Hungarian here, these Pulis are hard to find even in Hungary. I've only seen a few in the 27 years I've spent in the country. Very surprised to see one in New Zealand! They borrowed heavily from Polski Fiat and Lada parts because the car manufacturing industry in the country was practically non-existent. The Eastern Block didn't want competition for Skoda, Lada, etc. so Hungary was only allowed to make buses (Ikarus) and motorcycles (Pannonia, Csepel). By the way, Puli is a small dog breed. Hódgép is pronounced with a hard G, not an easy word! They were made in the town of Hódmezővásárhely - another mouthful.
The left of the double swich is the fan, the right one the heater for the air blown out. Best thing about the car: there was no safety installation regarding changing the moving direction. In winter, I unintentionally hit reverse instead of fan switch accelarating at "full throttle". The passenger was not buckled up then and had the dashboard for breakfast. For 10 hp, it accelerated actually quite decently... Actually, one of the two I drove had a shorter gear and was able to get quite notable wheelspin from stand.
@@nashtubb So in the case of the cars I drove, it was only a couple of car starter batteries put in row for powering the whole thing. I used it twice a day which made 36 km in two days. Then, the battery was empty. If someone else used the car in the meanwhile and I realized it too late, I stranded. And this happened a couple of times. The capacaty lamps were useless, I checked the driven kilometers. More problematic were the differetials. In the approx three months I drove the Pulis, two Gearboxes broke. For the repair, a guy had to come to fix it. It tool ages, until he was around and actually, he wore birkenstock sandals when repairing "the thing". Whenever the Pulis were dead, I got the yellow T3 Microbus, Turbodiesel. I liked this car a lot and wasn't too sad, when the Pulis had disintegrsted themselves again...
I want one so bad. They’re so beautiful and amazing. Maybe even the diesel version. Edit: I have since realized that the diesel version may as well have been powered by a lawnmower engine due to how weak it was.
I'm Hungarian and I'm very interested/ know a lot about Eastern bloc cars, motorcycles and manufacturing. I own an East German motorcycle and a Checoslovakian Jawa moped but I honestly didn't know that these existed
No disrespect to the Citi-Car and the Uncar et al, but (on first impressions) this actually looks like a real car! I mean you an sit in it _and_ close the door! And it has windows, made of glass, that can move! Woah! Terrible ground-clearance though, how did they cope with those Soviet roads?
Hungarian here, these Pulis are hard to find even in Hungary. I've only seen a few in the 27 years I've spent in the country. Very surprised to see one in New Zealand!
They borrowed heavily from Polski Fiat and Lada parts because the car manufacturing industry in the country was practically non-existent.
The Eastern Block didn't want competition for Skoda, Lada, etc. so Hungary was only allowed to make buses (Ikarus) and motorcycles (Pannonia, Csepel).
By the way, Puli is a small dog breed. Hódgép is pronounced with a hard G, not an easy word!
They were made in the town of Hódmezővásárhely - another mouthful.
Pinned this comment! I learned more about Hungarian automotive history from your comment than a few hours on google. Appreciate you watching!
The left of the double swich is the fan, the right one the heater for the air blown out.
Best thing about the car: there was no safety installation regarding changing the moving direction. In winter, I unintentionally hit reverse instead of fan switch accelarating at "full throttle". The passenger was not buckled up then and had the dashboard for breakfast.
For 10 hp, it accelerated actually quite decently... Actually, one of the two I drove had a shorter gear and was able to get quite notable wheelspin from stand.
Yes the acceleration is suprising. I need to invest in more batteries for this one.
@@nashtubb So in the case of the cars I drove, it was only a couple of car starter batteries put in row for powering the whole thing. I used it twice a day which made 36 km in two days. Then, the battery was empty. If someone else used the car in the meanwhile and I realized it too late, I stranded. And this happened a couple of times. The capacaty lamps were useless, I checked the driven kilometers.
More problematic were the differetials. In the approx three months I drove the Pulis, two Gearboxes broke. For the repair, a guy had to come to fix it. It tool ages, until he was around and actually, he wore birkenstock sandals when repairing "the thing". Whenever the Pulis were dead, I got the yellow T3 Microbus, Turbodiesel. I liked this car a lot and wasn't too sad, when the Pulis had disintegrsted themselves again...
very cool mate, thanks for sharing.
I want one so bad. They’re so beautiful and amazing. Maybe even the diesel version.
Edit: I have since realized that the diesel version may as well have been powered by a lawnmower engine due to how weak it was.
Looks like the dash and steering column is lifted straight out of the Fiat 126 parts bin!
It actually is!
@@MovingOurWorld FSM 126p by this time. Has a FSM logo on steering wheel. Cool little car.
03:43 Puli driver Peter Geszti 😅 first hungarian rapper!! (Rapülök band) 😅
I'm Hungarian and I'm very interested/ know a lot about Eastern bloc cars, motorcycles and manufacturing. I own an East German motorcycle and a Checoslovakian Jawa moped but I honestly didn't know that these existed
I really appreciate you watching. I will definitely have more Eastern Bloc cars on this channel as time goes on. So much fun to explore and drive.
No disrespect to the Citi-Car and the Uncar et al, but (on first impressions) this actually looks like a real car! I mean you an sit in it _and_ close the door! And it has windows, made of glass, that can move! Woah! Terrible ground-clearance though, how did they cope with those Soviet roads?
Thankfully it barely touched Soviet roads. Mainly used France. Thanks for watching!
Short wheelbase compensates a lot.
You are probably mixing up meters with feet, this is no Maybach 62.
Thats ugly in a so cool I would drive it kind of way. Was it road legal at some stage? Looks like it had a rego pouch on the screen once?
The 80s produced some of the ugliest designs ever, this one is definitely up there with the CitiCar and Electrek Uncar