When all is said and done, a Skoda is nothing more than the lower cost alternative to a Volkswagen. The rare-as-hen’s-teeth Skoda Popular Sport Aerodynamic follows the recipe if you compare it to a 1934 Bugatti Type 57.
The thing is, a Skoda is still a Skoda at the end of the day, whichever way you look at it. This one, though, is the most expensive Skoda you can buy right now. According to the Dresden-based dealership that’s selling this thing, the Skoda you’re looking at costs €99,000. Is it too much or too little?
That’s $112,595 at current exchange rates. In other words, it’s a Skoda that’s priced similarly to a nicely appointed Mercedes-Benz S-Class. These being said, what makes the 1934 Skoda Popular Sport Aerodynamic special?
For starters, it is based on the regular Popular, the cheapest Skoda of the 1930s, yet the Czech automaker built only seven examples of the Sport Aerodynamic. Mind you, that’s what the dealership believes. Considering that Skoda never used the Aerodynamic nameplate in the Popular lineup, I think that this Popular is either a Special Sport or a Special Tudor. Combined, Skoda built 17 units of the Sport and Tudor.
I’m not so sure about the paint job or the red leather inside, but I can’t help but think that I’m looking at a rather elegant blast from the past. Under the hood, the Aerodynamic employs a 995 cc engine inline-four engine with a sidevalve design with 44 horsepower on tap according to the dealership.
The output is somewhat intriguing because the most powerful variant of the engine produces 27 horsepower in overhead valve configuration. As for the bigger 1,089 cc inline-four of the Popular 1100 and Popular 1101, that produces 32 horsepower. Whatever.
Somewhere out there, a Skoda collector has bought a plane ticket for Germany to see this car for himself and eventually buy it.
That’s $112,595 at current exchange rates. In other words, it’s a Skoda that’s priced similarly to a nicely appointed Mercedes-Benz S-Class. These being said, what makes the 1934 Skoda Popular Sport Aerodynamic special?
For starters, it is based on the regular Popular, the cheapest Skoda of the 1930s, yet the Czech automaker built only seven examples of the Sport Aerodynamic. Mind you, that’s what the dealership believes. Considering that Skoda never used the Aerodynamic nameplate in the Popular lineup, I think that this Popular is either a Special Sport or a Special Tudor. Combined, Skoda built 17 units of the Sport and Tudor.
I’m not so sure about the paint job or the red leather inside, but I can’t help but think that I’m looking at a rather elegant blast from the past. Under the hood, the Aerodynamic employs a 995 cc engine inline-four engine with a sidevalve design with 44 horsepower on tap according to the dealership.
The output is somewhat intriguing because the most powerful variant of the engine produces 27 horsepower in overhead valve configuration. As for the bigger 1,089 cc inline-four of the Popular 1100 and Popular 1101, that produces 32 horsepower. Whatever.
Somewhere out there, a Skoda collector has bought a plane ticket for Germany to see this car for himself and eventually buy it.