Start with what the Škoda Felicia is: a 5-door hatchback / 5-door estate / 2-door coupé utility (pick up) / 2-door panel van with 1.3 , built from 1994 to 1996, when airbags, anti-lock brakes and Japanese build quality became the world standard. What it meant takes a little longer.
The story
The Škoda Felicia (Typ 781 and 791) is a supermini car (B-segment) produced by the Czech carmaker Škoda Auto from 1994 to 2001. It was the last model on Škoda's own platform, but was one of the first models to benefit from Škoda Auto's takeover by the German company Volkswagen Group. The Felicia was a heavily reworked version of the Favorit, retaining its core structure but with new outer panelwork to give it a fresh, more modern appearance, with a redesigned front end and a wider range of VW-sourced engines.
It was premiered in October 1994, on the Charles Bridge in Prague. Serial production of the hatchback began in October 1994, the Combi in June 1995, and the pick up in August 1995. Production ended in June 2001. The name Felicia was not used for the first time, resurrecting a nameplate originally used by Škoda in the 1960s for a range of two seater sports cars.
What is underneath
The engine is 1.3 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 920 -. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2450 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Škoda Auto line-up the Škoda Felicia has a clear place: it replaced the Škoda Favorit/Forman; it handed the line to the Škoda Fabia / Škoda Roomster/Praktik (for utility variants); the factory was Vrchlabí, Czech Republic. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Toyota RAV4, the Audi A6, the Audi A4. Nearby in the Škoda Auto catalogue sit the HZS-1 and the Trekka.