Pinzgauer & Haflinger vs Steyr-Daimler-Puch

unimog427105

is Pinzgauer & Haflinger the correct name for this bit of the forum, as it brakes with the rest by not using the manufacture name? Rolling Eyes

Pinzgauer & Haflinger are product names of vehicles made by the legendry Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG

Steyr = Österreichische Waffenfabrik

Daimler = Daimler Motorengesellschaft = Gottlieb Daimler = Mercedes-Benz

Puch = Puch-Werke Graz

collectively = Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG

Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG was the initial designer and manufacturer of the Haflinger produced from 1959 to 1974, also the Pinzgauer produced from 1971 to 2000 and the Puch G produced from 1979 which is also known as Mercedes G-Wagon/G-Class.

now:
Steyr Tractor = Case Corporation, Puch motorcycle = Piaggio, Steyr Mannlicher & Steyr automobile + Magna = Magna Steyr, Steyr Motorentechnik GmbH = Steyr Motors GmbH, Daimler = Mercedes-Benz

in 1998 the other reminance (military vehicles) changed name from Steyr-Daimler-Puch.AG to Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH then in 2003 Steyr-Daimler Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH became 100% owned by "General Dynamics European Land Systems" (MOWAG GmbH (Switzerland) and Santa Bárbara Sistemas (Spain)) thus owned by General Dynamics Corporation America.

Thus in relation to this forum the correct name should be Steyr-Daimler-Puch with reference to production dates of the named vehicles and all the other like the 4x4, 6x6, 8x8 trucks & tractors or AFV like the Pandur or tracked units like the ULAN / ASCOD (ASCOD = Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG & Santa Bárbara Sistemas then later as Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH & Santa Bárbara Sistemas AKA General Dynamics European Land Systems)

Gregor-Pinzgauer · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject:

You have a good point .If you look at the amount of vehicles SDP have made which are all wheel drive and often carry their badge.Eg

Vw T3 Syncro , VW SPAM Country , Fiat Panda 4x4 ,and all Mercedes G-wagon's in Austria and Switzerland carry the PUCH badge and not the Mercedes Badge and I'm sure there's a good few more vehicles not to mention what you listed..

Johan Puch was a engineer from Slovenia which was then part of the Austrian/Hungary empire and the factory is Graz in named after him..

This is a good topic

Anthony · Off-Road Guru Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Odometer: 1640

I think the desighner of the pinsgauer and haflinger wa also responable for the TATRA trucks.

http://www.tatra.cz/en/spodek_en.asp

Gregor-Pinzgauer · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject:

Hans Ledwinka ( Hope i spelt it right ) is the chap , he or his father also had alot to do with development of the aircooled engine together with Porsche . I have met Austrian's who believe that Ledwinka was more responsible for the aircooled motor than Porsche !!! Shocked

Tramp · Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

Gregor-Pinzgauer · Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:13 am Post subject:

PUCH is pronounced- "Poo-k"

sarah · Just got MTs Joined: 17 Jun 2002 Odometer: 466

Except that Steyr stopped production some time ago... pre GD buy out Pinzgauer is now owned by BAe Systems and production has just been moved from the UK to South Africa