Å koda 1200

Škoda 1200 (1955)

The Škoda 1200 is a mid-sized car of Škoda, the first production vehicle in the Czechoslovak brand owned since 1952 an all-steel body in shape of a pontoon.

The vehicles had a water-cooled OHV four-cylinder in-line engine with 1221 cc and a power output of 36 hp ( 26.5 kW) at a speed of 4000 rpm, equipped with a carburetor of the type " Solex 26 UAHD " or " Jikov 26 UAHD was " equipped. The 3rd and 4th gear of the flanged to the engine gearbox were synchronized. About a propeller engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels. The 1050 to 1220 kg car reached a top speed 90-105 km / h

The vehicle was produced as a four-door sedan, five-door station wagon and as three-door van. Together with his successor 67 070 copies were in the works Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny and Vrchlabí produced, of which 26,956 in saloon vehicles ( Sedan).

In 1954 there were some technical improvements in mass production due to the experience gained in motorsport. The production of this vehicle ran out in 1956. Two years earlier, the successor to Škoda appeared 1201.