SOLVED: Djetset 1023 - Frojt Model 2.33 (a.k.a. the Egg Car) by Ten Ojvákän

[Djetset]

Posejpal & Zwetschke ?

No.

[oko94]

VAD ?

[Djetset]

VAD ?

No.

[kwgibbs]

Lark?

[Djetset]

Lark?

No.

[oko94]

Can information about the make be found online ?

[Djetset]

Can information about the make be found online ?

Yes.

[pnegyesi]

was the producer present at the 1948 Czechoslovak microcar exhibition, e.g. PAL?

[Djetset]

was the producer present at the 1948 Czechoslovak microcar exhibition, e.g. PAL?

Highly unlikely.

[D-type]

Is the maker better known for making trucks?

[Djetset]

Is the maker better known for making trucks?

Not really.

[gte4289]

Supposedly, this is the iconic 1952 Frojt Model 2.33 'Ten Ojvákän' ('Egg Car'), which even served as the inspiration for the world famous rock band, Pink Frojt. However, I suspect it is actually a joke created by a modern wiki editor.

The description:

In inverse the once smallest, more exclusive and luxurious bohemian car maker, Frojt, surprised everyone moving down market. In 1952 it launched Model 2.33, better known as the Egg Car (Ten Ojvákän). The Egg Car was a tiny three wheeled car which featured many technological innovations at a cheap price. It had the driving wheel in the middle of the dashboard and a small lambda (inverted V) engine which helped on car handling stability. It had a modern aerodynamical design following the factory tradition. The Egg Car became soon the bestselling car in Bohemia so as massively exported all across Europe. Production was so intense that Frojt needed to build a second car factory in Pryn, inaugurated in 1954. Even so demands worldwide became much bigger than factories' capacity and the Egg Car production was licensed to six foreign car manufacturers. The Egg Car and its clones became an icon of European post-war reconstruction together with other people's cars such as the German Volkswagen Type 1, English Issigonis Minor and Mini models among others.

More from the same editor:

Once again it produced horse carriages but in 1952 a new model, the 2.33 Ten Ojvákän (The Egg Car) or simply Ten Frojt (The Frojt), was introduced. There are persistent conspiracy theories that the design was not from Frojt at all, but from an obscure Italian refrigerator maker that went bankrupt and sold the design to Frojt. Frojt denied such accusations. Once again back to car business it moved down market cutting with its past. Bohemian car consumers needed a small cheap vehicle as just few people could afford pre-war style luxury cars.

The Egg Car seemed just like an egg with three wheels powered by a small 2 cylinder engine capable of transporting the driver and two passengers. The major curiosity was its lambda engine (inverted V engine) which helped on car stability and the driving wheel on the middle of the dashboard. Thanks to that driving position the car started to be exported to both right driving and left driving countries. Cheap and well built the Egg Car soon became a best seller world wide also produced under license in several countries as the Nesälštorf factory wasn't able to produce enough cars to response the demands. A second factory was inaugurated in Pryn, in 1954, and horse carriage manufacturing was definitely abandoned that year.

And another great Frojt car that (by some coincidence) bears a striking resemblance resembles to a more well-known automobile:

In 1955 Bohemian royal family decided to replace their German made limousines (mostly Daimler Benz) for national built cars. The Habsburgs made a fifty years contract with Ti Frojt Motorverki to supply them with cars. Once again the company was able to return to up market car business and for a start it briefly re-introduced the pre-war Model 6.200. In 1956 started the production of the 8.266 Ta Kénikina Terésija (Queen Terésija), an all new limousine which was also produced as convertible for parades and funeral car. It was a powerful and fast car which was exported to royal families across Central Europe and Middle East (King Said al-Saud from Saudi Arabia bought five).

[oko94]

It's a hoax obviously. As I wrote before the puzzle picture is a modified Isetta picture and they use a picture of the Faurecia Premium Attitude concept for the Frojt Model 8.266.

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[Carnut]

It's a hoax obviously. As I wrote before the puzzle picture is a modified Isetta picture and they use a picture of the Faurecia Premium Attitude concept for the Frojt Model 8.266.

And the Faurecia Premium Attitude was really a Tatra 603 of course...

[Djetset]

Wow, I am amazed that this one made it this far as I thought a Rookie would get it instantly, this being (or so I thought) one of the best-known 'fake' cars to appear on the internet that even some of my 'non-car' friends knew about.

Originally I had planned to post this puzzle on 1st April, but I thought that date might make it too obvious, so I postponed it by a few days. The Fjojt now joins a select few other fake cars here on AP, such as the Hapsburg Sport Model, Alvis TJ21 and Maserati-esque Zombi. Well done, and here is the elaborate 'fake' Frojt logo.

[gte4289]

Wow, I am amazed that this one made it this far as I thought a Rookie would get it instantly, this being (or so I thought) one of the best-known 'fake' cars to appear on the internet that even some of my 'non-car' friends knew about.

This was the first I'd heard of it, but thanks for the point!