An icon reimagined: the playful Felicia Fun

While Škoda’s historical past is full of sensible vehicles, it has additionally produced a lot of vehicles purely for enjoyment. One of essentially the most distinctive and really unique ones is the Felicia Fun pick-up truck, which adopted earlier ideas such because the Favorit 781 Tremp and Favorit Fun. Unlike its predecessors, nonetheless, it took the “beach Škoda” thought all the best way to sequence manufacturing. 

The sequence Icons Get a Makeover is a tribute to legendary fashions from Škoda’s historical past and a celebration of the creativity of at present’s designers. Their reinterpretations of historic autos had been created completely for this sequence and don’t characterize any future Škoda fashions.“

The outcome was a cult vehicle—one of the crucial unconventional manufacturing vehicles Škoda’s ever constructed. Now, French designer Julien Petitseigneur has envisioned how the Felicia Fun would possibly look at present by way of the lens of Modern Solid. 

“The original car was pure fun. It didn’t take itself seriously and stood out, even by Škoda standards. For a light-hearted side project in my spare time, it was an obvious choice,” says the French designer explaining his alternative. “I even got so immersed that I started thinking about buying the original,” he laughs.