The original Popular Monte Carlo was created in 1936 as a racing special for the Monte Carlo Rally. As the car with the Pohl – Hausman crew succeeded in the competition, it was the second in its category, the carmaker decided to take advantage of the success and immediately prepared a road design. Those in Mladá Boleslav produced a total of seventy pieces with coupe and roadster bodies.
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The Škoda Auto Museum is currently preparing a renovation for the roadster after the coupe. He was the inspiration for the designer Lyudmila Slavov, who created a modern incarnation, but it exists only in graphic form.
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The exterior is very aerodynamic to look at, but it has to combine the elegance of the original, the challenge is said to be a typical mask. “I tried different vertical configurations that would be closer to the original, but such an arrangement is a bit problematic for cars today, so I ended up on a different path,” describes his bow concept, where the grille grille moves further into the headlights area, creating similar effect to the original.
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“The interior of the original roadster is elegant and practical, I see continuity to this day. Functionality, practicality, elegance and purity are still our basic principles today, ”says the designer.
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Popular had a speedometer located in the middle of the dashboard, in the sketches of the concept appears in the form of a hologram. There were storage compartments on the sides, and the designer designed modern displays in their place.
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Behind the seats under the glass cover are two racing helmets. “I was wondering if I should put two child seats here and make the car a little more practical, following the example of the serial convertibles of the time, but in the end, the sports side won for me,” says a designer from Bulgaria. He has lived in the Czech Republic for over twenty years, and has been working in the Škoda Auto design team for the last three years.
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