Škoda Auto does not build many cars like the Trekka: a 2-door SUV / 2-door pickup with 1.1 L I4, built from 1966 to 1972 in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Its designer of record is Josef Velebný & George Taylor.
The background
The Trekka was a light utility vehicle built on the basis of the Czech Škoda Octavia, manufactured in New Zealand between 1966 and 1972. It is the only vehicle designed and manufactured in New Zealand to have entered commercial production for an extended period.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 1.1 L I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is NNNN -. The gearbox is a 4-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2400 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Škoda Auto's history is not in doubt: it was built at Ōtāhuhu. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Dodge Charger, the Alfa Romeo Spider, the Lamborghini Miura. Its Škoda Auto stablemates include the HZS-1 and the ÚVMV 1100 GT.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Trekka — 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.