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1954 - The new "Ikarus 55″ and "66″ buses

By Béla Zerkovitz, chief designer The following study on the legendary Ikarus 55 and 66 was published in 1954...

Mar 30, 20248 min read
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1956 - The Budapest Wholesale Market Square

The former pantry of the capital "Fresh goods will reach the shops much faster than before thanks to the new conveyor belt system...

Mar 26, 20248 min read
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1967 - Farewell to the last state horsepower

"Drivers bid farewell to Bandit and Betyar, the last drivers of the Budapest Transport Company, in front of a line of cars..."

Mar 22, 20241 min read
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1976 - 4000 big steps

Test drive with the "Kispolski" On 6 May 1976 Autó-Motor published the experiences of the four thousand kilometre test drive of the Polski-Fiat 126p by Tibor Almássy...

Mar 19, 202414 min read
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1977 - (125) János Csonka was born 172 years ago

In the February 1977 issue of Autó-Motor, the commemoration of János Csonka, quoted below, was published...

Mar 15, 20249 min read
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1963 - The Aermacchi MB-1 DIESEL

In October 1963, the Czechoslovakian sister magazine of Autó-Motor, Svět Motorů, published a review of the then Italian three-wheeled goods...

Mar 12, 20244 min read

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1969-1974 - The crustacean Budapest "Mini-taxi" service 1.

By26 horsepowerApr 17, 20248 min read

Even the start of the Budapest minicab service was not without its controversies, the idea being to expand and, according to the official view, to add colour to the already bipolar taxi service in the capital. It was as if we were witnessing a market competition, a rarity in the existing socialism, between the two major operators, [...]

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1969-1974 - The crustacean Budapest "Mini-taxi" service 2.

By26 horsepowerApr 14, 20248 min read

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1980 - Description of an Opel Kadett-D in Hungary and chronicle of a test drive 1.

By26 horsepowerApr 13, 20248 min read

In January and February 1980, a thorough review and test drive chronicle of the then new Opel Kadett D by György Liener was published in Autó-Motor, a truly new Kadett. A brief history of the...

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1980 - Description of an Opel Kadett-D in Hungary and chronicle of a test drive 2.

By26 horsepowerApr 9, 20247 min read

The Kadett test So here is the second part of the series of articles published in Autó-Motor in early 1980 about the then new Opel Kadett D. The article is written by György Liener, the photos are by Favics...