Škoda wanted a front-drive successor in the 1970s but Moscow refused the licence, so this rear-engined design ran until 1990.
Lead trim: 105 S / L 1.05 (46 PS) · up to 61 hp
Škoda 105 / 120 / 130742 · 1976–1990
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FactŠkoda wanted a front-drive successor in the 1970s but Moscow refused the licence, so this rear-engined design ran until 1990.
A family of rear-engined, rear-wheel-drive small family cars built by AZNP in Mladá Boleslav from August 1976 to 1990: the 105 and 120 (Type 742), the 125 late in the run, the 130 of 1984, and the final 135/136 (Type 746) of April 1987 with the Favorit's 1289 cc engine. A total of 2,013,745 saloons were built. Škoda had wanted a front-engined front-drive successor to the S100/110 but was refused a licence in Moscow and lacked funds, so it updated the old car under the skin, with a front-mounted radiator and thermostatic fan, a dashboard heater, a fuel tank under the rear seat and a side-hinged front bootlid that opens like a concert piano lid. Suspension is independent at the front with a swing-axle rear (a semi-trailing-arm rear from the Garde coupé of November 1981, used on the 130). In the UK it was sold as the Estelle (Super Estelle 1978–1984, Estelle Two from 1984), with 120,105 sold from May 1977 to March 1990, and in France as the 1050 because Peugeot had trademarked "105". The September 1983 facelift brought rectangular headlamps, rubber bumpers and rack-and-pinion steering; Autocar and Motor said the 136 Rapid "handles like a Porsche 911". It was the last mass-produced rear-engined small family car in Europe; the Favorit replaced it, and the last 120 L and 125 L were built in January 1990.
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Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 S / L 1.05 (46 PS) | 1976–1988 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 45 hp | 55 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 120 L 1.2 (52 PS) | 1976–1990 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 51 hp | 63 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 120 LS / GLS 1.2 (58 PS) | 1977–1987 | 1.2 L Inline-4 | 57 hp | 67 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 130 1.3 (58 PS) | 1984–1988 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 57 hp | 72 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| 136 1.3 higher compression (62 PS) | 1987–1990 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 61 hp | 74 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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