85 Years Ago The First Car Appeared On The Streets With The Skoda Logo

Luxury Limousine Skoda-Hispano Suiza is the first car that ever carried the arrow winged logo. The first copy was delivered in May 10, 1926 Czechoslovak President Masaryk state.

In just 85 years ago, left the band representing the first car Skoda arrow winged logo. Luxury Limousine Skoda-Hispano Suiza is the first car that ever carried the unmistakable logo of the Czech manufacturer. The first copy was delivered on May 10, 1926 Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk state. By the year 1929 were produced in total about 100 copies of the luxury sedan.

Since 1924, ie before the merger with Laurin & Klement automobile plant, the Group acquired the license for the Pilsen Industrial production luxury sedans, the company initially Spanish, Hispano-Suiza. This explains the name of the machine name added. In spring 1925, car production was started and completed in 1926 was the first copy. The design bears the signature Brožík body builders, and later Jech and Laurin & Klement, which at the time were the market leaders.

Production was still very far from the current series production. Each CP 25/100 Skoda-Hispano Suiza was individual product basis, on request. Thus, each copy is unique. Depending on the equipment, each machine weighing up to 2,700 pounds. The maximum speed reached 140 km / h.

Among the customers and owners included the Prime Minister Antonín Švehla and leading industrialists and nobility in Czechoslovakia and abroad. Škoda-level price corresponded to equip luxury Hispano Suiza. The starting price beginning at 190,000 crowns and was a multiple of the price of other machines on the market. Depending on the equipment, the price increased to a quarter of a million crowns. For the first copy, even the president has paid 280,000 crowns. As a comparison: Skoda 422 small cost 38,000 crowns, and large sedan Skoda 860 was about 120,000 kronor price. Here is the text accompanying the car: "Skoda-Hispano Suiza is a luxury car a brilliant engineer and has made its mark to the smallest detail and has been produced with utmost care and highest quality materials .

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