Budapest - Jan 2007

[RedSparrow]

Hi,

Went to Budapest this month, was pleased to see a fair amount of Eastern bloc rubbish smoking around.

Lots of late (VW engined) Trabis and Wartburgs- they seemed to outnumber Ladas and certainly Skodas.

Apologies for poor picture quality- if there was a forum called PhotoShite I would go on there and talk about my cheap Korean digital camera.

Enjoy!

 

Old style Lada:

 

Late Wartburg:

 

Trabant Kombis:

 

Old and new(er):

 

Wartburg Pickup, just cos Id never seen one in the flesh before!:

 

Polski-Renault?, Im sure one of you knows!:

 

Also saw lots of Polski-Fiat 127s, IFA W50s, mega late Trabi with VW Golf wheels and an IFA 'Camp Tourist' Caravan!

 

Cheers,

R

[Ross_K]

Polski-Renault?, Im sure one of you knows!:

 

Dacia 13-something or other?

[Jazzy Jeff]

Yup, also known as the Dacia Denem when a few were officially imported over here.

[RedSparrow]

Ah ha! I knew someone here would be able to tell me!Where were they built? Poland?Cheers,R

[Richard]

Romania, I think.

[stoterstangen90]

Romania, I think.

sure

[Dukestar25]

Romania, I think.

sure

Yeah, they imported them for about a year. I remember distinctly what Jalopy magazine said about them:

...a long defunct version of an even longer defunct Renault 12. Be the envy of your friends by owning a car thats rarer than a Ferrari...

[Adrian_pt]

That's a Dacia 1310 estate, and this particular style (4 headlamps, thick rubber round them) dates from 83 to 92 - I have some very sad knowledge of Dacias, so will hazard 1986 or possibly 87 as the year...They're pretty rare over in England. I know of only 4 existing...