Was the Skoda Felicia really 'fooling the world' as some claim?
Skoda Felicia is an intriguing story about it supposedly changing the way people viewed Skoda as a brand. For years, Skoda had been a laughing stock, especially in Western markets, and it needed a game changer. The first Skoda developed under Volkswagen ownership was the Felicia, launched in 1994. But it took over much of Skoda's own engineering and borrowed some VW parts. Reliability, build quality and value for money were the things that Skoda have never been known for, but the car was praised for these things. This improved sales and started to change public opinion. Was the Felicia really "fooling" people, or was it just a damn good car that helped Skoda get out of the hole?
It didn't fool anyone. What it was, was a solid, affordable car that proved Skoda could build good cars.
Fooling suggests trickery, but the Felicia most definitely changed perceptions. It was just a good car. End of story.
It would fool badge snobs who couldn't believe that a Skoda could be decent.
It wasn't so much about trickery as it was about VW's influence. The Felicia was blessed with better parts and processes.
The real fooling was in tricking people into believing it was all new, when it was essentially based on the older Favorit platform.
It fooled nobody in the world, but it did catch a lot of people by surprise. That's just good marketing and good product development.
The Octavia was the real game changer, but the Felicia was the start of Skoda's turnaround.
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