Skoda students produce one-off Slavia roadster

Skoda’s Student Car project has produced yet another striking concept – the Slavia.

Essentially a convertible version of the firm’s Scala, the Slavia isn’t intended to enter production but instead showcase the talents of 31 trainees.

Taught at the firm’s vocational school in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic, the students are the latest to have produced a vehicle as part of the project which has previously seen a Mountiaq pick-up created. 

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Its design has been influenced by the looks of the Skoda 1100 OHC sports prototype of 1957. The Slavia – which is named after the bicycles produced by the Czech firm’s founders Václav Laurin and Václav Klement – has a reinforced underbody and welded rear doors to help it remain as rigid as possible with the roof removed. 

Wheels from the Kodiaq vRS sit on all four corners and house a brake system and wheel hubs from the sporty Octavia vRS. The interior has been treated to four-point seatbelts and Sparco race seats, while LED lights on the sills project the three colours of the Czech flag. 

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