Škoda VOS

Škoda
	Škoda VOS-L in the Škoda Muzeum in Mladá Boleslav
VOS
Production period:	1948-1952
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	limousine
Engines:	Otto engine : ; 5.2 liters (88 kW)
Length:	5700 mm
Width:	1950 mm
Height:	1750 mm
Wheelbase :
Empty weight :	VOS: 3780 kg, VOS-L: 2700 kg

The Škoda VOS (Czech: "Vládní Osobní Speciál", Slovak: "Vládný Osobný Špeciál" = "Government Special Car" ) was a car that was manufactured by AZNP under the Škoda brand between 1948 and 1952 for the highest state representatives of communist Czechoslovakia . The vehicle belongs to the luxury class .

Only about 100 vehicles were produced, around half of them as VOS-L (L = Czech: lehký , German: light ) and the other half as the heavier, armored normal version VOS . The armored vehicles had windows 5.2 cm thick, which could only be lowered 2 cm. In order to guarantee the ventilation of the vehicle, an air conditioning system was installed in the trunk. This was so big that another vehicle had to transport the luggage.

The limousines were officially made in Mladá Boleslav , even if they were only assembled there; The engine and body were delivered. It is actually a Tatra with an engine from the truck manufacturer Praga and a body from the bus manufacturer Karosa Vysoké Myto, as well as a Škoda emblem on the radiator.

Well-known owners were the Czechoslovak President Klement Gottwald , as well as other communist officials such as Zhu De , Mao Zedong and Enver Hoxha as well as Ana Pauker , who drove a Škoda VOS converted into a trolley to travel on rails.

Ana Pauker's Škoda VOS converted into a trolley . The vehicle is parked at the Sinaia train station today .

Technical specifications

Engine: four-stroke gasoline engine, OHV, 6 cylinders, 5195 cm³, 88 kW (120 PS)
Top speed: 115 km / h (VOS), 130 km / h (VOS-L)
Consumption: 30 l / 100 km on average

Web links

Commons : Škoda VOS - collection of images

Individual evidence

^ Zdeněk Vacek: Škoda VOS: Pro bolševiky od Prahy po Peking. In: veteran.auto.cz. Veterán, December 30, 2009, accessed December 31, 2016 (Czech).
↑ Dana Mihai: Cum Arata drezina blindata folosită de Ana Pauker. Limuzina Skoda cântărea 5 tone şi ajungea la 115 kilometersi pe oră. In: adevarul.ro. Ploiesti, September 9, 2015, accessed December 31, 2016 (Romanian).

Timeline

Timeline of the Škoda models from 1945 to today
Type	Body versions	from 1945 to 1990 as a state enterprise AZNP																																														Gradually taken over by Volkswagen in 1991
		40s					50s										60s										70s										80s										90s										2000s										2010s										2020s
		5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	0
Microcar	Hatchback																																																																			Citigo
Small car	Convertible	… 1101 Tudor / 1102 Tudor
	Hatchback	… 1101 Tudor / 1102 Tudor																																																							Fabia I							Fabia II								Fabia III
	Station wagon																																																															Fabia II								Fabia III
	Notchback
Compact class	Hatchback																																											favourite							Felicia																			Rapid spaceback						Scala
Compact class	Station wagon																																														Forman				Felicia
Lower middle class	Convertible													450		Felicia
	Coupe																						1100 MBX				110 R											Guard			Rapid
	Notchback											440				Octavia					1000 MB / 1100 MB					100/110								105/120/125/130/135/136																			Octavia I															Rapid India
	Notchback											440				Octavia					1000 MB / 1100 MB					100/110								105/120/125/130/135/136																																			Rapid
	Station wagon																		Octavia station wagon
Middle class	Notchback								1200				1201																																																	Octavia II							Octavia III								Octavia IV
Middle class	Station wagon								1200				1201					1202																																												Octavia II							Octavia III								Octavia IV
upper middle class	Notchback																																																									Superb I.							Superb II							Superb III
upper middle class	Station wagon																																																																Superb II							Superb III
Upper class	Notchback	… Superb
Upper class	Notchback				VOS
SUV	Hatchback																																																																										Kamiq China People's Republic
																																																																												Kamiq
																																																																		yeti								Karoq
																																																																										Kodiaq
	Hatchback																																																																											Kamiq GT China People's Republic
	Hatchback																																																																										Kodiaq GT China People's Republic
High roof combination																																																															Roomster
Vans																									1203													1203 (from 1987: TAZ 1203 )												1500 ( TAZ 1500 )
race car						Sports																						120 pp						130 RS							130 LR
race car							Sports / super sports							1101 OHC							F3

[1] Zdeněk Vacek: Škoda VOS: Pro bolševiky od Prahy po Peking. In: veteran.auto.cz. Veterán, December 30, 2009, accessed December 31, 2016 (Czech).

[2] Dana Mihai: Cum Arata drezina blindata folosită de Ana Pauker. Limuzina Skoda cântărea 5 tone şi ajungea la 115 kilometersi pe oră. In: adevarul.ro. Ploiesti, September 9, 2015, accessed December 31, 2016 (Romanian).