The seventh Škoda Student Concept Car, planned by 31 learners going to the famous Škoda professional school, connects the past with the present: the open-top Škoda Slavia honors the current year's Škoda AUTO commemoration by celebrating the name of the primary bikes created by Václav Laurin and Václav Klement after they established the organization in 1895. The bug variation of the Škoda Scala joins the contemporary conservative model's striking and energizing lines with a typical plan standard from the soonest long periods of motoring, when most cars were open-top vehicles. From first draft to building this coincidental vehicle, the understudies finished each progression themselves, with help from their educators just as Škoda specialists in the Design, Production and Technical Development offices.
This, the seventh Škoda Student Car since 2014, by and by exhibits the elevated expectation of preparing at the Škoda professional school in Mladá Boleslav.
Slavia bug propelled by Škoda 1100 OHC sports model
In thinking of the thought for the Slavia creepy crawly, the learners took motivation from the Škoda 1100 OHC. Introduced in 1957, this games model was an open-top two-seater race vehicle planned by Škoda for use in continuance rallies. With its low and extremely streamlined body made of glass fiber-fortified plastic and a load of only 550 kilograms, the Škoda 1100 OHC, controlled by a 1.1-liter four-chamber motor with a yield of 92 PS, arrived at a maximum velocity of 190 to 200 km/h, contingent upon the hub proportion. This race vehicle is one of the achievements in Škoda's 119-year motorsport history. One of the two models fabricated is currently in plain view at the Škoda Museum in Mladá Boleslav.
Exhaustive alterations to the body
To change the Scala bring forth out of the dark top Slavia, following the case of the Škoda 1100 OHC, the students played out various alterations to the vehicle's body, overhauling numerous territories and adjusting existing arrangements. They fortified the underbody, eliminated the rooftop and welded the back entryways set up, consequently turning a reduced hatchback model with a lot of room for five individuals into an inflexible two-entryway two-seater. To divert the wind stream over the vehicle, they built up an uncommon spread with trademark twin speedster bumps behind the seats, which mixes into a similarly new boot cover including an incorporated back spoiler. The understudies gave extraordinary consideration to clean advances on the A-columns and entryways. 20-inch combination wheels from the Škoda Kodiaq vRS show up. The slowing mechanism and wheel centers originate from the Octavia vRS. The updated underfloor zone houses a changed fumes framework.
The specific shine of this idea vehicle comes civility of the White Crystal Blue outside shading appearing differently in relation to the dark itemizing on the front and back covers and side ledges. The white innovative paint finish comprises of three layers bringing about a pale blue pearlescent impact, which is underlined by methods for neon blue accents along the mark Škoda body lines just as on the particular Škoda grille and the brand logo on the cap. Programmable LEDs, situated beneath the side ledges extended from the Scala Monte Carlo and behind the compound wheels, give client configurable powerful outside surrounding lighting in blue, red and white - the three shades of the Czech banner. The enlightened Škoda wordmark likewise duplicates as pointer, brake light and switching light. A "DRIVE 125 YEARS" identification on the front entryways reviews the organization's establishing in its commemoration year.
Energetic inside with white features
Energetic features in the inside are given by four safety belts and exceptional SPARCO dashing seats, whose pads and backrests have a dark punctured calfskin finish. The seats' side reinforces highlight dark carbon calfskin with white differentiation sewing. These unmistakable creases likewise add extraordinary appeal to various other inside components completed in dark calfskin, for example, the middle armrest, move switch gaiter, handbrake switch gaiter or the back spread plates. A similar blend is found in the lower 66% of the guiding wheel edge, while the upper third is done in white cowhide, just like the move switch handle. At last, an especially attractive detail is the dark cowhide bundle rack highlighting two weaved lions that house two indented bass speakers. The subwoofer has a yield of 2,250 watts, with the rest of the speakers including another 320 watts. The Slavia's boot obliges two Škoda electric bikes. The collapsing e-bikes are an ideal, eco-accommodating answer for what is known as an excursion's "last mile".
"The Škoda Slavia emanates a unique dynamism in any event, when stopped. The new, bumped back spread, new boot cover and enormous wheels show up, which is additionally upgraded by the hustling seats and four-point safety belts in the inside. The understudies have figured out how to instill their vehicle with its own individual character while acing the building difficulties associated with transforming a shut body vehicle into an open-top insect," says Zdenk Stanke, group pioneer at the Škoda Academy.Martin Slabihoudek, the top of the Škoda professional school, includes, "Taking an interest in the Student Car venture is viewed as an amazing privilege among the learners at the Škoda professional school. You're allowed a chance to have a hands-on understanding of what it resembles to configuration, create and fabricate a vehicle without any preparation, from the underlying clear page to the completed vehicle. Being upheld by specialists from different offices is extraordinary, and they additionally imparted a few stunts of their exchanges to us. This is conceivably significant for our ensuing vocations. What I like most about the Slavia is the manner by which playing with hues and light can bring about astonishing impacts."
Utilizing the commemoration year to recognize establishing fathers Laurin and Klement
2020 imprints the 125th commemoration of Škoda, and the understudies' energizing creepy crawly idea vehicle honors the organization's initial days. By utilizing the name Slavia, the students are celebrating the principal undertaking of establishing fathers Václav Laurin and Václav Klement, who began in 1895 by fixing bikes in Mladá Boleslav. Before long the pair started planning their own bicycles, effectively promoting them under the brand name Slavia from 1896 onwards. Restoring this notable name impeccably supplements the understudies' concept of taking the forefront Scala on an excursion through time, back to a period when the principal cars were open-top vehicles. An exemplary insect is about wild and free motoring. With its pledge to open-top delight, the Škoda Slavia withdraws from show and exemplifies a lively, energetic and lighthearted demeanor.
"Deciding on the Slavia name shows that our learners had their eyes on their own Student Car venture, yet in addition remembered the whole organization and its history. Thusly, they've included a significant and novel angle to the Škoda commemoration year, and, therefore, become themselves part of our proceeding with example of overcoming adversity," says Jaromir Bátora, Development organizer for the Škoda professional school. Ludvík Arazím, the circuit tester from the Azubi Car group, clarifies, "As this year points Škoda's 125th commemoration, we as a whole concurred before long that we needed to utilize our Student Car to honor the organization's beginnings and the beginning of motoring. As a firm arachnid, the Slavia follows in the strides of the open-top vehicles that characterized the spearheading days of the car. Utilizing the principal brand name picked by Václav Laurin and Václav Klement impeccably supplements this praise."The seventh Škoda Student Concept Car, planned by 31 learners going to the famous Škoda professional school, connects the past with the present: the open-top Škoda Slavia honors the current year's Škoda AUTO commemoration by celebrating the name of the primary bikes created by Václav Laurin and Václav Klement after they established the organization in 1895. The bug variation of the Škoda Scala joins the contemporary conservative model's striking and energizing lines with a typical plan standard from the soonest long periods of motoring, when most cars were open-top vehicles. From first draft to building this coincidental vehicle, the understudies finished each progression themselves, with help from their educators just as Škoda specialists in the Design, Production and Technical Development offices. This, the seventh Škoda Student Car since 2014, by and by exhibits the elevated expectation of preparing at the Škoda professional school in Mladá Boleslav.
Alois Kauer, who took over as Head of the Škoda Academy in February 2020, says, "The Student Car is the Škoda professional school's yearly lead venture. For the seventh year running, our understudies are showing the exclusive expectation of our in-house preparing by arranging, planning and building a great coincidental vehicle. We empower them to plan their fantasy vehicle, working with experts from our different offices. Thus, their preparation as of now acclimates them with measures that will turn out to be important for their working carries on with later on, when they move on from our professional school and set out on a vocation in our company."The seventh cycle of the Škoda Student Car denotes the first run through the undertaking members - containing 31 learners, among them five ladies - have picked the Škoda Scala as the reason for their own interpretation of a fantasy vehicle; transforming the reduced bring forth model into an especially energetic bug. By picking the name Slavia to stamp the Škoda AUTO commemoration year, they are honoring the organization's first bikes, created by its originators Václav Laurin and Václav Klement under a similar name. As in the creation form of the Scala, the vehicle's particular plan, characterized by exact lines and etched surfaces, guarantees that the bug variation, as well, flaunts an energetic and sincerely convincing appearance. The coordinating powerful presentation of the Škoda Slavia comes civility of the Scala's recognizable 1.5 TSI petroleum motor with a yield of 110 kW (150 PS), and a seven-speed DCT. Other convey overs from the creation model incorporate the front and back hub, directing, the total gadgets including cabling just as the help frameworks. The instrument board, Virtual Cockpit and infotainment framework have likewise stayed unaltered.
Slavia bug propelled by Škoda 1100 OHC sports model
In thinking of the thought for the Slavia creepy crawly, the learners took motivation from the Škoda 1100 OHC. Introduced in 1957, this games model was an open-top two-seater race vehicle planned by Škoda for use in continuance rallies. With its low and extremely streamlined body made of glass fiber-fortified plastic and a load of only 550 kilograms, the Škoda 1100 OHC, controlled by a 1.1-liter four-chamber motor with a yield of 92 PS, arrived at a maximum velocity of 190 to 200 km/h, contingent upon the hub proportion. This race vehicle is one of the achievements in Škoda's 119-year motorsport history. One of the two models fabricated is currently in plain view at the Škoda Museum in Mladá Boleslav.
Exhaustive alterations to the body
To change the Scala bring forth out of the dark top Slavia, following the case of the Škoda 1100 OHC, the students played out various alterations to the vehicle's body, overhauling numerous territories and adjusting existing arrangements. They fortified the underbody, eliminated the rooftop and welded the back entryways set up, consequently turning a reduced hatchback model with a lot of room for five individuals into an inflexible two-entryway two-seater. To divert the wind stream over the vehicle, they built up an uncommon spread with trademark twin speedster bumps behind the seats, which mixes into a similarly new boot cover including an incorporated back spoiler. The understudies gave extraordinary consideration to clean advances on the A-columns and entryways. 20-inch combination wheels from the Škoda Kodiaq vRS show up. The slowing mechanism and wheel centers originate from the Octavia vRS. The updated underfloor zone houses a changed fumes framework.
Unique pearlescent paint finish in White Crystal Blue
The specific shine of this idea vehicle comes civility of the White Crystal Blue outside shading appearing differently in relation to the dark itemizing on the front and back covers and side ledges. The white innovative paint finish comprises of three layers bringing about a pale blue pearlescent impact, which is underlined by methods for neon blue accents along the mark Škoda body lines just as on the particular Škoda grille and the brand logo on the cap. Programmable LEDs, situated beneath the side ledges extended from the Scala Monte Carlo and behind the compound wheels, give client configurable powerful outside surrounding lighting in blue, red and white - the three shades of the Czech banner. The enlightened Škoda wordmark likewise duplicates as pointer, brake light and switching light. A "DRIVE 125 YEARS" identification on the front entryways reviews the organization's establishing in its commemoration year.
Energetic inside with white features
Energetic features in the inside are given by four safety belts and exceptional SPARCO dashing seats, whose pads and backrests have a dark punctured calfskin finish. The seats' side reinforces highlight dark carbon calfskin with white differentiation sewing. These unmistakable creases likewise add extraordinary appeal to various other inside components completed in dark calfskin, for example, the middle armrest, move switch gaiter, handbrake switch gaiter or the back spread plates. A similar blend is found in the lower 66% of the guiding wheel edge, while the upper third is done in white cowhide, just like the move switch handle. At last, an especially attractive detail is the dark cowhide bundle rack highlighting two weaved lions that house two indented bass speakers. The subwoofer has a yield of 2,250 watts, with the rest of the speakers including another 320 watts. The Slavia's boot obliges two Škoda electric bikes. The collapsing e-bikes are an ideal, eco-accommodating answer for what is known as an excursion's "last mile".
"The Škoda Slavia emanates a unique dynamism in any event, when stopped. The new, bumped back spread, new boot cover and enormous wheels show up, which is additionally upgraded by the hustling seats and four-point safety belts in the inside. The understudies have figured out how to instill their vehicle with its own individual character while acing the building difficulties associated with transforming a shut body vehicle into an open-top insect," says Zdenk Stanke, group pioneer at the Škoda Academy.Martin Slabihoudek, the top of the Škoda professional school, includes, "Taking an interest in the Student Car venture is viewed as an amazing privilege among the learners at the Škoda professional school. You're allowed a chance to have a hands-on understanding of what it resembles to configuration, create and fabricate a vehicle without any preparation, from the underlying clear page to the completed vehicle. Being upheld by specialists from different offices is extraordinary, and they additionally imparted a few stunts of their exchanges to us. This is conceivably significant for our ensuing vocations. What I like most about the Slavia is the manner by which playing with hues and light can bring about astonishing impacts."
Utilizing the commemoration year to recognize establishing fathers Laurin and Klement
2020 imprints the 125th commemoration of Škoda, and the understudies' energizing creepy crawly idea vehicle honors the organization's initial days. By utilizing the name Slavia, the students are celebrating the principal undertaking of establishing fathers Václav Laurin and Václav Klement, who began in 1895 by fixing bikes in Mladá Boleslav. Before long the pair started planning their own bicycles, effectively promoting them under the brand name Slavia from 1896 onwards. Restoring this notable name impeccably supplements the understudies' concept of taking the forefront Scala on an excursion through time, back to a period when the principal cars were open-top vehicles. An exemplary insect is about wild and free motoring. With its pledge to open-top delight, the Škoda Slavia withdraws from show and exemplifies a lively, energetic and lighthearted demeanor.
"Deciding on the Slavia name shows that our learners had their eyes on their own Student Car venture, yet in addition remembered the whole organization and its history. Thusly, they've included a significant and novel angle to the Škoda commemoration year, and, therefore, become themselves part of our proceeding with example of overcoming adversity," says Jaromir Bátora, Development organizer for the Škoda professional school. Ludvík Arazím, the circuit tester from the Azubi Car group, clarifies, "As this year points Škoda's 125th commemoration, we as a whole concurred before long that we needed to utilize our Student Car to honor the organization's beginnings and the beginning of motoring. As a firm arachnid, the Slavia follows in the strides of the open-top vehicles that characterized the spearheading days of the car. Utilizing the principal brand name picked by Václav Laurin and Václav Klement impeccably supplements this praise."Traditional Student Cars underscore the quality of training at the Škoda Academy
Founded in 1927, the Škoda vocational school in Mladá Boleslav is known for its excellent standard of training. Since then, more than 23,000 students have graduated from the school. The current, 900-strong student body, is being taught in 13 different technical courses. Each successful graduate of the school is offered employment at Škoda AUTO. In 2013, the vocational school became part of the Škoda Academy and established a new tradition in the form of the Student Car project. This annual project enables young talent to design an original vehicle and then build it themselves. The first such vehicle was the CITIJET in 2014, a two-seater version of the Škoda Citigo.
For the trainees, participating in the Student Car project represents a unique opportunity to apply and improve the skills they have learned in a practical context. The current student team were once again eager to interact with experts from all Škoda departments. They received valuable tips in the Development department, and during a visit at Škoda Design, department head Oliver Stefani and his team personally assisted the students with the creation of their first design sketches for the Škoda Slavia. The Production department provided recommendations for suitable materials and technologies such as 3D printing.
"The Student Car project provides our trainees with an intensive behind-the-scenes look at all development and production departments at Škoda. Learning from Škoda experts in various areas is a very enriching experience for our students. Sadly, this year's coronavirus pandemic and the resulting social-distancing measures and plant closures have hampered this exchange to an extent. It's also had an impact on how the trainees could work together during the final construction phase of their vehicle. Nonetheless, their boundless enthusiasm, exemplary discipline and adherence to comprehensive hygiene and safety standards helped our students to come up with an impressive vehicle," says Ivo Vollman, instructor at the Škoda Academy.
First precursors dating back to the 1970s
The students' creativity and craftsmanship are increasing almost every year. The CITIJET was followed 12 months later by the FUNSTAR pick-up based on the Škoda Fabia, and then came the ATERO, a coupé take on the Škoda Rapid Spaceback. 2017 saw the students return to the Škoda Citigo, this time with the all-electric ELEMENT. The fifth Student Car, presented in 2018, was the SUNROQ convertible based on the Škoda Karoq, and in 2019 students transformed a Škoda Kodiaq into the impressive MOUNTIAQ pick-up. Early versions of the Student Car project date all the way back to the 1970s. Following the construction of several small tractors and, later on, a Škoda 120 pick-up, 1975 saw trainees at the Škoda vocational school produce four exemplars of the Škoda BUGGY Type 736 by hand. One of these prototypes was carefully restored in 2017, again by trainees from the Škoda , and is now on display at the Škoda Museum in Mladá Boleslav.
Specifications
Vehicle type: Spider, without roof
Base model: Škoda SCALA
Doors/seats: 2/2
Colour: White Crystal Blue with details in Black Magic, Special phosphorescent pigment for particularly vibrant Škoda lines and logo
Length: 4,362 mm
Width: 1,793 mm
Height: 1,410 mm
Wheelbase: 2,649 mm
Ground clearance: 180 mm
Weight: 1,210 kg
Powertrain: 1.5 TSI with 110 kW (150 PS), 7-speed DSG, front-wheel drive, Modified exhaust system
Wheels: 20-inch Xtreme alloy wheels (from Škoda Kodiaq vRS), 235/30 ZR20 (Continental SportContact 6)
Interior: Black leather upholstery (perforated, smooth, carbon leather) with white decorative seams, Sports seats with four-point safety harnesses
Special features
Modified front and rear aprons
Integrated spoiler on the boot lid
MONTE CARLO door sills
Individually controlled LEDs
Illuminated Škoda lettering with brake and reversing light function
320-watt speaker system with additional 2,250-watt subwoofer
