Erich Ledwinka’s little four-wheel drive: the 1959–74 Haflinger with a rear-mounted 643 cc air-cooled flat twin, a central backbone tube, portal axles with swing half-axles, locking differentials front and rear and a 635 kg kerb weight that carried 515 kg; 16,647 built at Graz, about 7,000 for the Austrian, Swiss and Australian armies and the Royal Navy, the rest sold in 35 countries.
MODEL LINEHaflingerBUILT BYMagna Steyr (Steyr-Daimler-Puch), GrazPRODUCED1959–74PRODUCTION16,647LAYOUT4 wheels · 59″
The record
Steyr-Daimler-Puch built the Haflinger for the Austrian Army’s 1958 requirement for a mountain vehicle, using Ledwinka’s backbone-and-portal-axle layout and the Puch 500’s engine; Series I (1959–67) had a four-speed gearbox and 22 hp, Series II (1967–74) a five-speed and 27 hp, and the long 1,800 mm wheelbase came alongside the 1,500 mm. Australia assembled about 800 from 1966 and its army bought 46; the SchneeWiesel tracked version and the Polycab cab were the variants. The Pinzgauer replaced it in 1971–74.
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Factory colours
Olive (Bundesheer)
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