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

Hi there! Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I’m indeed alive, and as somebody who was sentenced to the Phantom Zone one too many times, I’m always happy to pull a fellow beer enthusiast from the grays. Read more

Good to hear and update on Maté! I always enjoyed his writing and he was the first one to pull me out of the grays here. Read more

Wow, never have I expected to see a post about this Jason, but I’m glad you went for it. Also, I just came back from getting groceries, and the situation is still very much #streetparkedBudapest. Cheers Jalops!

With that in mind, here’s a relevant frame from Alarm für Cobra 11:

Not the Stratos. A new car that has nothing to do with the Stratos. And all this is up in the air for now. Read more

I wanted to reply to this, but of course I had to recover my Kinja first. Thanks Helpdesk Steve! And Etele. And Ernie!

So: When I was in New York this year, and walked up to the Embassy to vote, I found this:

My family started one of the first sherp dealerships in the United States. They’re pretty fun. One time, we were driving it on a frozen lake and the fire department and police were called in because it broke through the ice and people thought it was a car hahah Read more

I stumbled upon the one in Mulhouse, France one weekend, while I was there on business. It was so unassuming from the outside, a brick building, simple entrance and nothing to indicate what was inside. Walk in and... Read more

I don’t believe in emails. My 1985 Autobianchi A112 Abarth is very Italian. What can I do about that? Read more

this car is owned by Joosten in Maastricht Netherlands, he used to have a car yard with many exotic cars I bought my Alfa Romeo 2000GTV from him in 1979. he had just bought and showed the car and believe still owned it he must be in his 80 tish by now. Read more

I had a Neue Klasse, a 1966 1604, which was very rare in the United States. You would sometimes see 2000 Sedans, but my 1604 remains the only one I have ever seen “in the wild.” Read more

Just picked up this old girl on Sunday, I am the 2nd owner, also a ‘68 Series II, 88... 45k miles... Think I can ‘borrow’ the one they found, I will bring (most of it) right back!

This is good Jalopnik Dave! By the way, the guy I bought my A112 from back in 2013 had a perfectly restored Steyr-Puch Haflingerrel. Those are the jam! 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