Well, the "Lastun" as a car was a piece of crap, but the orriginal project was very different from the comunist product, as they modified the project specifications to lower the production costs. I know that for sure 'cause one of the engineers that worked at that project is of one of my friends father. He sais that the engine (if biult in the designed specifications) is very good, with an output of 40 HP and a fuel consumption of 3.5-4 l/100km. For a 500cmc engine is pretty good.
The TV story I'm talking about showed a prototype of that "Hamster" scout car, a funny looking small car, resembling a desert buggie. It was a 2 sits vehicle with no roof or doors, just an engine hood and a windscreen. Like a big skateboard with an engine in front. It had very large and wide weels and the performaces were outstanding: 120 Km/h max speed, 400 km authonomy, cross-county abilityes (running over obstacles at high speed, even over a small water pool)... The TV coment talked about exporting it in the middle-east.
:?: I've waited in vain to hear more about this project. Does any of you know anything about it? Was it terminated after "Dacia" was purchased by "Renault"?
