Techno Classica Essen March 26 - 30 2008.

VIP, Preview day March 26.

20th TECHNO-CLASSICA ESSEN from 26 to 30 March 2008:
The Classic Fair of the Superlatives

Škoda

In the awareness of most people, Škoda stands for particularly economic automobiles with an excellent price-performance ratio, built under the aegis of the VW group since 1991. Only few people know: "The construction of large limousines has tradition with Škoda". Škoda Auto Deutschland is placing its performance for this year's TECHNO-CLASSICA under this motto. Four 'Superb' from the nineteen thirties and further big limousines are shown of this manufacturer's rich, more than 110 year old vehicle history. The reason for showing big automobiles of the company's history is the presentation of the new 'Superb' generation at the Geneva motor show.

The eye-catchers of the both attractive and professional performance of the Czech automobile brand also include a Škoda 860, which was initially presented at the Prague motor show in 1929. It is the first vehicle of the traditional brand with an eight cylinder engine. The Škoda 860 comes directly from the factory museum in Mladá Boleslav.

Nest to this flagship, the Bohemian manufacturer also presented in Prague almost 80 years ago a new luxury model with six-cylinder engine and a performance of 45 HP. The number of cylinders and the HP-number resulted in the type identification: 645. The first Škoda Superb which was presented in 1934 directly originated from this model, remaining the flagship of the traditional brand until 1949. Škoda's tradition of the 'Superb' series revives since 2001: the latest version at that time was presented at the IAA in Frankfurt.

The 645 as archetype of the Superb model series especially imparts the atmosphere of the economic boom after the shock of the Black Friday of 1929. The elegant vehicles were seen in the cultural metropolis of Prague just as in other cosmopolitan cities: Paris, Brussels, Barcelona or also Johannesburg and Buenos Aires. In the evenings, glamorous proms or the swinging rhythms of the jazz clubs attracted the society. During the day, the ladies and gentlemen headed for the cafés at the boulevards with their Škoda 645. In order to create this atmosphere in exhibition hall 7 of the TECHNO-CLASSICA, Škoda arranged a café-garden on the area of the brand exhibition stand with a size of 513 square meters - of course in historic style.

Traditionally also the Škoda Oldtimer IG Germany will attractively be present at the exhibition stand designed by Škoda Auto Deutschland.