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Skoda 1000MB at Josefuv dul Car Show, Liberecky kraj, Bohemia(CZ), 2015
Skoda built the 1000MB from 1964 to 1969 as their main sedan sold to Czechoslovak workers (orders had to be arranged through the Communist Party, as with most things). It usually came as a four-door, but from 1966 onward a two-door model was also available. Like the Fiat shown earlier, the original design specification demanded a car that weighed less than 700 kilograms (a very low weight) to achieve maximum fuel economy, but the 1000MB was much larger than most cars considered compact at the time. This goal was actually achieved, as a Skoda 1000MB can achieve about 33-38 mpg, which is generally comparable to the Volkswagen Beetle, for example, which is a considerably smaller car (but heavier than the 1000MB, at 800-840 kilograms).
The Skoda 1000MB was also rear/rear layout, an arrangement that was inspired more by the Chevy Corvair than the Volkswagen Beetle or the Fiat 500. You can see the resemblence to the Corvair in both the 1000MB, and even more so in the later Skoda 100 (built 1969-1977). However, unlike the Beetle and the Corvair, the 1000MB used an inline four-cylinder engine, rather than a flat four, initially in 1.0L displacement, but later offered in 1.1L displacement for the 1100MB model.
In spite of some Czechs and Poles saying that the MB stands for "little pains" for "1000 little pains" in Polish and Czech, these cars actually had such a long service life that when I arrived in the Czech Republic in 2005, they were still in general use. It's a similar story to the Lada 1200, which was introduced in the Soviet Union in 1970. The Lada 1200 (as with Ladas generally) has drawn negative reviews ever since it was new, in spite of remaining common on Eastern European streets up to the present day, 35 years after the end of Lada 1200/1300 production.
Today, Skoda 1000MB's are less common outside of preservation, but this is as much due to heavier taxation (on cars without modern emissions controls) than age.
The Skoda 1000MB was also rear/rear layout, an arrangement that was inspired more by the Chevy Corvair than the Volkswagen Beetle or the Fiat 500. You can see the resemblence to the Corvair in both the 1000MB, and even more so in the later Skoda 100 (built 1969-1977). However, unlike the Beetle and the Corvair, the 1000MB used an inline four-cylinder engine, rather than a flat four, initially in 1.0L displacement, but later offered in 1.1L displacement for the 1100MB model.
In spite of some Czechs and Poles saying that the MB stands for "little pains" for "1000 little pains" in Polish and Czech, these cars actually had such a long service life that when I arrived in the Czech Republic in 2005, they were still in general use. It's a similar story to the Lada 1200, which was introduced in the Soviet Union in 1970. The Lada 1200 (as with Ladas generally) has drawn negative reviews ever since it was new, in spite of remaining common on Eastern European streets up to the present day, 35 years after the end of Lada 1200/1300 production.
Today, Skoda 1000MB's are less common outside of preservation, but this is as much due to heavier taxation (on cars without modern emissions controls) than age.
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