Skoda Canada

SKOCAR & SKODA DEALER INFORMATION

his page includes ephemera, brochures and advertisements from Skocar (The Canadian Skoda importer during the 1980s), various Canadian Skoda dealerships, and Skoda importers from the 1950s and 60s. Please feel free to use any of the images on this page, though a mention or link to this site would be appreciated.

Skoda 135GLi Brochure c.1988-89 by SKOCAR

French Skoda 120L Brochure apparently used in Quebec c.1984-86

Besides Skoda, Canada received several other European imports during the 1980s that remained unavailable in the USA. Of these, Lada from Russia was the most famous, which sold cars and their Niva 4×4 as late as 1997. Innocenti from Italy imported their diminutive De Tomaso Turbo, while the scarcest of all were Dacias and AROs from Romania. These were mostly sold in Quebec, where a combination of entry level Eastern Bloc economy status and Eastern winters meant a high attrition rate. Indeed, it was thought they were extinct until a few were discovered still alive in Quebec in 2012!