Škoda 1202

Škoda 1202
Overview
Manufacturer AZNP
Production 1961–1973
60,141 produced
Body and chassis
Class Family car
Body style 4-door estate
3-door van
2-door pick-up
Layout FR layout
Powertrain
Engine 1.2 L I4
Chronology
Predecessor Škoda 1201
Successor none

The Škoda 1202 is a family car that was produced as a station wagon, light panel van and pick-up (utility) by Czechoslovak automaker AZNP at their subsidiary plant in Vrchlabí. The station wagon has an unusual "asymmetric" body with one door on the driver's side and two doors on the passenger side. There was no saloon (sedan) version.

Škoda introduced the 1202 in 1961 as a successor to the station wagon and pick-up versions of the Škoda 1201. It closely resembles the slightly smaller Octavia Combi.

The car is powered by a 1221 cc four-cylinder ohv water-cooled engine delivering 34.5 kW (47 PS), inherited from its predecessor, and which later also was used in the Škoda Octavia. The four-speed gear-box included synchromesh on the top three ratios, power being delivered to the rear wheels via a jointed prop shaft. A top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) was quoted.

Production volumes were never high, but Škoda continued to make the 1202 until 1973. The more modern Škoda 1000 MB and Škoda 100 models, produced at main plant in Mladá Boleslav, have a rear engine, which was not suitable for station wagon and van bodies.

References

    • Škoda Auto – company website
    • "Něco o dvanáctsetdvojce jako takové..." Home Vítejte na stránce věnované automobilům Škoda 1200 až 1202 (in Czech). 2009-02-18. – description and technical data
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