IVAN MARGOLIUS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The biginnings
2. The first Laurin & Kñement automobiles
3. Hieronimus and Count Kolowrat
4. The growth and progress of Laurin & Klement
5. The end of the Empire
6. The new republic
7. Skoda before 1925
8. Sokoda as a major automobile the Skoda way
9. How to ruin your automobile the Skoda way
10. Carrosserie Sodomka
11. The world in conflict
12. Skoda behind the Iron Curtain
13. The rear engined Skodas
14. The new era
Technical information
Bibliography
Chronology
Index
This history of Skoda cars looks at the development of the motorized transport industry in Bohemia, world market production and rallying success. The Cold War years may have dimmed the reputation of Skoda, but the sales of cars exceeded those of Jaguar and Mitsubishi in the 1980s in Britain.
