Škoda Garde turbo is derived from the Škoda Garde coupe (Type 743), which has been produced also in Bratislava (BAZ) since 1982. The impulse for construction was test the turbocharged engine under severe hillclimb race conditions. Development of turbocharged engines began in BAZ already in 1980. They used engine of the Skoda 130 RS (1298 ccm) and turbocharger KKK placed before of the carburetor. This modified engine had 130 kW and in 1981 appeared in the hillclimb race on Pezinska Baba in the vehicle Škoda 130 RS, drived with Joseph Viskup. In 1983 began the BAZ with the development vehicle for the group A5 . For three and a half months arose the vehicle with engine mounted front of rear axle and engine was rotated 180 degrees. The engine was turbocharged with turbo of KKK (K - 26) placed before of carburetor Weber 40 DCOE and an output of 128 kW ( 174 hp) at 7000 ot./min-1 . torque of 178 Nm. The car was unveiled to the public in May 1983, in the development car got the nickname "Salamander", reached a top speed of 220 km/h and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.5 s-1. Its career ended just a month later, while training of the hillclimb race on Pezinska Baba, the vehicle was completely destroyed in the crash.
Engine: Skoda OHV inline 4 - cylinder (1298 ccm);
Transmission: 4 - speed, manual;
Body: self-supporting, reinforcing;
Chassis: independent wheel suspension, front wheels on trapezoidal transverse axle tube (1850 mm), the rear suspension with triangular oblique axis rocking action (1800 mm);
Weight: 720 kg, Length: 4150 mm, Height: 1250 mm;
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