About car puzzle #116: Škoda Winnetou

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Got you there. Several of you thought the mystery car of last week was Devin’s D-type. It surely shares styling characteristics and has a link to it, too, as some say the car was developed from a Devin body. We don't know, but that’s where the link ends. And if you’d read our hints you could have known. We wrote: “The country it originates from went through an important period of political liberalization just after it was launched.” – we were talking about the Prague Spring here. We also said it was named after a great American fictional character, pointing you towards this chap. Ladies and gentlemen: may we introduce to you the 1967 Škoda Winnetou. One of few right answers came from ‘Andrew’, who wrote: “The car is the Škoda Winnetou. It was shown at Geneva car show in 1967 as a prototype based on Škoda’s 1000 MBX. Rear lights were from the VW Beetle. It was originally red, with laminated body. The top speed was said to be 126 km/h.” We also understand the car was last seen in The Netherlands in the 1980s, after which any trace of it ends. Perhaps one of you knows more about that? For now: Congratulations to Andrew. Please drop us a line and we’ll make sure you will receive the infamous PostWarCar T-shirt at your address. See you next week!

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