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    €140,000 sports car totalled in Budapest

    BAC Mono smashed in Budapest, Hungary

    14.11.2014. 10:48| Comments: 
    • Zoltan Sipos
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    A rare sports car crashed in the tunnel leading to Chain Bridge caused traffic chaos in the city yesterday.
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    Full circle. The beautiful story of the Trabant that found its way home.

    A Trabant from Hungary found in Germany

    10.11.2014. 11:35| Comments: 
    • Gabor Prokop
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    I would never have thought I’d see this car here.
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    Lamborghini Huracán wrecked in Hungary

    One down

    06.09.2014. 11:05| Comments: 
    • Zoltan Sipos
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    All that’s left of it is melted aluminium and carbon dust. A Lamborghini Huracán destroyed beyond recognition.
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    Mercs in flames on the Hungarian motorway

    The CLAs on a trailer caught fire one after the other

    21.12.2013. 11:58| Comments: 
    • David Math
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    Six brand new Mercedes have been destroyed by a fire on a Hungarian motorway. The trailer packed with CLAs was heading to Italy from the factory in Kecskemét when the cargo caught fire.
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    How to hitch a ride in Hungary

    Tips for travellers

    14.09.2013. 07:33| Comments: 
    • David Math
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    Hitching a ride in Hungary is no more difficult than elsewhere in Western Europe. The rules are flexible, the drivers are friendly, public security is acceptable.
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    The latest Suzuki comes from Hungary

    Suzuki SX4 S-Cross to hit the market

    07.09.2013. 11:40| Comments: 
    • David Math
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    Suzuki wants to conquer the globe with their new SUV made in Hungary.
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    A forgotten hero

    László Hartmann (1901-1938)

    05.06.2013. 07:52| Comments: 
    • Pal Negyesi
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    Every nation has its pre-war motorsport heroes from Bernd Rosemeyer to Tazio Nuvolari. Hungary can also boast one: László Hartmann, who died 75 years ago in a tragic racing accident.
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    Ken Block: The Sierra-affair

    The full movie

    04.04.2013. 18:10| Comments: 
    • Steve Valyi
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    Totalcarmagazine.com kidnapped Ken Block to burn some rubber with their crew-car.
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    The man who knows what makes a Smart crap

    How to keep Smarts alive

    03.04.2013. 06:02| Comments: 
    • Daniel Zach
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    The Smart Wizard operates in isolation. He couldn’t care less about white tiles in his workshop. He is no longer on speaking terms with the chairman of the local Smart club. But in this hopeless uptown location this man has found alternatives to maintenance instructions and exorbitant repair bills.
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    The time-stopping moment

    A leap back to the old days behind the Iron Curtain

    20.03.2013. 00:20| Comments: 
    • Zsolt Csikos
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    Come, reader, take a ride with us to the place where travel agencies will not sell you holiday tickets - to the gloomy world behind the Iron Curtain where you could catch a glimpse of sunshine. If you had the imagination and a tarted-up old motor.
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Contributing editor

Sipi is a fairy who hangs above us like a huge, ever-smiling, men’s fragrance-smelling umbrella. He can be called anytime, anywhere to lend a helping hand, and he’ll be there in an hour with one of his Transits for sure. A dangerously maniac car collector (the street in front of his house is full of his vehicles), a radio-control and model car freak, Sipos is a Swiss knife made of human flesh. Totalcar is just one job amongst his zillion occupations, but he endears it the most. Lives with a girlfriend and two dogs.

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vehicles

  • Mitsubishi Sigma 3.0 24V (1992)
  • Mazda 323 TXL 4WD (1990)
  • 4 long-nose Transits (a 4x4 fire engine, a fire department staff car, an ex-Irish ambulance and an extremely oversized panel van, 1980-1984)
  • Dacia 1300 (1975, being restored)
  • Ford Capri 2.9i (1982)
  • Mercedes-Benz 280 SEL 4.5 (1972)
  • Ford Sierra Tournier 2.9i drift-car (1992)
  • Mazda 121 4dr (1993)
  • Suzuki VS1400 Intruder (1989)
  • Suzuki GSX 750 New Katana (1984)
  • Kawasaki Z1000 Police (1993)
  • Aprilia Habana (2000)
  • Volga M24 wagon (1984)
  • Ural M62 (1968, in pieces)

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Editor

Self-appointed race-driver (whenever he gets a chance), avid car sports- and sports car-lover, manager of the mother site’s blog, Belsőség, he can always be found in the middle of the noisiest gathering. Steve has had a long-running habit of remodelling his facial hair bi-weekly. A Slovakian citizen but of Hungarian nationality, he lives in Budapest now. Has a wife, two small children and a dog.

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  • It takes a truck to crash this hard. And still survive.
  • Gymkhana, huh?
  • No need for hot air. Advertise like this.
  • The champion who never won
  • Acceleration put in perspective

vehicles

  • Audi A4 1.8 Avant (1996)
  • Toyota Corolla AE86 (1984) - part-owner with Andras Stump

Editor

Danny started life in the media as an ad organizer, but quickly stepped up to become a journalist at Hungary’s biggest daily paper, then made a jump to the best-known biking magazine from where life took him to a university in Brussels to study. When he returned, we snapped him up right away and since then he’s been our extremely successful editor of public affairs. As a long-distance motorbiker, Danny also doubles as an editor at our mag for two-wheel lovers, totalbike.hu. Lives with a girlfriend, has a cat.

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  • Coming to terms with Mansory
  • No more BMW for this bloke
  • The BMW you deserve

vehicles

  • Suzuki Swift 1.3 GL (1998)
  • BMW R1100 GS (1998)
  • Vespa PK50 (1991)
  • Yamaha Jog Aprio (1998)
  • Honda NSR125R (1992)

Editor-in-chief

The guy behind the idea of the English-language Totalcar site, the totalcarmagazine.com, also serving as an editor at the Hungarian totalcar.hu , our mother site. Serial collector of sorry old things that have internal combustion engines in them, as a newfound religion, Zsolt is keeping a family under the terror of rust. Being in the business for the best part of the last 19 years, he landed at Totalcar after serving at a huge round of printed automotive magazines. Has a wife, two small(ish) children and a pet rabbit.

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  • Was the original Fiat better than the Lada?
  • Born by mistake
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  • A 6.9 may be better than a 69

vehicles

  • Mercedes-Benz 220 D (1973)
  • Mercedes-Benz 200 D (1972, ex-family car)
  • Mercedes-Benz 180 C (1962)
  • Autobianchi Bianchina Panoramica (1966)
  • Steyr-Puch 500 (1957, under construction)
  • Kawasaki Z750 Twin (1978)
  • Yamaha XJ900F (1983)
  • Honda Spacy 250 (1987)
  • NSU OSL 251 (1938)
  • Moto Morini Sbarazzino (1956)
  • Honda SS50 (1971, under construction)
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