Csepel D-350
The Csepel D-350 is a lorry made by Hungarian manufacturer Csepel Autógyár from 1950 until 1958. It was the first series production Csepel vehicle, and a copy of the Austrian Steyr 380 lorry, built under licence. History After World War II, Hungarian Nehézipari Központ (NIK) acquired a licence for the Steyr 380 lorry, the Steyr WD-413 and WD-613 diesel engines, as well as the Steyr industrial four-cylinder petrol engine. At the time, the Steyr factory was in the Soviet occupied zone in Austria, and under Soviet control. Dezső Rankasz argues that the plans for the Steyr 380 lorry were effectively "taken over". The licence contract with Steyr was originally supposed to include a licence for the Steyr 180 agricultural tractor, but eventually, NIK acquired a licence for Steyr's WD-613 8-litre, six-cylinder diesel engine instead, because of the high power output it could provide for military vehicles. The contract also included a term which effectively transferred the rights to the Steyr patents – that were licensed in the contract – to the Hungarian state, from 1959 onwards, for a fee of USD 380,000. This later allowed Csepel Autógyár to build modified versions of the original WD-413 engine. On 3 November 1949,