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A stronger 1289 cc engine fitted with a five-speed manual gearbox was mounted on the Škoda Rapid 130, producing 58 PS (43 kW; 57 hp) at 5000 rpm and 72 lb⋅ft (98 N⋅m) at 2850 rpm. Top speed was 95 mph (152.9 km/h) and the car could accelerate from standstill to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 16.5 seconds.
1978 Škoda 120 GLS. In the early 1970s, Škoda had originally intended to produce their successor to the S100/110 as a front-engined front-wheel drive model. However, because of the lack of funding (Škoda had even applied for license in Moscow to produce their new car with a front-engine and front-wheel drive), Škoda was refused a licence and was forced to update the earlier S100/110 saloon ...
By 2005, Škoda was selling over 30,000 cars a year in the UK, a market share over 1%. For the first time in its UK history, a waiting list developed for deliveries from Škoda. UK owners have consistently ranked the brand at or near the top of customer-satisfaction surveys since the late 1990s.
Škoda Garde/Rapid, two-door coupé based on the Škoda 120/130/135, made between 1981 and 1990 Škoda Rapid (India) , Indian built version based on the 2010 Volkswagen Vento Škoda Rapid (2012) , international market five door hatchback, five door liftback, and 4 door sedan.
Škoda 130 RS: 1977–1982: 65 Cultural references. In the 1988 film The Unbearable Lightness of Being, protagonist Tomas drives an S 100.
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Introduced in 2003, the Fabia RS (vRS in the UK), while not the first diesel hot hatch, was the first exclusively diesel hot hatch, having no petrol equivalent. The engine is Volkswagen Group's 1.9-litre Pumpe-Düse Turbocharged Direct Injection diesel engine , producing 96 kW (130 PS ) and 310 N⋅m (229 lb⋅ft) at 1900 rpm, with a six-speed ...