wikov nahm auch am Motorsport teil, konnte aber keine wirklich bemerkenswerte Erfolge machen.

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Wikov Typ 40 (1935) - Modefoto mit zwei hübschen Damen.

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Wikov 35 (1932) - František Wichterle am Steuer.

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Wikov 1,7 Liter (1927) - Als Sieger an einem Concours.

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Wikov 7/28 Roadster (1927) - Einer der wenigen noch existierenden Wikov-Wagen.

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Wikov 7/28 (1927) - Dieses Modell steht heute im technischen Museum Prag.

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Wikov 35 Kapka (1931) - Für sein Baujahr ein ordentlich futuristisches Aussehen.

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Wikov 40 (1935) - Ein typischer Typ 40 als zweitürige Limousine.

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Wikov 40 (1935) - Mit Spezialkarosserie ausgestattet.

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Wikov 40 (1935) - Schön verarbeitete Karosserie.

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Wikov (1932) - Adolf Szeyzycki am Steuer in Brünn.

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WIKOV (Wichterle & Kovarik Typ 40 (1934) - Oldtimer in Obwalden OiO 2011

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Wikov 40 Serie 8 898 (1934) am Michaelskreuzrennen 2011 (Startnummer 332)

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Wikov 40 (1934) - 5. Gedenkfahrt zum Michaelskreuzrennen 2017

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Wikov 40 (1934) - 5. Gedenkfahrt zum Michaelskreuzrennen 2017

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Ein Automobil der Marke Wikov - Jiri Kohlicek verfasste ein Buch über die verschwundene tschechische Automobilmarke

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Wikov Typ 40 (1936) - am Balatonfüred Concours d’Elegance 2016

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Summary

Wikov cars are rarely, if ever, seen on our roads these days. During its heyday, the company was known far and wide and was able to inspire customers with many different models. Its success in racing was somewhat lower, but customers were happy to overlook this due to its good attributes. This article tells the story of this interesting manufacturer and shows some of the cars in pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

A business trip with consequences
Unconventionally designed brakes
The universal Type 40
A baby that didn't want to walk
Wikov in motorsport
Back to the beginnings
Victims of the flames
Technical data of various Wikov models
Unit numbers and years of construction

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The company Wichterle und Kovarik was founded by Frantisek Wichterle in 1878. It soon became an important company in the then dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. In 1918, immediately after the end of the First World War, Wichterle merged with the machine factory Kovarik, founded in 1894, and the word WIKOV was created by merging the two names. The company enjoyed an excellent reputation as a manufacturer of agricultural machinery and equipment. And it was not long before the decision was made in Prostejov to also build automobiles. The impetus for this came from engineer Kovarik, who one day brought back an Ansaldo from a business trip to Italy and recommended that his employees take a close look at the small, efficient car. This is roughly how he envisioned a car that would bear the name Wikov.

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