Start with what the Škoda 100 is: a 4-door saloon with 988 cc I4, built from 1969 to 1977, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. What it meant takes a little longer.
How it came about
The Škoda 100 and Škoda 110 were two variations of a rear-engined, rear-wheel drive compact car that was produced by Czechoslovak automaker AZNP (now Škoda Auto) in Mladá Boleslav from 1969 to 1977. They were the successors for the Škoda 1000 MB and Škoda 1100 MB. With a total of 1,079,798 units produced in their eight-year production run, the Škoda 100/110 series was the first Škoda car to exceed a million in production figures.
Engine sizes were 1.0 litre (Škoda 100) and 1.1 litre (Škoda 110) respectively. The derived Škoda 110 R coupé (1970–1980), was styled similarly to the Porsche of the time, but with a much lower price and performance. The sporty 120 S and the 130 RS were Sport/Rallye cars, produced in small numbers.
The hardware
The engine is 988 cc I4. Drive goes through a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine hangs behind the rear axle, a layout that gives ferocious traction out of a corner and a reputation to match on the way in. The wheelbase is 2400 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Škoda Auto line-up the Škoda 100 has a clear place: it replaced the Škoda 1000 MB; it handed the line to the Škoda 105/120; the factory was Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Range Rover Range Rover, the American Motors Corporation AMC Gremlin, the Peugeot 504. Its Škoda Auto stablemates include the HZS-1 and the Trekka.
Owning one today
There is no federal ownership record for the Škoda 100 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.