Laurin & Klement 110
Year of manufacture: 1925
Power: 25 hp
Displacement: 1,791 cm3
Number of cylinders/valves: 4/2
Weight: 1,250 kg
Condition: operational
Catalogue number: 135
In the mid-1920s, the automotive industry experienced rapid development. Our oldest car manufacturer, Laurin & Klement in Mladá Boleslav, produced and successfully sold a range of passenger and commercial vehicles. However, to further develop production, they needed capital. Therefore, in 1925, they merged with the industrial Škoda Plzeň concern, which became the sole owner of the Mladá Boleslav manufacturer. This brought about production reorganization, and the concern’s companies began cooperating closely. According to the agreement between the former Laurin & Klement and the Škoda concern, machines designed before August 1925 bore the L & K – Škoda badge, so the popular four-cylinder model type 110 could feature logos of both companies on the radiator grille. Machines designed after this date were labeled only Škoda.
Between 1925 and 1929, the L&K-Škoda 110 was produced. The bore was 72 mm and the stroke 110 mm. Ten series were produced; the first and second had a 1,791 cm3 inline four-cylinder engine with SV valve timing and a power output of 18 kW, with a top speed of 80 km/h. From the third series in 1926, a 1,944 cm3 engine with 22 kW power and a maximum speed of 85 km/h was used, again an inline four-cylinder engine also used in the passenger L&K 120, as well as the commercial Škoda 115 and 125. The overall construction reflects mid-1920s technology. The chassis was a riveted steel ladder frame made from U-profiles. Both front and rear axles were rigid and suspended with longitudinal semi-elliptical leaf springs. The steering operated by a screw and nut mechanism. The engine was coupled to a dry, multi-plate clutch, which connected to a four-speed unsynchronized gearbox housed in the same block as the engine. The rear axle was driven via a driveshaft. The vehicle’s external dimensions were 4200x1600x1300 mm.
It was produced in several body styles, such as sedan, phaeton, limousine, roadster, coupe, estate, commercial truck, and ambulance.
A total of 2,550 units of this L&K 110 type were produced. The model was based on the previous Laurin & Klement 150 and was replaced by the Škoda 4R.
An interesting fact is that the Laurin & Klement brand was the most famous and drove on the roads of the First Czechoslovak Republic, with one of the cars even owned by the first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.
The car from our collection is in fully operational condition.
