Bajaj-Tempo Matador

Bajaj-Tempo Matador in Slumdog Millionaire, Movie, 2008 IMDb

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin: DE — Built in: IN — Made for: IND

Bajaj-Tempo Matador

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vilero ES

◊ 2009-02-23 18:51

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-- Last edit: 2012-03-23 16:36:19 (antp)

vilero ES

◊ 2009-02-23 20:14

This make is under licence Hanomag-Henshel?

Ingo DE

◊ 2009-02-23 20:51

No, it's based on the first maker "Tempo", resp. "Vidal & Sohn" from Hamburg-Harburg. The Hanomag-Henschel F 20, later Mercedes Benz 207 was in orign developed by Tempo, but not sold under this name. It's in German, but perhaps you can understand the historical sequel.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harburger_Transporter
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo_(Fahrzeug)
Hmmm, I cannot find anything in Wikipedia about the Indian Bajaj-version of this transporter, only something about the threewheelers.

Anyways, this van shown above was not made in Germany in this version. It has the front of the "Harburger Transporter" (Hanomag F 20 or Mercedes 207), but chassis and body are from the Tempo-predecessor.


btw.: from a friend, who worked in a Mercedes-garage, I'd heard, that the "Harburger Transporter" had the nickname "Kußmaul"

Ingo DE

◊ 2009-02-23 20:57

P.S. Oh, if you read the first article until the end, you can see, that this Spanish van:
/vehicle_26793-Mercedes-Benz-MB-100-1980.html
available outside of Spain since this version: /vehicle_79449-Mercedes-Benz-MB-100-1986.html
does NOT be based on the Tempo-Transporter, no, as expected, on that construction:
/vehicle_75724-DKW-F1000-L.html

:think: Interesting. I haven't known this before.

rjluna2 US

◊ 2012-03-23 17:42

Curiously, this one is using the "Force" badge :think:

Jale PL

◊ 2019-09-25 20:55

Such badge was in use long before Force replaced Bajaj-Tempo as make:

[Image: f.jpg]

rjluna2 US

◊ 2019-09-25 22:54

Dziękuję, Jale ;)

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