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The Ampera gets the axe

Another one bites the dust

24.07.2014. 18:01| Comments:
- András Stump
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While its stateside twin, the Volt is a hit, Europe gives the Ampera the cold shoulder.
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classic and beloved
Born by mistake

Opel Rekord 1900S (1966)

27.03.2014. 09:28| Comments:
- Zsolt Csikos
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It would be hard to find a car in history that was mass-produced for a shorter time than this Opel. And this very car has its own story, too; it belonged to Sepp Herberger.
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Engines made of wood at Opel

Training workers using wooden toys

05.11.2013. 10:54| Comments:
- Rudolf Perkó
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There’s no time to make mistakes by the production line, so the workers are trained at a purpose-built assembly line.
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used cars
The swamp of terror

Used Car Comparison – Audi A3 1.6 (1997), Opel Astra 1.4 Ecotec (1998), Renault Clio 1.4 TechRun (2001), Seat Cordoba 1.4 (2000)

26.09.2013. 10:09| Comments:
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With a budget of 2000 Euros we set out to find a useable car on the second hand market. Of real cars we saw very little but unbelievable horrors cheered up our day.
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new cars
Captive to a German sense
of humour

Opel Cascada (2013)

20.05.2013. 09:57| Comments:
- Robert Winkler
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We thought the Cascada was the cabriolet version of the new Astra. We were wrong. The nagging continued until the very last moment before my departure for the test drive, colleagues would incessantly bug me about the name.
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new cars
How to lose your license with a smile?

Opel Corsa OPC Nürburgring Edition 2013

08.04.2013. 05:43| Comments:
- Steve Valyi
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First: buy this car for yourself. Second: take it to your favorite B-road
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Editor

Former car restorer, damper designer, rotary-engine guru and also an automotive engineer, but generally doesn’t talk much about his former activities. András is our mag’s Leatherman tool: when there’s a project no-one would poke with a stick, he’s the one usually assigned to carry it through. When he’s in Hungary, he works 16 hours daily, then every once in a while he disappears from the horizon. Last time he’s been seen in Auckland… Has a huge garage, lives with a girlfriend.

vehicles

Peugeot 504 'Rosie' (1972)
BMW 1602 (1975)
Yamaha FZR1000 Genesis (1988)

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.

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)

Managing director

Well-known in Totalcar-circles for being able to draft in huge wads of dough in impossible times, we all tolerate Tibby’s sick jokes and horribly nasty remarks day to day. On better days he doubles as a writer too, but his articles always guarantee a hoard of trolls arriving. Never being able to decide between Citroens and Merc’s, presently he owns a Merc. And a BMW. And he bombs us with ads of hydropneumatic Citroens daily. Has a wife and two small children.

vehicles

BMW 518i (1984)
Mercedes-Benz 190E 1.8 aut. (1991)

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.

vehicles

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

The Ampera gets the axe

Another one bites the dust

Born by mistake

Opel Rekord 1900S (1966)

Engines made of wood at Opel

Training workers using wooden toys

The swamp of terror

Used Car Comparison – Audi A3 1.6 (1997), Opel Astra 1.4 Ecotec (1998), Renault Clio 1.4 TechRun (2001), Seat Cordoba 1.4 (2000)

Captive to a German sense of humour

Opel Cascada (2013)

How to lose your license with a smile?

Opel Corsa OPC Nürburgring Edition 2013

The Croatian supercar coming soon

Captive to a German sense
of humour