1962 SMZ Sputnik

1962 SMZ Sputnik in Колёса Страны Советов (Wheels of the Soviet country), Documentary, 2011 Ep. 02

Class: Cars, Proto / Concept — Model origin:

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Author	Message
DynaMike ◊ 2011-12-30 19:39	1962 Serpukhov Spoutnik with an air-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke engine of 15 bhp in the rear. Edit: I found it in a French book, but I guess the international orthography will be Sputnik... -- Last edit: 2011-12-30 19:41:16
Ingo ◊ 2011-12-30 19:49	Looks like a mixture of a BMW 700 with a carrousel-car.
Weasel1984 ◊ 2011-12-30 20:13	The "make" will be SMZ ("Serpukhov Machine Works" I bet), this was the name of the factory back then (today it is SeAZ - Serpukhov Car Factory). The car is described also in "Młody Technik" #9 1963. They say that also NAMI participated in this project. -- Last edit: 2011-12-30 20:15:07
DynaMike ◊ 2011-12-30 20:23	OK
Weasel1984 ◊ 2011-12-30 20:39	Ah - "M" stood not for "machine", but "motorbike".