SOLVED - What car #323 - 2000s Kozma Hannibal

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[@re]

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All right, I'll help you a bit then and offer another angle:

[grobmotorix]

Maybe your car has inspired this guy: 

http://www.cariosities.com/bmw-z0-concept-design-by-andrei-avarvarii/

[@re]

There's a definite possibility. It's very similar, and there's something else, too... 

[Paul Jaray]

Hi, this is the Hannibal Roadsters, by Kozma Manufacturing introduced in the USA by Fiberfab US.

[alecwolf]

This car was introduced in the USA? 
Oh, my God!    Kozma Manufacturing???
There was a guy, named Kozma, who has drawed this car, and give money to build it, but the construction was made by a car mechanical,  János Bartos, and the plastic bodywork was made by István Urbán. It has Ford Escort Cosworth engine, Ford Sierra Cosworth transmission, the other parts was from different Opel cars. This was a unique car, not a kit.
The Fiberfab really build this car??

[Paul Jaray]

I do not understand the language in the pag where the first pic cames from, but where was the second one (http://www.nolinks.us/) it's written "In Spring of 2008, Z.Kozma Manufacturing will be Basing its US Operations at our Location in La Pine,Oregon,
this move will open US Markets to the:Hannibal Roadsters, Kozma Super-Sevens, and a Complete line of Trailers,
additional items available are: Speciality Food Vendor Carts, Display Items, Furniture...."

[alecwolf]

I do not understand the language in the pag where the first pic cames from, but where was the second one (http://www.nolinks.us/) it's written "In Spring of 2008, Z.Kozma Manufacturing will be Basing its US Operations at our Location in La Pine,Oregon,
this move will open US Markets to the:Hannibal Roadsters, Kozma Super-Sevens, and a Complete line of Trailers,
additional items available are: Speciality Food Vendor Carts, Display Items, Furniture...."

Well, that's the car-news of the day! 

[Paul Jaray]

Well, we still have to wait for the answer by @re, but from the pics you can see that the first one is not quite the same than the second, that's why in my answer I mentioned both manufacturers, the Kozma and the Fiberfab US. I found the first pic in another site, but I'm not able to translate it, if you Google Kozma + Hannibal you will see....

[alecwolf]

The two car is almost the same, and the car is Kozma Hannibal, it's sure. It was an interesting project around 2000 in the Hungarian car scene. I was just surprised, that the Fiberfab has assumed to build it.

[Paul Jaray]

I beg to differ, the two cars are different, starting from the wheels, the rear part of the side (http://www.nolinks.html ) and even in the front grille, and that's what you can see from the small pic from my link. The second pic should be an Hannibal Roadster made by Fiberfab US under Kozma license, and the first one should be the original design, the Kozma Hannibal. Anyway, we are spending to much words upon a ...car... like this  , let's hope @re can shed a light upon this!
(btw, can you read the Hungarian language?If it's so, can you tell me about the Sigma car in here? http:nolinks
)

[alecwolf]

I beg to differ, the two cars are different, starting from the wheels, the rear part of the side (http:nolinks.html ) and even in the front grille, and that's what you can see from the small pic from my link. The second pic should be an Hannibal Roadster made by Fiberfab US under Kozma license, and the first one should be the original design, the Kozma Hannibal. Anyway, we are spending to much words upon a ...car... like this  , let's hope @re can shed a light upon this!
(btw, can you read the Hungarian language?If it's so, can you tell me about the Sigma car in here? http:nolinks/)

I hope, i can speak Hungarian, because i am from Hungary
I can translate the article if you want, but it takes a little time, because right now, i'm in work, but later i can make the translation.

[Paul Jaray]

That's great!
But I do not want to waste your time, there is no need to translate the whole page...I'm just thinking that i've seen that Sigma before...take your time and...thank you!

[alecwolf]

You are welcome!

The Sigma:

"In the second half, of the 1980's, the wind of change was appreciable, the political atmosphere was ease. There was a question: "What will be after Polski Fiat and Trabant?" The Tiszántúli Autójavító Vállalat in Túrkeve, lead by the industrial designer, József Csathó, has developed during 1989, and interesting small car, based on the Polski Fiat 126p. The three-seater car, named "Sigma" has foregone the McLaren F1, because the drivers seat was in the middle front of the car, and the passengers seats was sidewards behind them. The car was exhibited in the BNV (Budapesti Nemzetközi Vásár, International Fair Budapest), but the visitors named a foolish price for it. So the project was shattered."

Sorry for the laxity translation - my english is not perfect.
Anyway, the car looks very similar to the Fiat Citycar from 1972: http://nolinks.html

[Paul Jaray]

Perfect!
Thank you again..I don't think this was the car a saw before..."Tiszántúli Autójavító Vállalat"  doesn't ring me a bell! Probably you are right, the design is similar to others....

[alecwolf]

Perfect!
Thank you again..I don't think this was the car a saw before..."Tiszántúli Autójavító Vállalat"  doesn't ring me a bell! Probably you are right, the design is similar to others....

"Tiszántúli Autójavító Vállalat" means Car Repair Company Across Tisza River 

[@re]

I think you guys have already shed more light on this matter than I can, but the puzzle was originally for the original Kozma car. When I needed a picture from another angle I used a Fiberfab pic because the cars are clearly cut off the same block - the first one is more like a prototype, although it was intended to be a one-off. It's certainly an interesting design, anyway!

The point goes to the man in the desert. Aren't you back home soon?

Edit: I just realised that I made you the first AutoPuzzler to reach 400 puzzle points. So let me be the first one to congratulate you on a remarkable achievement! 

[Ray B.]

If I am allowed, let me add that he has achieved this in just elevent months, having registered the 29th september 2007. Amazing! About 1,2 solved puzzle a day.

[Paul Jaray]

The point goes to the man in the desert. Aren't you back home soon?
Edit: I just realised that I made you the first AutoPuzzler to reach 400 puzzle points. So let me be the first one to congratulate you on a remarkable achievement!

Thank you, I was supposed to be home at the end of September, but I've got no change, so I'm waiting for another contoller from Italy....probably at the end of October...but with you guys I feel (almost) at home!

If I am allowed, let me add that he has achieved this in just elevent months, having registered the 29th september 2007. Amazing! About 1,2 solved puzzle a day.

Thank you Ray, without you all I would have never find a lot of reeeally exotic cars!

[alecwolf]

Congratulation, Mr Járay 

[dzima1985]

Kozma on road -
 

[grobmotorix]

 

[pnegyesi]

Looking at the thread, it seems the story has not been explained yet - and the Sigma got mentioned.
So
Let's go back to the 1990s when a young but very ambitious young man, named Zoltan Kozma decided to build his own Sevenesque car. It was based on a Lotus 7-replica chassis and thanks to one of its sponsors, it featured a Ford Cosworth engine.
It remained a prototype. Zoltan Kozma was not able to realise his dream of producing the car in small series. He went on to work in the US of A. He got in touch with various kitcar companies and later  built cars for movies, also various truck bodies etc. All along he kept his Hanibal and upgraded it. Now he's building trailers and alternates his time between Germany and Hungary. There is a chance that with support from a German company a reworked Hanibal may be produced in smaller series after all.

[Ray B.]

It wasn't very pretty in the first place. Now it's ...