31.7.2019 more city. ŠKODA AUTO Germany travels with three carefully selected classic cars of the brand to the Classic Days at Schloss Dyck. Matthias Kahle will be wowing the audience in the 130 RS rally.
The successful Coupé takes in both the rally as well as in the track variant for the demonstration tours. In addition, visitors to the classic and motor festival, a ŠKODA POPULAR ROADSTER, built in 1937 experience. This year’s Classic Days on the first weekend in August around the South of Düsseldorf is surrounded by water, Dyck castle.
With the 130 RS ŠKODA AUTO Germany presented at Schloss Dyck is one of the most successful rally and racing cars in the history of the company. On the account of ,Porsche of the East‘ famous sports car what, for example, the double victory in the rally Monte Carlo in 1977, in the group 2 up to 1.3 liters of displacement. For the optimized Version of the 130 RS secured ŠKODA in 1981, the brand’s title in the European touring car championship.
In the Classic Days, visitors can experience both the rally as well as the Racing version of the coupe at the exhibition area of the auto city. In addition, it is for the vehicles on the track: The seven-times German rally champion Matthias Kahle piloted rides the 130 RS rally at several of the demonstration. The audience can therefore look forward to an impressive Drifts on the 2.8-kilometre-long route. Andreas Leue, responsible for motor sport and a long Tradition at ŠKODA AUTO Deutschland, heats up the Fans on the control of the circuit variant.
Another Highlight is the ŠKODA POPULAR ROADSTER, built in 1937 in the Luggage. The white, 22-horsepower Roadster can now look back on 82 years of history. This model is achieved at the Monte Carlo rally in 1936, a sensational second place in the class up to 1500 ccm. After this success, ŠKODA presented the Version of the POPULAR MONTE CARLO in the versions of the Roadster and coupe.
The POPULAR has the for technical development at ŠKODA is of great importance: He came in 1934 as the first vehicle of the brand with a new chassis design on the market. The ladder-frame construction what replaced by a Front pipe bifurcated Central frame.
The gearbox and differential were located immediately in front of the rear axle, the propeller shaft went through the frame tube. Instead of rigid axles in the advanced independent suspension systems came to the front and rear to use. Guests of the Classic Days will be able to discover the elegant two-seater in the tent of the auto city.
The seven-times German rally champion Matthias Kahle is heating up the spectators at the Classic Days Dyck castle in the ŠKODA 130 RS rally. (Photo: ŠKODA)
