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Test Skoda Felicia from 1961 - open car for young people

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Created on July 1, 1961

Reading time 5min

Written by:

Hans-Günther Wolf

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Skoda Felicia (1961) - adrettes Cabrio auf der Höhe der Zeit

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Skoda Felicia (1962) - Werbeaufnahme

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Skoda Felicia (1962) - auch für vier Personen tauglich

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Skoda Felicia (1961) - Auto für junge Leute

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Skoda Felicia (1961) - Lust nach mehr Luft

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Skoda Felicia (1961) - Interieur und Armaturenbrett

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Skoda Felicia (1961) - Blick in den Motorraum

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Skoda Felicia (1961) - für einen Sportwagen ein grosser Kofferaum

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Skoda Felicia (1961) - 750 DM Aufpreis kostet das Hardtop, das das Cabrio zum Coupé macht

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Summary

At the beginning of the sixties, the Skoda Felicia offered the joys of a convertible, coupled with robustness and reliability. The magazine 'hobby' took the pretty convertible to task and came to the conclusion that there was hardly a similar alternative. This report reproduces the original wording of the test at the time, supplemented by pictures and advertising images from the period.

This article contains the following chapters

Brave, functional beauty
Sufficient space
Three-key system
Sporty and largely functional interior
Rapid performance
Unbreakable
Precise wheel guidance and good steering precision
Hard to find an alternative
Technical data

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Skoda is not as new an automobile company as younger generations in West Germany and Western Europe sometimes assume. Ms was founded by Emil Skoda in Pilsen in 1859. After participating in the construction of the Suez Canal and Niagara Falls and becoming the largest supplier of armaments to the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, it was transformed into a joint stock company in 1899 and at the same time began building motor vehicles for the Jungbunzlau company Laurin & Klement. So Skoda also has a long tradition as an automobile manufacturer! This is something you should know if you want to look at one of its latest products, the 'Felicia', which, like some of its predecessors, is once again a reasonably priced, 'grateful' automobile.

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