The Škoda 1000 MB is a 4-door saloon (MB) / 2-door coupé (MBX) from Škoda Auto, built from 1964 to 1969, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Under the bonnet: 1.0 L I4 - 1000 MB.
Where it came from
The Škoda 1000 MB and Škoda 1100 MB are two rear-engined, rear-wheel drive small family cars produced by Czechoslovak manufacturer AZNP (Škoda Auto) in Mladá Boleslav between 1964 and 1969. The 2-door coupé versions of the 1000 MB and 1100 MB were called 1000 MBX and 1100 MBX.
Under the skin
Power comes from 1.0 L I4 - 1000 MB; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It shifts 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. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Škoda Octavia / Škoda Felicia; its successor was the Škoda 100 / Škoda 110R Coupé; assembly was at Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Porsche 911, the Plymouth Barracuda, the Aston Martin DB5 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Škoda Auto catalogue sit the HZS-1 and the Trekka.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Škoda 1000 MB has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.