Csepel Island was the home to Csepel vas és fémművek (Csepel Iron and steel works) a motorcycle manufacturer based in an industrial suburb of Budapest. The town was noted for steelworks, oil refineries, munitions factories etc.

Way more info about this impressive Hungarian manufacturer here : http://okteamclassic.com/?p=history

An advert for a Csepel 125cc Hungarian made motorcycle.

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A 1954 Australian advert for Csepel Motor Cycles.

"For sports, everyday transport or just plain fun......."

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A promotion postcard for a Pannonia Deluxe 250cc Motorcycle.

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Another promotional shot of a 1950's Hungarian made 250cc Pannonia Motorcycle.

Possibly the cutest thing you've seen today? Me too.

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A Hungarian couple traveling quite efficiently on a Pannonia motorcycle.

The Csepel Steel & Metal Company began building motorcycles in 1932, under the name “Csepel”. The Csepel brand was used until 1951, when the company was renamed Pannonia.

Pannonia was the most successful Hungarian motorbike brand every made.

Text source: http://www.timbert.net/doku.php?id=motorcycles:pannonia:history

A Csepel motorcycle with a MiG-15 (one of the first successful swept-wing jet fighters) and a group of Hungarian pilots in Kalocsa, Hungary, circa 1960.

Text Source: http://scanzen.tumblr.com/post/10233238543/a-csepel-motorcycle-a-mig-15-fighter-jet-and-a
Image Source: Kurilla Tibor Archives https://picasaweb.google.com/101332392663572068945/KurillaArchiv?authkey=Gv1sRgCL-D85vXv8S5Lg#

A mid-century promotional Pannonia motorcycle advert printed on a matchbox.

"The most successful of Hungarian motorcycles - and unfortunately the last, was Pannonia. The production on Pannonia motorcycles began in Budapest in 1954, when the factory changed, to promote sales and export, the old product name "Csepel" to Pannonia which cross-refers to ancient Roman times."


Photo Source: http://io9.com/the-weird-and-occasionally-wtf-world-of-matchbox-art-512855861

Text Source: http://pannonia.rulli.ee/yldist_en.html

János Csonka in his 1909 Csonka vehicle in front of the Institute of Technology (perhaps in Budapest?)

The Csonka was a Hungarian automobile manufactured by János Csonka in Budapest from 1909-1912.

Text source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Csonka
Image source: http://www.postamuzeum.hu/en/targyak/kategoria/468/kartonok

Another fabulous design by an obscure Hungarian coach-building firm "Lajos Zupka and Sons". This looks like a Mercedes-Benz 770. Anyone have a better guess? Image credit: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php & topic link: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15612.msg144609#msg144609

Coachwork by József Balogh & Co. Another forgotten coachwork firm based in Hungary. Want to know more about Hungarian auto history? There is a whole website about it: http://magyarjarmu.hu/