{"id":24794,"date":"2018-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/koda-860-cabriolet-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T06:15:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T06:15:21","slug":"koda-860-cabriolet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/koda-860-cabriolet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0160koda 860 Cabriolet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

100 years ago, Czechoslovakia was founded as a country, thus giving the still young car brand Laurin & Klement a new home state. Today, children learn the map of Europe with the individual states Czech Republic and Slovakia, while the double-named car brand became a part of the engineering company \u0160koda in 1925. Since the 1990s, the Czech carmaker is part of the Volkswagen Group and thus active in many  world markets. At the same time, the head office in Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav also deliberately dedicates itself to the long tradition and shows selected pieces in the factory museum.

\u0160koda has now completed a unique vehicle in their in-house museum workshop for the country’s anniversary. In the years before World War 2, the brand was also active in the luxury car class and therefore presented at the Prague Motor Show in October 1929 the new model series 860. It was the top-of-the-range model of the Czech-made vehicle generation produced for the first time on an assembly line. Its designation gives an indication of the number of cylinders and the power. So the 860 got 60 hp (44 kW) from eight combustion chambers and 3.9 liters of displacement. Combined with a three-speed manual gearbox the car is able to reach a topspeed of 110 kph (68 mph). Front and rear rigid axles were used on long and wide leaf springs and hydraulic shock absorbers, which were mounted on the rugged ladder frame. Without a body, the chassis already weighed in at 1,460 kilograms, completed it was more than two tons, depending on the design and equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n

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