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Let $R$ be a dvr (whose residue characteristic is zero if it helps) with fraction field $K$. Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $K$ with good reduction over $R$. Let $X\to A$ be a finite etale morphism with $X$ geometrically connected over $K$.

Does $X$ have good reduction over $R$? (That is, does $X$ have a smooth proper model over $R$?)

By Lang-Neron, there is finite field extension $L/K$ such that $X$ is an abelian variety over $K$. In this case $X\to A$ is an isogeny and it follows from Neron-Ogg-Shafarevich that $X$ has good reduction as well over $R$. Thus, $X$ has potential good reduction over $R$, i.e., there is a finite extension $L/K$ such that $X_{R_L}$ has a smooth proper model over $R_L$, where $R_L$ is the integral closure of $R$ in $L$.

I fear that my answer has a negative answer, but I can't think of an explicit example. Can one find an elliptic curve $E$ over $\mathbb{Q}$ with good reduction at a prime $p$, an $E$-torsor $T$ with bad reduction at this prime $p$, and a finite etale cover $T\to E$. But I do not see how.

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    $\begingroup$ Try the cover of $y^2=x^3-x$ given by $z^2=3x$ with $p=3$. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 13, 2020 at 9:20
  • $\begingroup$ Sorry, but I am confused. By $z^2=3x$ you mean a projective quadratic curve of genus $0$? How to cover a genus $1$ curve by another of genus $0$? $\endgroup$
    – Doug Liu
    Commented Oct 15, 2021 at 19:47

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