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Hungary significantly decreased the manufacturing of buses but found a large assembly capacities of foreign brands (such as Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Audi, BMW, Skoda, SEAT, Volkswagen, Fiat, Ford, Chevrolet, Citroën, Peugeot, Renault and Opel) with annual production of more than 800 000 cars.

History

Some original car production in the Hungarian part of Austro-Hungary at the beginning of the 20th century was lost.

Post World War II socialist Hungary widely imported cars and trucks from the Soviet Union and some other countries. At the same time Hungary produced a small number of heavy trucks (Rába) and had strong specialisation in the Soviet block in manufacturing of buses (Ikarus), that made it one of the largest bus producers and exporters (including outside of the Soviet block and Europe). The Ganz Works, also a long lived Hungarian company, has been manufacturing engines and wagons that are specialised for electric railway equipment.

Active manufacturers

Audi Hungaria Zrt.

Csepel Holding

Csepel is a manufacturer of Electric Buses and EV Ready Series Hybrid buses.

Csepel Autógyár

Csepel is a manufacturer of trucks for industrial use.

Credo

Ikarus

Ikarus is a bus manufacturer based in Budapest. It was established in 1895 as Uhri Imre Kovács- és Kocsigyártó Üzeme (roughly: "Imre Uhri's Blacksmith Workshop and Coach Factory").

Magyar Suzuki

Magyar Suzuki Corporation is an automobile manufacturing plant, subsidiary of Suzuki, located in Esztergom and founded in 1991.

Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary

Rába

RÁBA Automotive Group, commonly known as Rába, is a public limited company. It was founded in 1896 and produce military trucks, trucks, rail cars, trains, bridges steel structure.

Defunct manufacturers

Csonka

Fejes

Hódgép

Magomobil

MARTA

Alfabusz

Closed in April 2011

References

1. "Suzuki SX4 New 2- or all-wheel drive Compact SUV next spring". Autopressnews.com. 19 December 2005.

v t e Automotive industry in Hungary
Automotive industry Economy of Hungary Transportation in Hungary
Domestic manufacturers	Credo Gepida Ikarus Rába
Foreign companies with operations	Audi Hungaria BMW Debrecen BYD Electric Bus and Truck Hungary Magyar Suzuki Mercedes-Benz Hungária Opel Szentgotthárd
Defunct companies	Alfabusz Csepel Autógyár Csonka Fejes Manfréd Weiss Steel and Metal Works ("Csepel Works") MJT Hódgép Magomobil MARTA
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