Back to the Future: Škoda Designer Reimagines the Felicia Fun for a New Era

The original Felicia Fun launched in 1995 as a special derivative of the Felicia estate, aimed squarely at younger, adventure-seeking drivers. Its bright yellow paint radiated optimism, while an ingenious interior allowed the two-seater pickup to transform into a four-seater thanks to fold-out rear seats hidden beneath the cargo floor. Built until 2000, with just 4,016 examples produced, it became one of the most distinctive chapters in Škoda’s modern history.

Now Petitseigneur, who also serves as lead designer on the new Vision O concept, has resurrected the Fun in his spare time—purely as a passion project. Two weeks of late-night sketching yielded a design so compelling it raises the question of why Škoda itself hasn’t pursued it.

His reinterpretation is a two-seat electric pickup with short overhangs, chunky wheels, rugged plastic cladding and a striking black rear spoiler paired with a bold pink light strip. The signature sunshine yellow bodywork returns, but is now accented with playful, slightly provocative tones.

The cabin has been reimagined with modern radicalism. The dashboard is a seamless digital display panel, the seats are finished in yellow with purple accents, and the center console houses charging docks for personal devices. Gone is the rear bench: this concept is not for road trips with friends but for two urbanites who value design as highly as practicality.

Electric power is more than a design cue here. The smooth, grille-free front end and lack of exhaust point unmistakably to a battery-electric drivetrain. That stands in sharp contrast to the modest combustion engines of the original—1.3- and 1.6-liter petrols and a 1.9-liter diesel—whose most powerful version topped out at 163 km/h.