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.
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Lead trim: Popular Special Sport 995 cc I4 (26 hp) · up to 31 hp
Škoda Popular Special Sport / Monte Carlo1934–1936
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FactThis 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.
In 1934 Škoda launched the Popular Special Sport, an enclosed two-seater with the standard 995 cc engine tuned to 26 hp and a revised, streamlined body with a curved radiator grille and a swept fastback rear; from 1936 its name was shortened to Popular Special. In January 1936 Zdeněk Pohl and Jaroslav Hausman drove a Popular in the Monte Carlo Rally, coming second in the 1,500 cc class, and Škoda then launched a Popular Monte Carlo with a 1,386 cc, 31 hp Škoda Rapid engine and ATE-Lockheed brakes, on a wider chassis with the shorter 2,300 mm wheelbase, offered enclosed or as a Roadster, Roadster de Luxe or Coupé Sport (King Peter II of Yugoslavia had a two-door convertible).
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popular Monte Carlo 1,386 cc Rapid I4 (31 hp) | 1936–1936 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 31 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| Popular Special Sport 995 cc I4 (26 hp) | 1934–1936 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 26 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
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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.
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