{"id":20097,"date":"2019-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/55-years-of-koda-1000-mb\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:40:37","slug":"55-years-of-koda-1000-mb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/55-years-of-koda-1000-mb\/","title":{"rendered":"55 Years of \u0160koda 1000 MB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u0160koda fundamentally changed their model program 55 years ago. The previous models Octavia and Felicia reached their production end. At the same time, a lot of money had been invested in the Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav production site to modernize and expand the main plant, involving more than 300 domestic and foreign companies. Starting in the spring of 1964, the new 1000 MB started to roll off the production lines. Its technical platform formed the basis of the \u0160koda models until the late 1980s. In contrast to the Octavia, the drivetrain moved completely backwards and drove the rear axle. It also provided for the naming of the new model: 1000 for the rounded capacity in cubic centimeters (in fact it only had 988 cc) and MB for the plant Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav. Produced from a special aluminium alloy patented by Czech engineer Josef Pol\u00e1k in 1922, the inline four-cylinder engine achieved an output of 27 kW\/37 PS and a maximum speed of 120 kph (74.5 mph). The average consumption was between seven and eight liters of fuel per 100 kilometers.

For the first time, \u0160koda put a self-supporting body over the newly developed platform. Initially, there was only a four-door sedan, which was supplemented in 1966 by a two-door coup\u00e9 without B-pillars, whose name was supplemented with an X. In addition, \u0160koda expanded the range of engines for export markets by the 1000 MBG with two carburetors and 35 kW\/47 hp, while at the same time the power of the 1000 MB increased to 29 kW\/39 hp. The coup\u00e9 1000 MBX was only available with the more powerful engine of the MBG. From 1968 the MBG was succeeded by the 1100 MB with 35 kW\/47 hp from 1.1 liters of displacement. The 1000 MBX accounted for the 1100 MBX. Also from 1967, \u0160koda finally cured problems with the alloy, which in some cases had led to cracks in engine blocks and gearboxes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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