The Skoda Favorit has such design purity - come take a look!

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

Back in the day I wouldn't have been seen dead in a Favorit, now I really want one. What a fantastic design and really well engineered and packaged

[@WalksInCamera]

I owned 2 120L Estelle's and I so wanted a Favorit when it came out! Still do!

[@5pot4pot]

This was our ‘car of the show’ at Rustival 2. What a glorious little car. Just lovely.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

It was mine too!!

[@Oldsmobile69]

Omg, so glad someone else recognizes how good the design is!

[@benc8386]

Great video! Exposed screw heads all over the interior. No doubt scorned by contemporary road testers, but a boon to the classic car owner 30 years later!

[@JamieMcAlley]

Totally agree, I've always liked the Favorit. We had a run of Estelles, a Rapid and even a S110R.

[@bri77uk1]

I remember the car reviewers really panning the old fashioned feel, and saying the depreciation was terrible. The usual advice was to buy a 1 year old Escort or Astra instead. I'm glad somebody ignored the advice and bought this one!

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Me too!

[@maciejmakowski7429]

Really good film paying attention to detail I like it very much. The Favorit is one of the most beautiful cars of this period. Best regards

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Thanks a lot!

[@robk3596]

I've owned a number of old skool Skoda's, including a great black & gold Favorit estate. Classic very usable vehicle & did a shed load of miles in mine. Still in many ways regret selling it & would love to own another one day! Great supportive video! 👍😊

[@MarthaMansbridge]

Excellent video BTW - one of the most well thought through reviews I’ve seen on this overlooked car. Well done and thank you!!

[@SharkoonBln]

True. This review is on a HubNut or furiousdriving level. I enjoyed every minute of it.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Aww thank you. That’s really kind 😊

[@DrivingSander1970]

Always liked the styling of this car! Nice colour! The last true Skoda. The elegant simplicity is truly amazing. Sometimes I wonder why this kind of car ceased to exist. It's 90% SUV or cross-over on the roads these days..

[@chrishart8548]

If you owned a SUV or cross-over you would understand. Last true skoda correct the felicia was really just a MK3 GOLF. I've been in a favorite they were cheap but a MK4 escort was so much better and worth every extra penny. I have driven a R reg 1.6 felicia. A blue estate one.

[@spainter1985]

I had a '91 Favorit LS estate and a facelift LXi hatch before getting into Volvo 300's. They were both great, particularly the earlier estate car (bar the interior quality). The boot was huge for a mid sized car, it was very reliable and economical... To the point a 360 GLT didn't really feel like much of an upgrade! The LS even had a rechargeable torch in the boot. That particular car in your video looks in lovely condition.

[@chrishart8548]

I really like the estate version.

[@robertevans8161]

Thanks for this. A great video. I suppose the other thing to remember is that the Favorit’s contemporary rivals were the Yugo Sana and Lada Samara, and the Favorit was a much better put together package overall. I think this was the nicest colour and suited the Favorit best. Interestingly I have the brochures from the early 90s when the Skoda badge was still offset. The original Forum actually had a slightly different centre cap on the rims and a clock rather than a rev counter. I was always a fan of the Forum Plus, which had a few extra niceties such as a radio cassette and rear wash/wipe.

[@AlejjSi]

This centre cap on this car is a modernised look that came about in the late 1990/early 1991. So on this car it would have been standard.

[@bentullett6068]

I think me and my brother saw this Skoda parked up on the way back from Henley in Arden. He decided to take a photo of his Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo with it. Plus we have fond memories of the Favorit as it my grandad once had one.

[@AlejjSi]

11:38 The middle switch is also for air distribution, swing left for closed, swing right to open air on the feet. Cold or hot depending on how you operate hat bottom switch. 11:46 I'm quite sure that if you carefully pop that cover off, you might fing a 12V old style socket there. It should be standard on all models. Later post facelift GLX had a new standard 12V socket like we get today, while the LX retained this old one like this one should have 🙂 14:20 that is a ventilation hole for the air to exit from the car. Later post facelift cars had this hole in the door under the door lock.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Thank you for those clarifications, much appreciated 😊

[@AlejjSi]

@@MorselsAndMotors You're welcome 🙂

[@robtt997]

Love you have the basic model. I have a 2006 MX5 1.8 base model. People ask why I didn’t get a more specced up MX5 but I just like the honesty of a basic model ! Weird but true

[@Pyjamarama11]

I recently sought out the base model (2004) Toyota Avalon because I want a simple vehicle that's not going to throw codes every time someone looks at it plus I can do a lot of the servicing myself

[@fhwolthuis]

Beautiful car, Siôn! The interior gives me the vibes as if it all was 3D printed, but in a nice way 😀

[@ClunkerCars]

I’ve always been obsessed by these. And would love to own one. That actual car was my instant top pick from Rustival the second I saw it. Thanks for this video.

[@jamesblake3846]

My Mum had an identical one (J360 GTC), that we got in the mid-90s and ran for years, and my Grandparents had a burgundy one (K450 SFJ) around the same time. Both bought second-hand from Roadworthy Skoda, in Bristol.

[@mdbaewy]

What an affectionate video for a bad car we love, so interesting and distinct. I particularly love the signature Bertone wheel arches shape.

[@alifloydtv]

Cool find! I remember as a pre-teen car nerd thinking how dorky these were - the basic styling put it in the same headspace for me as a Maestro or an early Fiat Uno, rather than a much cooler, I don'r know, 205 or even R6 Metro. Obviously a different price point, but the Rover R8 is about the same age, and they feel 10 years apart. I had no idea the Favorit had so many neat details - thanks for sharing!

[@Matteo_Licata]

I guess these cars (the few that have survived, at least) are now getting the kind of respect and appreciation they never got in period. As you've rightfully pointed out, this was an early-80s design launched at the tail end of the decade, when everyone was done with sharp edges and that aesthetic had fallen hard out of fashion. Add to that the inevitable badge snobbery, and it's no wonder the Favorit never got much respect. Wouldn't have seen me dead in one back then, but I'd rock one now!

[@doordedeur]

My dad had a Citroën BX. When he turned 65 I made a banner of his BX. I drawn it a bit too short, so it looked like a Skoda Favorit. Bertone is smart in recycling design ideas...

[@AlejjSi]

Indeed. And if you look at some early Favorit drawings, you can clearly see the ZX coming from there, which of course came a short while after the Favorit.

[@tomaskoptik2021]

I remember our family vacation trips from Czechoslovakia to Yugoslavia in this car :)

[@NateW-oe9up]

I was so shocked how nice the interior was. Great test drive and review.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

You and me both! Thank you

[@MerkJacobus]

Always admired the Favorit. Although you might call it bland, I admire that modernist, chunky aesthetic, especially the wheel arches and the bold crease on the sides which reminds me of the Talbot Tagora. I remember one of the ads for this car boasting about the spaciousness by saying it had more rear legroom than the BMW 5Series. I also remember reading in Autocar that the original Bertone proposal had been more rakish but the Czech government had intervened and demanded utility be prioritised. Another factlet is that Skoda was moderately profitable in this era yet when VW bought them, VW were making huge losses and may have paid slightly too much having been in a bidding war with Renault.

[@sebastianohalloran9093]

I loved these. I remember a ‘Car’ article that came out testing a 136LS in around 1989 (I was 8 then - I didn’t see the article until about 12). It showed that at the import centre they screwed on the door cappings for the higher level models, plus installed a sunroof and better stereo/centre console. I would like to own one of these or a Felicia at some point. Those Renault 10 inspired OHV engines dating back to the MB1000 were marvellous. We’ve been to the museum in Mlada Bolislav. Went on the tour and have the book. Oh yes we are a pair of sad gays 🎉. PS scrap yards in CZ should be a great source for the absent headrests.

[@Tapot_goo]

Haha another gay here who loves these cars. My mom got a Felicia in 2007/8 it’s probably the car she had the longest and the one that left the biggest impression on me. I’m hoping I can find a Felicia and favorit, eventually I need to scratch that itch

[@sebastianohalloran9093]

@@Tapot_googood man. Fingers crossed you find one! Still would love a Felicia too.

[@BelfastMurf]

I suppose the thing to remember is that, most likely, the customer for this car isn’t going to be choosing between this & a 90’s car. They were probably picking this or a 2 or 3 year old Fiesta or Escort, so the exposed metal or older engine wouldn’t have been so much in focus. They were indeed a great little car, and a big step up from the Estelle!

[@justinlambert1324]

Gorgeous little car, thanks for the review 👍

[@samgreen7077]

Great video! I now really want a Skoda Favorit 😂

[@MarthaMansbridge]

These were brilliant. Had two, and 3 Felicias. Had an L reg - had 100k on the clock when I got it and it was tight as a nut. I’ve held a soft spot ever since - I would love to get my hands on one. Considering other cars on sale at that time - all those people who blindly went for Escort/Astra/Maestro etc. were daft and missing out on a product that was likely to be far more reliable, practical, and cheap. What I loved about the Felicia was that it was unashamedly just a light refresh of the Favorit. Softened exterior and interior panels but the dash was just this with a rounded top stuck on the top of it - the core of this dashboard was probably one of the most solid mouldings I’ve ever come across in a car. The headlight adjusters were quite novel - but sadly prone to failure as that dial had behind it a hydraulic ‘gubbins’ attached to little plastic pipes - the hydraulic action acted to adjust the headlight body when you turned it. A neat and somewhat premium component to have in a budget car and every model had it. The overhead panel was another example of them over engineering stuff - this was lost on the Felicia which went down the standard full moulded headlining and a simple set of mirrors but the Favorit had this - and I agree, very Citroen-esque. Which makes sense given the designer also came up with the BX. Interesting fact on the BX - that design before it was a Citroen was destined to be what became BL’s Maestro. The eejits at BL rejected it like they did so many other history changing potential models.

[@watannen]

I was too young to drive when the Favorit and Felicia were new or around in significant numbers. As a kid, you don't normally appreciate such shitboxes. But when i saw the first Felicia Kombi, there was a glitch in the matrix and i went from d[ - _ - ]b to d[ ^ - ^ ]b . Yes ! Not the hatch, The Kombi !! No idea why. I also liked the pickup a lot (i always found light, car-based pickups interesting for some reason), but the hatch ended too abruptly or something, in my teen eyes. When they facelifted it to the more Volkswagen-esque, Octavia-style new front i went back to d[ - _ - ]b

[@adamlee3772]

My brother had the higher spec model on a K Reg for years, bought it when it was six moths old, ex demonstrator. The sunshine roof was a tilt/removable thing so where you mentioned "perhaps space for sunroof controls" is not accurate but it is understandable. The sunshine roof was added at the import centre in Kings Lynn I believe along with other extras such as alloy wheels, the in car entertainment unit, the aerial for the radio was in an element in the glass. I think it also had front fog lamps fitted in the front bumper as standard which again, I believe were added on arrival in UK. It served him well as he has no mechanical sympathy and no interest in cars. We went many places in it and it never let him down. Even though it was perhaps a little old fashioned, they were a very underrated little car and good value.

[@skodakatie7341]

Being a hopeless traditionalist,and purist, I remember feeling very sad when production of one of my favourite childhood cars, the lovely Škoda 105, 120, 130, and Rapid range ended in 1990. However also being an obsessive Škoda enthusiast, I soon warmed to the incoming Favorit, sadly though I never owned one. My first, of many, Škoda’s, was a Felicia L, bought in 1999. Although the body shape had been refreshed, the engine, ignition barrel, some of the switch gear, and even lower dashboard panels were straight from the Favorit, so I kind of owned a Favorit in certain ways❤.

[@nickwills6042]

My grandad had one in this colour when I was a child - lots of happy memories with Favorits. One bad thing is very poor quality door locks. They could easily be broken by a 5 year old child....

[@MorselsAndMotors]

I’m assuming you had direct experience 😆

[@nickwills6042]

@MorselsAndMotors There's a slight chance, yes .. 😂

[@julianroberts5407]

A wonderful review, thank you. I had a 1993 Favorit, with all the improvements such as the restyled front grille, side impact beams in the doors, much better interior quality and Bosch fuel injection. A great car!

[@chrisbury4635]

That car is so beatifully original, I had a Saturday job at Skoda at the time the Favorit came out, me and my friend were valeters there and we used to prepare brand new Favorit's after they were sold, they were such a game changer for Skoda at the time 😊

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Oh that’s fun! Lovely connection

[@hbhmhbhm]

Great video, I remember seeing loads of forum models about and this is the last roadworthy one left wow!

[@DrEvilsFinger]

There are some lovely design details, so much thought taken place which is satisfying to see.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

I totally agree!

[@badbooks476]

Great video & review, what an original survivor in incredible condition, incredible only one Forum left on the road, reliable no nonsense transport. We had a GLXie estate for many years.

[@VincentLander]

That Favorit has also had a facelift, as the ones that were first produced had the asymmetric front fascia like the prototype shown in the video.

[@CatWithoutAHat901]

I have a Favorit which has been given to it's first owner in 1992 in Freital, Germany. It's a 135L (also the lowest trim available) with the 60hp carburetted engine. It's very similar to this one, it doesn't have the center console or the door pockets in the front, though it does have the rear wiper :) I absolutely love it!

[@MrSkoda105s]

Appreciate your enthusiasm! Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

That’s very kind of you

[@ermv]

It reminds me of my old 2016 VW up!. Both are very basic but practical

[@nealeburgess6756]

What a great car. Spacious and very practical. I agree with your enthusiasm for the model. I have a 1983 Ford Escort 1.1L. It looks to be very similar in size to the Favorit. It has the OHV Valencia engine producing 50 hp. I only have 4 gears. I tend to think of my car (and indeed the basic Favorit) as a supermini. Superminis are now much bigger. My car is very light, super economical. I am planning to do about 900 miles in it next weekend.

[@b4tm4nrubin33]

That sear looks comfy

[@jameswarden9136]

The engine sounds really nice, it’s one of my favourite noise’s. I would love to drive a Favorit, they look like such fun :D

[@mattw8332]

Nice review. 🙂 I always considered the Favorit to be a supermini rather than the class above like an Escort. On the early 2000s my sister had a K reg Favorit 136 LX in burgandy. I had to drive her to her house in it once and it was a nice drive. She parted with it when my parents sold their Astra F to her.

[@lgbfjb6450]

I’m one of the very few Americans that love these small basic cars, especially these European cars that we never got here. Very cool…

[@OGCars]

Great video of a great car! It's crazy to think this car was going to be scrapped all not too long ago and we were so glad to save it - we did a fair bit of work to the engine to get it back up to health but it's running oh so well now and Simon is the perfect custodian for this car. He's brought it even further in terms of its condition and is using it as it should be and getting it to shows! The Favorit is a fantastic car and you've covered it all very well, I really do hope they get more appreciation because they are getting so thin on the ground, especially those earlier ones! It's nice to see "Henry" (H reg ending PKW) our old red 136 LS with the early grille make a very small appearance too, we did very much enjoy that car also and have had plenty of Favorits although that one went to pastures new and unfortunately I haven't seen it all too much since it went. I hope it's having as nice a life as LUF is!

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Thank you for that, means a lot coming from you as such an expert! I’m so glad you rescued this car, it’s a fantastic example. I do really like your khaki estate too.

[@antmcgowan]

Really enjoyed this video. Your enthusiasm & knowledge are infectious! ❤️ Always thought Bertone had been more than a bit inspired by the proportions and shape of the Citroën Visa when they designed the Favorit.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

That’s very kind thank you very much. Yea I can see what you mean about the Visa, it’s the tallness and 5-door style I suppose.

[@christophecamus3295]

❤❤❤❤back to the basics car ,simple vehicle without fuss, great review.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Glad you liked it!

[@giselasilva5415]

I had a late Felicia with the Octavia-style front and the bottom half of the dashboard is exactly the same as that Favorit. Also, I think some pieces under the bonnet still said "made in czechoslovakia" so those bits from the Estelle were still being used until the 00's 😁

[@watannen]

funny since Czechoslovakia was no more since late 1992 :D

[@MorselsAndMotors]

That’s very cool!

[@oliverstemp9132]

Never released how well thiught out this car was, i like all these design details.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Neither did I! And I’m delighted to share it here

[@kencomax]

I had one in the early 90s. The best feature which you missed was the boot light was also a torch. It was a bit rough round the edges and the sun roof leaked but it was surprisingly fun to drive and quite charming in an odd sort of way.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Ooh I didn’t know that about the boot light. Sorry I missed it!

[@meeshker]

We had a 15 year Felicia which for 3 years passed every MOT and only cost us tyres. I sold to a friend who just left it to rot away in a field. It had no rust when we sold it. We toured Wales and the Highlands of Scotland, two adults and two large dogs camping

[@danielrussell446]

Well done Sion a great video on the Favorit I remember going with my brother to see one to replace his talbot horizon it was a lot of car for the money and in upper trim you had nice two tone paint and a lot of equipment. There was lots of space inside Paul eventually had an Astra but he did seriously consider a favorit and many people bought them due to competitive price but Skoda did unnecessarily suffer in the UK because of the reputation it had and often the cars were much better than this as you saw Paul didn’t buy one because of the badge which seems silly now If I am correct Sion I think with the fuel gauge you can turn it around between 4 star and unleaded on the early ones Great to see one now and it will we the start of the modern Skoda brand probably the last true Skoda

[@TheCounty90]

K reg, around 1992. I remember taking a picture of one at the NEC motorshow aged 10. Still have the picture, keep it in a special hiding place under the floorboards. The car was red.

[@dj_efk]

You can see what gave the detractors their ammunition with these cars - it’s 80s feeling comes across loud and clear in this video and no doubt put a lot of people off who were open-minded enough to test drive one. It really does come across as competent and practical but very old fashioned. Nowadays of course this is almost a plus point.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

I entirely agree with both parts of this. Makes it even more charming with 2024 eyes

[@sebastianohalloran9093]

G’s old car from OG Cars? A channel that deserves more views.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Yes 🙂

[@grahams7132]

Was the rev counter not working? Just returned from a holiday in Malta and spotted a few Favorits still whizzing about out there. Loved the video, very detailed. Thank you.

[@Koulis_]

Lovely car, so much more personality than the anaesthetised later VW versions. The nose reminds me of the original Citroen Visa an example of which I owned in the early 80s.

[@Chris-pf8by]

The Favorit. No wonder VW realized that this car maker has what it takes. The rest is history. I love Skoda for all the clever and logical details. Some of the best station wagons there are. Too bad the scrapped the Fabia SW, I had one and it was quite a room wonder. A family of four could do just fine with it.

[@jonathonbrett-qn1ic]

Wonderful review of a great car

[@sophiesharp1709]

Great review, really enjoyed it (cheesy pun aside 😆). I'd never realised how stylish a car they were - especially at the time. I do wish now that i'd considered buying one at the time !

[@MorselsAndMotors]

I can't help a cheesy pun! Glad you enjoyed it, and happy to spread the word about the designery nature of the Favorit

[@philpaxton2078]

In the brochure for this model it shows that this has a clock instead of a rev counter. Models with a rev counter came with a digital clock behind the interior light. I suspect the instruments may have been replaced at some time, as there is a warning light for the front fog lights too. I had a 1995 GLXie which I loved. My favourite to have would be the 1990/91 136LS. The almost 'Petale' design front seats are wonderful & they were rather nippy for their time. The fact that the rear seat is easily removeable makes them super practical too.

[@nistb2123]

This was the car all wanted in the eastern block

[@davepax982]

Unfortunately we never got these over here in Australia. I just love the style of them! One magazine I can remember reading described the styling as having a "gargoyle" like quality. I kinda agree!

[@sirhenners204]

the rear end on that saloon prototype reminds me of a Proton Saga/MPI rear end quite a lot

[@jefferysmith3930]

Great color!

[@chrisburn7178]

Grandparents had one of these new, maybe from about 1995? I still remember the unique sound of the engine which must have been the same one in a Fabia I bought years later as an adult, a 1.4 8V. The Favorit was cool, but it was not well built. As a kid the rear door card came off whole in my hand one time - the hard plastic had just cracked around the exposed screw holding it on.

[@nickhaag7803]

I dismissed these cars back in the day yet their simplicity now appeals.

[@rockinginafreeworld3256]

So ahead of time. A rear heated window to keep the hands warm when you push it.

[@martinfox3478]

The little cubby hole is for your mobile phone, small tablet or for the sat nav to be mounted 🙂

[@Timico1000]

iirc according to a Top gear survey from the early 90s (i think it was ´94 or ´94) the Favorit (and Skoda as a brand) was really good in customer satisfaction, outclassing even cars like the BMW 3 series. Video is to be found somewhere on YT.

[@CreRay]

Excellent review! I always liked the Favorit, a fresh and neat design, and it gave me the feeling that Skoda had done their very best to create a car that caught up with the competition without just imitating them. Like if it was designed by engineers as if it would be the last car they ever worked on, instead of the competitions engineers who went to work half asleep and drag themselves from one meeting to the next. The engine would outlive the Felicia as well and was even used in the Fabia. Not quite sure but it could even have made its way into other VW products of the time.

[@AlejjSi]

The Favorit was designed by a team headed by a very capable engineer of the name Petr Hrdlička, who was, as a matter of fact son of Karel Hrdlička, who was the boss of Skoda i the 30's and made it the biggest Czechoslovak car manufacturer. Young Petr Hrdlička worked for years in a Car developing institute in Prague and even worked for two years in Switzerland (1967-8) for Oerlikon, where he designed things such as a differential for the Peugeot 504 and other things. In the early 80's he was asked by the government to lead Skoda's development of a modern new hatchback and he, in his late 40's (being born in 1934) accepted this as his lifetime opportunity. He put together a great team of people and it was a miracle that the Favorit was born. He as a technical director of Skoda posed the power comparable of a director general in any western company. As Bertone said it "You must be a very powerful man, you come here, say how it should be like and it's as you say. When people from Germany come, they argue and never make a firm decision" :D This September he celebrated his 90th birthday and a meeting of some Favorit members in Skoda Museum took place and I was there with my family 1988 Favorit 136 in which I grew up and it was great to hear the tales of how the development was going from him personally. The engine would indeed live the whole Felicia life, also was upgraded to 1.4L in the Fabia and even was in the Octavia. The Octavia was an odd one of just over 700 examples made and it has a very interesting backstory to it. VW in the early 2000s wanted to try the fly by wire throttle and Skoda was given the task to develop it. So they decided on a special 1.4MPi Octavia, because they thought that not many people would buy it, so in case if it was a failure, there wouldn't be many cars to recall from the owners. So in the end it worked and this very old engine got a technical milestone credit to it to be the first VW engine that had fly by wire throttle. BTW there also was a 1.0 MPi version of this engine that was used in the basic Fabia called Junior (didn't even have power steering or passenger cubby cover) and this engine also was used in the VW Lupo/Seat Arosa so it indeed did find it's place in a VW products.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Wow thank you so much for going to all that trouble to explain all that history. I do love the KZbin car community 😊

[@AlejjSi]

@@MorselsAndMotors I'm glad to be of useful service 🙂

[@darrenwilson8042]

Oh my - a mint Estelle 105 base model would be so you - lower than even poverty spec you'd be in your element

[@J500ANT]

The Favorit also came as an estate (unless they'd renamed it by then)

[@cj92akl]

Didn't Ken Barlow from 'Coronation Street' drive a Favorit at some point? I'm sure I remember seeing it and thinking it was the perfect car for Ken!

[@IanS82]

Yes he did silver one I think

[@lucythemoggy1970]

I actually quite like the saloon styling of the prototype!

[@pinkyn0se]

4:12 Hmm think the heated rear window element pattern is borne of practicality not aesthetics. They wanted the area where the wiper parks to be heated so that the blade gets heated and unstuck from the glass. The sides have to join to clear the middle, so you get the v-shape aesthetics you mention, as having the element finish in the middle of the window would have meant extra wiring with exposed fragile connectors half way up.. You can really see the Bertone design cues though, given that they'd just done the Citroen BX. It's kinda a cross between the BX and the Visa.

[@lewiscarr5663]

I had a m reg estate. Fair line. I believe. Had a spoiler, ally wheels and a sunroof

[@aslandama]

Alays love the shape of these cars.

[@shepshepherd]

The Favorit is a really great piece of industrial design, a bit like the early Austin Maestro.

[@markwarren2520]

I had a favourit flairline lxie plus in Caribbean green best car i ever owned from 1994 to 2006

[@jaggass]

Prices are going up on Favorit's.

[@Michel-r6m]

If a car is reliable it gets my 👍 Most likely that I prefer the Skoda over any Ferrari...😅😅

[@leenewman5982]

I had one glxi mid rage loved mine mine was a l plate L269PAH

[@dorkomatic]

I just looked at how heavy a favorit is... Wikipedia says 840kg! And I love a lightweight car.

[@lucythemoggy1970]

is that gina wootons car from og cars?

[@paulschneider9286]

I thought that one is a lost facelift? The pre facelift didn’t have the central Skoda badge at the front? It looks to me to be a post facelift like the one I sat in back in the day?

[@ianfrost3529]

Use to really like the favourit. What would be a good road test. Would be the favorit and a mk1 Ibiza seeing they would be the last cars as independent before being taken over before VAG group

[@therealchayd]

I must say, that interior is actually nicer than a mid-range noughties Fabia which is pretty much all monotone plastic.

[@MorselsAndMotors]

Bring back colour!!!

[@watannen]

This was not the only body style. Well maybe for the UK it was. While they did not make the Sedan ( it was and still is much more appreciated in other parts of the world than it is in the UK and western europe, so pity ), they did make an Estate version, a light Pickup and two vans. MTX also made a convertible. All of this applies to the Felicia as well.

[@Victimesty]

I live in Czechia. Hit me up if you want the headrests or anything. I don't own any parts myself, but if would be much easier to look them up locally.

[@lukecrowley571]

Nice, it'd be interesting to see a Lada Samara for comparison! 😁

[@MorselsAndMotors]

That’s true. I thought the 3-door prototype had a bit of Samara about it

[@minimaxi802]

I used to like when the Favorit appeared, looked so different to the previous rear engined Estelle. I think the Favorit was better than the Lada Samara.

[@chrishart8548]

I like the saloon one they should have made it. Looks a decent amount larger than the hatch looking at the C pillars

[@ST-ur7oh]

Brilliant - voted best budget car by whatcar? In that exact colour from memory. I remember the original Top Gear review ….

[@machosker]

I had a 136 GLXiE Flairline Estate. I bought it for £250 and ran it for 3 years. It worked great until I blew the head gasket.

[@andrewthornegeo]

I bought a 1996 Felatio LX in 1999. It was really just a Favorit with some extra plastic moulding inside and a slightly different body. More of a hard face lift than a new car. Nice enough, but a bit lacking in character. It wallowed on the motorway and just didn't do it for me. My previous car was a Fiat 126 FSM and I chopped it in for a 2CV Charleston after a couple of years.

[@chrisallen766]

Everything you need and nothing you dont.