Škoda 110 R Reimagined: A Digital Homage to a Mechanical Past
Škoda’s design team has breathed new virtual life into the iconic 110 R coupé—but this time, there’s no scent of gasoline in the air. The electric reinterpretation isn’t meant for the road; it’s a conceptual bow to the past, wrapped in a modern digital form that is equal parts tribute and irony.
Few carmakers can turn nostalgia into narrative quite as elegantly as Škoda. With meticulous Czech precision, the brand has reimagined its beloved 1970s sports coupé not as a retro replica, but as a thought experiment. The new—or rather, virtual—110 R celebrates an era when a sporty coupé meant rear-wheel drive, lightness, and mechanical honesty, not battery weight and dashboard screens.
The vision was conceived by Richard Švec of Škoda’s digital models team, who started with a blank canvas. The result: taut surfaces, crisp geometry, and a restrained dose of nostalgia. This 110 R exists in a liminal space between eras—neither past nor future, but something intriguingly in between, a car that could only live on a screen.
Švec’s intention wasn’t to rebuild the past, but to capture its spirit. That’s why he skipped the usual retro clichés—no round headlights, no chrome excess. Instead, the car features hidden light units and a signature Tech-loop illumination pattern, like a cyberpunk riff on a 1970s rally legend.
Technically, the concept remains pure fiction. The imagined electric drivetrain and rear-wheel layout are part of its fantasy, though the proportions and stance suggest Škoda knows exactly what enthusiasts long for—and what the brand will almost certainly never build.
Motorsport DNA still lingers in the details: widened arches, a digital roll cage, center-lock wheels, and subtle nods to the legendary 130 RS in the rear hatch lines. Yet everything feels immaculately clean, too precise, too sterile—beauty in a vacuum.
In truth, this 110 R is no preview of a production car, but a creative exercise. Like previous digital revivals of the Felicia Fun and Favorit, it serves as a laboratory for Škoda’s design philosophy rather than a promise of things to come. And that’s precisely its charm—a reminder that a brand’s past can be honored without ever needing to resurrect it.
