Eight cylinders in the Superb
The displacement and power of the side-controlled six-cylinder were gradually increased, from 2.5 liters to 2.7 and 2.9 liters, before Škoda switched to the pioneering OHV principle with valves in the cylinder head in the Superb 3000 in 1938 with a 3.1-liter engine changed. And another innovation distinguished the Superb 3000: the modern 12-volt on-board electrical system, which only became standard in automobile construction 30 years later. No fine family without an eight-cylinder: Škoda delivered this in 1938 in the 5.70 meter long Superb 4000, a prestigious car that won financially strong customers not through excessive power, but through smooth running. In the 1939 model year, the Škoda Superb finally became part of automotive haute couture, especially as an exclusive landaulet and chauffeur-driven limousine with a partition or with a body made to customer requirements. Buyers who otherwise preferred the star on the hood also treated themselves to these style icons.
State car for everyone – 90 years of Skoda Superb: It once had 8 cylinders!
