Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Just how did Škoda produce something so modern despite no money, and how much did it contribute to their bright future?

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Sources:
Škoda: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Auto
Škoda Motorsport: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Motorsport
Škoda Favorit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Favorit
Škoda Favorit: cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Favorit
Favorit development: https://news.europawire.eu/the-Škoda-favorit-hatchback-was-introduced-30-years-ago-on-16-september-1987-645321456879
Favorit history: web.archive.org/web/20110719062759/http://minosurkala.webpark.cz/Škoda/favorit.htm
Bertone: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruppo_Bertone
Favorit development: svetmotoru.auto.cz/clanek/technika/4486/rozhovor-s-vyvojarem-petrem-hrdlickou-posledni-tvurce-automobilu.html
Favorit history: zpravy.aktualne.cz/ekonomika/auto/nejdulezitejsi-auto-ceske-historie-kvuli-favoritu-koupil-vw
Favorit saloon: auto.cz/test-Škoda-favorit-sedan-test-prototypu-z-roku-1986-vznikly-jen-dva-exemplare-77390
Škoda Eltra: cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Eltra
Metalex: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTX_(automobile)
Favorit history: https://auta5p.eu/clanky/Škoda_favorit/Škoda-favorit.php
Velvet Revolution: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution
Favorit: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Favorit
2025 concept: https://Škodamedia.com/releases/1585
2024 Škoda sales: https://www.Škoda.co.uk/news/details/Škoda-auto-produces-over-nine-hundred-twenty-five-thousand-vehicles-globally-in-twenty-twenty-four