Testing Skoda cars 1982

Following on the 'Production of Skoda cars 1982' is this film about how the Skoda 105/120/Garde (Rapid) is developed, tested, and produced in 1982. Stress tests, durability tests, brake tests, crash tests, its all there. With that some very rare footage of the car that Jaroslav Kindl had designed, before the Favorit was designed and produced.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Skoda
• 105
• 120
• Garde
• Rapid
• testing
• crash
• producing
• factory

[discocreator76]

Truly awful cars, even worse than Lada.... I owned a Favorit and it was a disaster!

[classicczech]

@discocreator76 These aren't Favorits. They're completely different cars, totally uncomparible to the rearengined Skoda's in this vid. So... how can you judge?

BTW: Mine are running great, absolutely no problems.

[mickeymoose76]

@classicczech they aren't favorits (which were supposed to be better) so they must be even worse lol!

[classicczech]

@mickeymoose76 No. The first generation of Favorits were badly put together. The brown plastic interiortrim was shite. The only good thing was the engine block, which is used a lot in rearengined Skoda's these days. The old rearengined cars were a lot better (but more oldfashioned). The Favorit became a (lot) better car after 1993, when the interior-trim was improved enormously, and an injection-unit was installed on the engine. But the first Favorit isn't my favorit!

[bocaales]

Trošku se divím, že v česku byl těžký komunizmus a je to propagované anglicky.

[classicczech]

Not really a wonder. Skoda was sold very well in Europe. People buy cars anyway, and don't pay attention to the political climate it was sold under.

Ne tak docela zázrak. Škoda se prodávají velmi dobře v Evropě. Lidé kupovat auta stejně, a nevěnují pozornost na politické klima bylo prodáváno pod. (Já si to v překladu stroj, doufám, že to má smysl.)

[classicczech]

@tod4y What a stupid comment...

[elenamagiru]

103 years history....RESPECT!

[filipgy]

Geil, ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass sowas damals im Osten gab. Echt beeinduckend.

[tomaszkajor]

@discocreator76, Skodas had a rather good opinion. Don't judge the whole car make on the basis of one car. My friend owned an Opela Astra and it was also a disaster, although Opel make good cars. Of course, Skoda was not as good as Opel, but in a communist country they had less money to develop their cars and they had to produce'em very cheaply. Skodas had projects in 1970's which could rival with BMW as an example. unfortunately, No one in Czechoslovakia was interested in producing such cars

[JanicekTrnecka]

@classicczech Also the first (only few) Favorits were weak in torsion , so cracked window wasnt uncommon.

[psykotanks]

THIS WAS AWESOME!!! MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS! I LOVE THE OLDER SKODAS!

[TheQpa1908]

@gnusma2 raczej tak