A Közlekedési Múzeum Évkönyve 14. 2003-2004 (2005)

IV. RÉSZ • A Közlekedési Múzeum gyűjteményeiből 265 - Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló a Közlekedési Múzeum XIV. Évkönyvéhez (magyar, angol, német nyelven) 294

The perspective of the small car was promising and the people hoped that after commencing the mass production - beside the export - the car will be available on the home market, too. In this hope the originally Frenchlike name Pouli was modified to Puli. The cars were tested in France and out of the Japanese engines there were only small problems, mainly in connection with the lack of precision of assembly. Meanwhile the constructors were working on the development and prepared the design of a body adequate for various services (as postal services, service car, etc.) out of the passenger transport and furthermore on the design of a small 9,6 kW ( 13 HP) car. The development started even in the direction of the electromobil Puli. The car could cover 100 km by a speed of 65 km/h with one battery loading. The loading was possible from every 220 V socket, the dead weight of the car was 700 kg. While the designing was in progress France did not take overc the cars because of various technical faults. At the time when the electric Puli appered the efforts of Hódmezővásárhely were pushed in the background by the programmes of Opel in Szentgotthárd, Suzuki in Esztergom and Audi in Győr. Between 1986 and 1994 more than 1750 small cars have been built, the majority of them for export. In 1994 the production of the Puli cars was finally concluded. The Puli in the Transport Museum is a highly appreciated piece of the vehicle collection. 312