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{{Short description|Czech coachbuilding company}}
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[[File:Sodomkovo Mýto 2011 - 59.JPG|thumb|[[Aero (automobile)|Aero]] 50 Dynamik with coachwork by Sodomka]]
[[File:Tatra 600 Kabriolet Sodomka.JPG|thumb|[[Tatra 600]] Cabriolet with bodywork by Sodomka]]
'''Sodomka''' was a Czech [[coachbuilding]] company founded in 1895. They bodied cars and buses from various Czech companies ([[Aero (automobile)|Aero]], [[Laurin & Klement]], [[Praga (company)|Praga]], [[Škoda Auto|Škoda]], [[Tatra (company)|Tatra]], Walter), as well as foreign cars (e.g. [[Bugatti]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Graham-Paige|Graham]], [[Lancia]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], [[Rolls-Royce]], [[LaSalle (automobile)|LaSalle]] (for the British royal family), [[Studebaker]] and others).
== History ==
The Sodomka company was founded in [[Vysoké Mýto]] in 1895 by Josef Sodomka Sr. It was originally called the First East Bohemian Carriage Manufacture of Josef Sodomka. After the [[First World War]] came the [[Great Depression]] and the search for another production programme began. Josef Sodomka persuaded his father to start car bodywork. In 1925, they produced the first car body according to their own design on a [[Praga (company)|Praga]] Mignon chassis. In 1928, the company produced their first bus body on a [[Škoda Auto|Škoda]] 125 chassis with a capacity for fourteen passengers and other bus bodies on Praga, Škoda, [[Tatra (company)|Tatra]] and Walter chassis. By the end of the year, a total of six buses had been produced at the factory. In the 1930s, Karoserie Sodomka became a successful company, winning elegance competitions and car shows. In total, the company produced 40 buses by 1936. In 1947, the Škoda 706 RO bus model began production. In 1948, the company was nationalised and became the national company [[Karosa]]. In 2020, the plant belongs to [[Iveco Bus|Iveco]] and buses are produced there.
== Literature ==
* Jan Černý: ''Automobily Tatra s karoseriemi Sodomka'', Vysoké Mýto, [[:cs:Regionální_muzeum_ve_Vysokém_Mýtě|Regionální muzeum ve Vysokém Mýtě]], 2007, {{ISBN|978-80-239-9453-7}}
* Jan Černý: ''Automobily Aero s karoseriemi Sodomka'', Vysoké Mýto, Regionální muzeum ve Vysokém Mýtě, 2008, {{ISBN|978-80-254-2190-1}}
* Jan Černý: ''Autobusové karoserie Sodomka na podvozcích Tatra'', Vysoké Mýto, Regionální muzeum ve Vysokém Mýtě, 2008, {{ISBN|978-80-254-2189-5}}
* Jan Černý, Martin Štěpán: ''Automobily Praga s karoseriemi Sodomka'', Vysoké Mýto, Regionální muzeum ve Vysokém Mýtě, 2009, {{ISBN|978-80-254-4587-7}}
* Jan Tulis: ''Sodomka'', Brno, Autoklub při pedagogické fakultě Masarykovy university v [[:cs:Brno|Brně]], 1990
* {{Cite book |last=Kulíšek |first=Vítězslav |title=Vzestup a pád českého podnikatele: Josef Sodomka (1904-1964) |publisher=Vlastním nákladem autora |isbn=978-80-270-3458-1 |publication-date=2018 |trans-title=The Rise and Fall of a Czech Entrepreneur: Josef Sodomka (1904-1964)}}
[[Category:Coachbuilders]]
[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Czechoslovakia]]
[[Category:1895 establishments in Austria-Hungary]]