matepetrany
Máté Petrány
matepetrany
European writer of Jalopnik, based in Budapest.

Get this: I have a bunch of film cameras that I should not have, but for my “car project”, I picked my Praktika MTL5, which of course is DDR stuff. Why? Because the project is to find daily driver Trabants in the center of Budapest. The film? Discontinued, expired Kodak UC, which I got from somebody’s estate. 2 Read more

It really isn’t. But sure, if you’ve got the space, you might be better off with a cheap 4x4 and a cheap sports car. Read more

Mike, that’s the worst Fiat 127 I’ve ever seen. Wait. No, it’s not. Definitely not. You’ll be happy. Read more

Hi! No modifications at all. The standard Lada engine is pretty reliable and easy to service, but it’s highly tuneable as well. Read more

You can find me on Road&Track with your old pals Travis and Chris! Read more

Mostly because we wanted to reach beautiful places that are hard to get to. Read more