Monday 11th March 2002

Skoda Tudor

Simple design results in classy looking coupe

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[thom]

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[richb]

I guess it's a play on two-doors, i.e. A Two'door Skoda, which, talking of sheds brings to mind Arthur "two-sheds" jackson. I wonder if he had twp Volvo 245's on his drive! Rich...

[PetrolTed]

Apparently the name harks back to a car they made in the 1950's. Not sure if the modern car will be classed as mock Tudor.

[beano1197]

Bit like the old Yamaha "Tedium" (TDM) then

quote:"Tudor" in French has the same pronunciation as "Tu dors" which means "You sleep"

[pbrettle]

Lets not mention MR2 in French or the Opel Nova (Corsa really).... Then there was the Citroen BX TR which gained a diesel engine - called the TRD on the continent - called the TZD here! Wonder why.

As for the Skoda - looks OK to me. Shame it wont go into production then. Something very "CLK"esque there. Still thats not a bad thing and if it had some decent engines I am sure that it would sell well. Lets think on how many competitively priced Coupes there are out there?

1) Peugeot Coupe - nice but getting on now
2) BMW 3 series - nice but very pricy
3) Merc CLK - if you think that the BMW is bad!!!
4) Err???

Could make a tidy profit out of them.. I wouldnt buy one, but I know a few people that would.

Cheers,

Paul

[Twin Turbo]

I really quite like it. Pity they've no plans to produce it.

[GregE240]

quote:
Not sure if the modern car will be classed as mock Tudor.

And presumably, if they were then they would be bought by people who couldn't afford a real Tudor car.

(I once asked someone this about their (Mock Tudor) house. He didn't get the joke, and I wish I hadn't bothered.)

[pantsman]

Because of the square grill if you squint your eyes (a lot) and stand back (about half a mile) this could almost be (dare I say it) an Asto... no, I really can't say it.

[Marshy]

That's... r... r... really rather nice. There I said it.

[Tabs]

And the top of the range model will be the Rolex?

[Leadfoot]

Will it have wooden beams in the headlining ? Looks good - be even better with the W12 under the bonnet.

[pjg]

Nice lines... has a bit of Masser 3200GT on the rear 3/4's...

Shame they won't build it, but then the Skoda stigma still seams to be hanging around... shame.

[PetrolTed]

More pics:

www.vwvortex.com/news/03_02/03_06/index.shtml