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accidents

Ferrari 360 Modena Obliterated In Polish Accident

UPDATE:Coming through in the clutch, tipster Karol Pawlak has provided a translation of the story below the fold.
We can't really read this article or find a good Polish to English translator, but from what we can gather, this used to be a Ferrari 360 Modena which was involved in a horrible accident in Warsaw, Poland. The car struck an overpass of after losing control at high speed, and shattered into bits. The driver, automotive journalist Maciej Zientarksi, was admitted to the hospital in critical condition, where he is undergoing multiple surgeries and is an induced coma. passenger, Jaroslaw Zabieg, was not so lucky and perished in the accident.The pics are tiny and we're looking for better ones We've got some new pics that make it a lot easier to tell just how violent this crash was. It's amazing anyone survived at all.

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10:20 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
7,953 views, 69 comments

Latest by n/a: @Isetta: the driver probably didn't wear the seatbelt and he was thrown out of the car. This is why he survived the accident. The passenger did fasten the seatbelt and it is said that he burned in car, but survived more »

offbeat news

Polish Police Okay Limited Street Racing

Rejoice szybki i wściekły, you now have at least one sanctioned street racing venue. According to our favorite news source ever, Annanova, police in the Polish city of Lodz have defined sections of the city which will be open to no holds barred street racing. This is an attempt by authorities to concentrate street racing in one area to reduce the widespread racing throughout the city. While we like the reasoning and believe in sanctioned and safe racing, we can't help to think since this involves our occasionally ill-advised ancestors, it can only end in multi-vehicle/farm animal pileups.

8:00 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,872 views, 13 comments

Latest by maxwaver: This concept is crazy. JonMiles you're correct, for a rush in the US, race ze polizei. If you lose, the police willl drive you! more »

novelties

Polish Homebrew Tractors In German Gallery Show

Lets say you were trapped in communist-era Poland and needed to do some farming. Waiting for The State to provide you an unreliable proletarian tractor was out of the question. Because, after all, you wanted to be able to actually grow the grain that would get transformed into the wodka that would make your life bearable. So what did you do? Why, you built your own mechanized tiller of the soil, of course. That's just what enterprising farmers did in the pre-Solidarity days. The results of their homebrewed engineering have been cataloged and assembled in a new exhibit at the Zak Gallery in Berlin. "Machines," true to its title, is an exhibit of just that: the contraptions Joe Poland put together in the totalitarian past—and may still use to get things done.


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2:00 PM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,115 views, 11 comments

Latest by n/a: When the apocalypse comes, the Poles will survive... and maybe a few mecha-hoons from other countries. @SIeeper: Or is invention the mother of necessity? Think about it. more »

classic ad watch

How Many Polish Czech Truck Drivers Does It Take To Keep Awake?

When you're a diesel demon jockeying 18 wheels on the long haul from Krakow Karlovy Vary to Gdansk Zlín, you need to stay alert. Just honk that bicycle horn when you feel fatigued, and your partner will take the wheel. Ideally, one of you will stay awake... but it's best to have insurance, just in case!

2:30 PM on Fri Jan 25 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,410 views, 15 comments

retro

Poland's TruckCar: Mikrusamino!

The Russians though they had the car-with-truck-bed thing nailed down with the LIAZamino, but don't count out the rest of the Warsaw Pact! Back in 1960, prototypes of the Mikrus MR300 were built by Poland's Wytwornia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego factory. Now we just need to learn how to yell "Watch this, y'all!" in Polish. [AutoHistories.com]

4:00 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Murilee Martin
545 views, 16 comments

news

Only Half of Polish Adults Drive (Insert Punchline)

In Post-Soviet Poland, cars drive... there are... well a majority of people don't drive cars. Almost all of the Polish-Americans we know drive (and living in Chicago, there are a lot) . But according to pollster Estymator, only half of Polish adults still living in Poland engage in the ancient art of driving. The study also indicated that most of the drivers are men, with a mail-to-female ratio of 57/42. The most popular car, making up approximately 25% of the total, is the Fiat 126, also known as the Maluch. A breakdown of the study's findings below the jump: More »

5:45 PM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Matt Hardigree
852 views, 19 comments

Latest by FЯeeMan: @Xman: Undecided. Just like here in America. more »

rally

Krakowski! In Poland, Rally Cars Drive Into YOU!


Even if the the clever turnabout in the headline sailed past you like a thrown pirogi, and even if this video's already been on Olbermann, there's still plenty of comedic value to be had. Can you say, "To juz chyba jakas nowa tradycja, rozwalanie szopy pod Limanową" ? We didn't think so.

10:16 AM on Fri Sep 7 2007
By Mike Spinelli
986 views, 17 comments

polski fiat punishment

Hoon of the Day: Maluch Mayhem!

Don't think we've forgotten about the HOTD here at the Jalop! We especially like Eastern European hoonage, and so today we present this Polish hoon and his Polski Fiat 12P, aka Maluch. You like helmetless, seatbeltless intentional rolls? Rickety ramps? Victory dances by no-doubt-vodka-lubed hoons? If so, you'll like this hoon. We're deducting 15 points for the horribly bad video quality but giving 15 right back just because the car is a Polish Fiat. Hoon-O-Meter reading: 37 points. – Murilee Martin More »

9:30 AM on Fri May 18 2007
By Murilee Martin
501 views, 15 comments

Latest by Turboner: @Ted Striker: The sound quality sounds more circa Madden 92... more »

retro

What Might Have Been: Poland's PZInz Lux-Sport

Packing a 3.8-liter V8, independent front and rear suspension, and a streamlined body that showed a dash of Chrysler Airflow influence, the PZInz Lux-Sport prototype was gratifyingly fast and comfortable. The plan was to go into production and unleash the Lux-Sport on the world for the 1941 model year, but the German/Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 put the kibosh on Poland's dreams of global luxury-car dominance. – Murilee Martin More »

5:00 PM on Tue Apr 24 2007
By Murilee Martin
365 views, 9 comments

retro

Polonez Caro, Delivered Right To Your Picnic!

You say you're shopping for a Warsaw Pact Fiat clone but don't feel like driving a Lada or Yugo? How about the FSO Polonez? Basically a rebodied Fiat 125P, the Polonez coupled Italian reliability with Polish styling and was built from 1978 through 2002. Here's a somewhat incomprehensible ad that shows the kind of military hardware packed by FSO dealerships; keep that in mind if you're considering skipping a payment. – Murilee Martin More »

6:00 PM on Fri Apr 13 2007
By Murilee Martin
426 views, 4 comments

retro

Lump In Throat, Tear In Eye: Love Your Syrena

Now that we've discovered Poland's FSO Syrena, we've again reminded that there's more to the world of rattly-yet-lovable European two-strokers than yer Wartburgs and yer 2CVs. And speaking of lovable, here's a tear-jerking homage to our favorite little Polish car, complete with Polska-schmaltz soundtrack. – Murilee Martin More »

7:25 PM on Wed Apr 11 2007
By Murilee Martin
345 views, 7 comments

retro

It Had To Happen: Lowrider Warszawa!

'50 Mercs and '51 Chevys are hard to come by in Poland, so any Pole who hankers for the feeling of rolling in a chopped-and-channeled lowrider to see the '59 Battle of the Doo Wop Bands in El Monte is forced to make do with local vintage steel. However, that's a good thing, as shown here by this FSO Warszawa (which is, of course, a Polish-made GAZ M20 Pobeda). It's got hydraulics, it does burnouts, and it's (apparently) available for wedding duties. The site's all in Polish, but that won't matter. – Murilee Martin More »

10:14 AM on Wed Apr 11 2007
By Murilee Martin
2,402 views, 5 comments

Latest by Tomsk: How long will we have to wait for the first donk Volga sighting? more »

retro

FSO Warszawas For Victory!

Now that we're on the subject of FSO's cars, how about a nice inspiring newsreel trumpeting the glorious FSO Warszawa? The Warszawa was a GAZ Pobeda license-built in Poland by FSO from 1951 through 1973, and they sure look great in May Day parades. Comrade. – Murilee Martin More »

5:02 PM on Tue Apr 10 2007
By Murilee Martin
159 views, Comment

retro

More Two-Stroke Goodness From the East Side: FSO Syrena

We love us some two-stroke Iron Curtain automobiles here at Jalopy Central, and sometimes we're so enamored of our Wartburgs and Trabants that we forget to give props to the other Warsaw Pact automotive players. Poland, for example. Starting in 1958, the FSO factory in Warsaw started churning out the Syrena, a steel-bodied two-stroker, and they kept buzzing off the assembly line and into the hands of the glorious socialist worker cadres until 1983. There was a super-cool delivery truck version called the Bosto, and it goes without saying that you could get a Syrenamino! – Murilee Martin More »

4:00 PM on Tue Apr 10 2007
By Murilee Martin
369 views, 6 comments

Latest by lascauxcaveman: @Spacebar: Thanks Spacebar, for the Zloty conversion. I've got an extra 14hp briggs and stratton lawn mower engine I'd swap out for the 2 stroke anyway, so, no problem! more »

news

Karol Wojtyla From Beyond the Grave: 'Holy Crap!' Inexplicable Polish Vehicle

Wow...we really have no idea what to say about this car. It looks like a cross between the Shaggin' Wagon from Dumb and Dumber, the latest iteration of the Batmobile and Jeff Goldblum's The Fly character all came together in a David Cronenberg/George Barris monster-truck mind meld while the two were mainlining a tincture of polonium. Currently at around 1,500 Euros (we think...our Polish is rustier than BP's Alaskan pipeline), it's up on an auction site in the land of Solidarno . Go peek and be amazed. [Thanks to Chris for the tip.] More »

3:00 PM on Wed Aug 9 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
932 views, 7 comments

Latest by BlackIce_GTS: I daresay that could be aptly described as Lovecraftian. Brilliant! more »

morning shift

The Jalopnik Morning Shift

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• Today's totally a good day. GM only cut 100 white collar workers. [Freep]
• SAIC! We really are gonna build 200,000 cars in China! [Detroit News]
• And here we thought topless car washes were just for plot lines on Skinimax. [ChinaDaily]
• We seriously can't make a line like this up: "Poland's new car sales bounced back sharply in March as Poles rushed to showrooms after the end of the winter season..." Seriously, It's probably not...but why does it sound funny? [Reuters]
• While one of us packs for NYC, let's check out some urban transport options. [gizmag]
• Every once in a while even we need some sizzle with our steak, here's some "models" to whet your whistle with here, here, here, here, and here. [Multiple Sources]
• We're so excited...look, all the steak is covered up...we totally can't wait till the clothes come off. [Edmunds]

8:40 AM on Tue Apr 11 2006
By Ray Wert
162 views, Comment