Škoda's overhead-valve upgrade squeezed 27 horsepower from the same 995cc engine without costing a drop of extra fuel economy — but only 5,500 of this original OHV version were ever built.
Median 84 hp across 136 similar cars
Lead trim: Popular 995 Liduška 995 cc I4 side-valve (22 hp) · up to 32 hp
Škoda Popular OHV / 1100 OHV / 11011937–1946
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FactŠkoda's overhead-valve upgrade squeezed 27 horsepower from the same 995cc engine without costing a drop of extra fuel economy — but only 5,500 of this original OHV version were ever built.
In 1937 Škoda applied overhead valves to the 995 cc engine to create the Popular OHV (27 hp, top speed 100 km/h, as economical as the side-valve; wheelbase raised to 2,440 mm; 5,510 built in 1937–1938). In 1938 the OHV engine was enlarged to 1,089 cc for 30 hp, with hydraulic brakes, as the Popular 1100 OHV — a two-door four-seat saloon, four-seat convertible, two-seat roadster, commercial van and ambulance, built until 1946 (6,600 in all). The 1940 Popular 1101 gave the 1,089 cc engine 32 hp in the body of the 995 "Liduška" (a 1939 restyle with a more curved but more upright grille, in saloon, van and ambulance forms, 1,500 built to 1946 with the 22 hp 995 cc side-valve engine), including a two-door convertible for the Royal Hungarian Army; 1,019 were built to 1944, and after the war its body was revised to create the Škoda 1101/1102 "Tudor".
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Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popular 1100 OHV 1,089 cc I4 (30 hp) | 1938–1946 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 30 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Popular 1101 1,089 cc OHV I4 (32 hp) | 1940–1944 | 1.1 L Inline-4 | 32 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Popular 995 Liduška 995 cc I4 side-valve (22 hp) | 1939–1946 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 22 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Popular OHV 995 cc I4 (27 hp) | 1937–1938 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 27 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
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Photographs
Škoda's overhead-valve upgrade squeezed 27 horsepower from the same 995cc engine without costing a drop of extra fuel economy — but only 5,500 of this original OHV version were ever built.
This Monte Carlo edition is named for the real thing: a Popular took 2nd in its class at the 1936 Monte Carlo Rally, so Škoda built a road car to celebrate.
Four of these humble little convertibles once drove nearly 15,000 km from Czechoslovakia to India in 1934 — through Turkey, Syria and Afghanistan — in about four months.
Rivals
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