PN #06 - EU Puzzle. Solved by Joao, 75america, faksta, PJ, guido66, ftg3plus4

[pnegyesi]

Here's my first group puzzle.

First, some guidelines:
- it is not enough to idenfity the cars, you are better off finding the connection first
- to get one point, you need to tell me the make, model and the reason why it is part of this puzzle
- the order of the cars is also relevant. If you realize why, it will be a bit easier to solve the puzzles

This puzzle is not perfect, I had to relax my own rules a bit on three occasions. I don't think it will cause chaos, but we will see !

I have also tried to avoid reposts. When it was not possible, I chose a different model from the company which was already featured. So I hope all of these cars are appearing for the first time on AutoPuzzles.

[pnegyesi]

Part 2

[pnegyesi]

3rd and final batch

[pnegyesi]

Here are the solutions:

No 1: Moustique, cca 1925 made in Brussels, Belgium - Faksta
No 2:  Kevah cyclecar, cca 1923 made in Paris, France - ftg3plus4
No 3: Puma Gatto Spyder, made in Rome, Italy - Paul Jaray
No 4: MDI Taxicat made in Luxembourg - 75america
No 5: Ruska Regina made in Astermdam, The Netherlands - guido66
No 6: Ego 4/14 PS, 1922 made in Berlin, Germany - Faksta
No 7: Hammel, 1888 made in Copenhagen, Denmark - Joao
No 8: Thomond No2,  cca 1929 made in Dublin, Ireland - ftg3plus4
No 9:  Bersey Electric Cab, 1897 made in London,England - Joao
No 10: Tzen, 1970 made in Athens, Greece - 75america
No 11: Roa, 1960 made in Madrid, Spain - Joao
No 12: AG Traction Volumax, 1998  made in Lisboa, Portugal- 75america
No 13: Gräf&Stift Voiturette, 1897-1898, made in Wien, Austria - the world's first front-wheel-drive automobile. - Paul Jaray
No 14: Gurik, 1907 made in Stockholm, Sweden - 75america
No 15: Teijo Monika, 1980 made in Finnland - Joao
No 16: Carol Galea Special, made in Malta - Joao
No 17: Douglas TF, 1992 made in Cyprus - guido66 - I don't know the city where it was built, so this is one of the exceptions.
No 18: Victor BMW 328, made in Ljubljana, Slovenia - 75america
No 19: Estonia 2, made in Tallin, Estonia - 75america
No 20:Leutner Rossija, 1899 made in Riga, Russian Empire then, Latvia nowadays - Faksta
No 21: Lada VFTS made in Vilnius, Lithuania - 75america
No 22: Wadera (based on a Fiat 126p which is known as Maluch in Polish) by Metal-Incar. Made in Warsaw, Poland between 1994-1997. Later its production was taken over by a company, called Bartek. - guido66
No 23: 1930 Walter Super 6B made in Praha-Jinonice, Czechoslovakia - Joao
No 24: BAZ MNA 1000 made in Bratislava, Slovakia - Joao and 75america - I have a light heart. Hope you don't mind.
No 25: MÁG Magomobil Postal van, cca 1925 - made in Budapest, Hungary - Joao
No 26: Velizar Andreev's Vilicar, 1990 made in Sofia, Bulgaria - 75america
No 27: Rocar TV12F made in Bucharest, Romania - 75america

Here's the final score
Faksta: 3 points
Ftg3plus4: 2 points
Paul Jaray: 2 points
guido66: 3 points
Joao: 8 points
75america: 10 points

[Allemano]

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[guido66]

Before I start: Are there 27 letters in the Hungarian alphabet? 

[pnegyesi]

No, that's not the connection.
27 - try to think about that.

[guido66]

from 27 different countries?

[pnegyesi]

Yes, 27 different countries but there's something which connects these countries - and this is only part of the connection

[João]

The European continent?

[pnegyesi]

European...

[João]

URSS cars?

[ftg3plus4]

#8 is Thomond No. 2 from Ireland.

[João]

Number 24: BAZ MNA 1000 from 1989...(Slovakia)

[pnegyesi]

Though the cars are identified alright, one element is missing. Joao is almost there with Slovakia, and Ireland is fine as well - I just need one more thing.

I told you, first realize the connection 

[75america]

I told you, first realize the connection 

27 members of the European Union?

[pnegyesi]

Yes, that's the deal. Each member country is represented by a car. The order is also not accidental - you have to study the EU's story a bit. But without figuring out the order, you can identify the cars.

Now, in addition to identifying the member state, I need one additional tiny element . It is not so difficult either

[ftg3plus4]

Does it have anything to do with the order in which the countries joined the EU?

[75america]

Car #10 is the Greek Tzen sports car from 1970

[ftg3plus4]

#2 is the Kevah Type E cyclecar from France.

[75america]

Car #21 is a Lada Sport Group B rally car made in Togliatti... But the car did race in Finland and Estonia.

[guido66]

3: Apal buggy from Belgium?

[guido66]

5: Ruska Classica from the Netherlands?

[pnegyesi]

Hmmmmm

Yes, the order is based on when the countries joined the EU

As for identifying the cars.
8, 24, 10, 2, 5 are partially complete.

As I said there's one more thing which would be nice to be added to each identification.
The country and one more thing. I think I was clear enough that I will only award points when everything is in place.

From the identified cars so far, No8 is one of the three exceptions.

[ftg3plus4]

It sounds like you mean #21 is complete, so... city where it was made?

By excluding #3 from your list, are you saying it's complete or incorrect?