A Skoda Designed for the Tour de France?

On the occasion of the brand’s 130th anniversary, the students of the Skoda vocational school unveiled an astonishing creation, the L&K 130.

This unique concept, developed from a Skoda Superb Estate, transforms into a support vehicle for cycling races. A technical and historical tribute to the manufacturer’s cycling heritage.

For it was on two wheels that everything began for Skoda. In 1895, Václav Laurin and Václav Klement founded a bicycle manufacturing company in Mladá Boleslav. One hundred and thirty years later, this cycling DNA remains intact: Skoda is now the main partner of the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes with Zwift, and excels in more than 20 international cycling competitions, such as La Vuelta and Paris-Roubaix.

Skoda and the Little Queen

The Skoda L&K 130 embodies this passion. For the first time, a Student Car is based on the Superb Estate, featuring a plug-in hybrid powertrain that combines a 1.5 TSI gasoline engine with 150 hp and an electric motor for a total power of 204 hp. Its electric range, thanks to a 25.7 kWh battery, allows it to support a stage quietly and without emissions, an asset on the Tour’s roads.

But it’s especially through its modifications that it amazes: transformation into a pick-up, electrically sliding loading area, bike racks, integrated cooler, adapted seats, onboard communication system, display screens for race data, and even a roof equipped with a storage net for assistance. Everything is designed to meet the needs of a professional team.

With its gold, red, and black colors in homage to the Laurin & Klement era and its historical logo, the L&K 130 is more than just a stylish exercise. It represents the strong link between Skoda’s history, its passion for cycling, and its ability to innovate. A creation that could well find its place… in the caravan of the Tour de France.

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