1966 - Farewell to Pininfarina

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In its 9 May 1966 issue, Autó-Motor published a short but warmly-worded obituary of the legendary Italian...

26 horsepowerFeb 20, 20244 minutes

1979 - The MTX-1600 Rally Lada from Czechoslovakia

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In May 1979, Autó-Motor published the details of a test in the Czechoslovak motoring magazine Svět motorů, in which the Prague-based...

26 horsepowerFeb 18, 20244 minutes

1980 - The news is true, but...

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...not those, not there and not then. The rest fits. "The Finnish-Swedish pair have pulled off a rare feat: in very bad weather...

26 horsepowerFeb 16, 20242 minutes
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1966 - Farewell to Pininfarina

26 horsepowerFeb 20, 20244 min read

In its 9 May 1966 issue, Autó-Motor published a short but warmly-worded obituary in memory of the legendary Italian design genius who had died a month earlier. But who was this uneducated peasant boy from a small village near Turin, the tenth of a family of eleven children, who by the end of the war had become the best-known car designer on the continent and without whom [...]

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1979 - The MTX-1600 Rally Lada from Czechoslovakia

26 horsepowerFeb 18, 20244 min read

In May 1979, Autó-Motor published details of a test in the Czechoslovak motoring magazine Svět motorů, in which a rally version of the VAZ 21011 Lada, modified by the Prague-based METALEX (MTX) factory, was tested. The car, developed by Metalex under the name 1600 MTX in 1979,...

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1980 - The news is true, but...

26 horsepowerFeb 16, 20242 min read

...not those, not there and not then. The rest fits. "A rare feat was achieved by the Finnish-Swedish pair: in very bad weather conditions they drove the Ford Escort to victory - and in this round of the WRC they won again, for the eighth time in a row...

pininfarina

1966 - Farewell to Pininfarina

26 horsepowerFeb 20, 20244 min read

In its 9 May 1966 issue, Autó-Motor published a short but warmly-worded obituary in memory of the legendary Italian design genius who had died a month earlier. But who was this uneducated young man from a small village near Turin, the tenth in a family of eleven children, who had started out...

lada-mtx-1600-am-79-majus-3

1979 - The MTX-1600 Rally Lada from Czechoslovakia

26 horsepowerFeb 18, 20244 min read

In May 1979, Autó-Motor published details of a test in the Czechoslovak motoring magazine Svět motorů, in which a rally version of the VAZ 21011 Lada, modified by the Prague-based METALEX (MTX) factory, was tested. The car, developed by Metalex under the name 1600 MTX in 1979,...

escort-rally-rs-1800-MKII.jpg

1980 - The news is true, but...

26 horsepowerFeb 16, 20242 min read

...not those, not there and not then. The rest fits. "A rare feat was achieved by the Finnish-Swedish pair: in very bad weather conditions they drove the Ford Escort to victory - and in this round of the WRC they won again, for the eighth time in a row...

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pininfarina

1966 - Farewell to Pininfarina

26 horsepowerFeb 20, 20244 min read

In its 9 May 1966 issue, Autó-Motor published a short but warmly-worded obituary in memory of the legendary Italian design genius who had died a month earlier. But who was this uneducated young man from a small village near Turin, the tenth in a family of eleven children, who had started out...

lada-mtx-1600-am-79-majus-3

1979 - The MTX-1600 Rally Lada from Czechoslovakia

26 horsepowerFeb 18, 20244 min read

In May 1979, Autó-Motor published details of a test in the Czechoslovak motoring magazine Svět motorů, in which a rally version of the VAZ 21011 Lada, modified by the Prague-based METALEX (MTX) factory, was...

escort-rally-rs-1800-MKII.jpg

1980 - The news is true, but...

26 horsepowerFeb 16, 20242 min read

...not those, not there and not then. The rest fits. "The Finnish-Swedish pair pulled off a rare feat: they drove to victory in very bad weather conditions - and in this World Rally Championship...

pininfarina

1966 - Farewell to Pininfarina

26 horsepowerFeb 20, 20244 min read

In the May 9, 1966 issue of Autó-Motor, a short but...

lada-mtx-1600-am-79-majus-3

1979 - The MTX-1600 Rally Lada from Czechoslovakia

26 horsepowerFeb 18, 20244 min read

In May 1979, in a Czechoslovak motoring magazine, Svět motorů...

escort-rally-rs-1800-MKII.jpg

1980 - The news is true, but...

26 horsepowerFeb 16, 20242 min read

...not those, not there and not then. The rest fits....

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1966 - Farewell to Pininfarina

In the 9 May 1966 issue of Autó-Motor, a short but warmly worded obituary was published...

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1979 - The MTX-1600 Rally Lada from Czechoslovakia

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1980 - The news is true, but...

...not those, not there and not then. The rest fits. "He performed a rare feat...

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1977 - Skoda test

1977 - Skoda test

ZsoltNov 22, 20239 min read

In May 1977, a chronicle of a test drive taken over from Svět Motorů, the Czechoslovak sister company, was published in Autó-Motor. You can read it below,...

1975 - Paul Járay

ZsoltNov 11, 2023

Paul Jaray (10 March 1889 - 22 September 1974) On 6 September 1975, Auto-Motor published a beautiful commemoration...