Automotive industry in Hungary



Hungary significantly decreased the manufacturing of buses but found a large assembly capacities of foreign brands (such as Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Audi, BMW, Skoda, SEAT, Volkswagen, Fiat, Ford, Chevrolet, Citroën, Peugeot, Renault and Opel) with annual production of more than 800 000 cars.

History
Some original car production in the Hungarian part of Austro-Hungary at the beginning of the 20th century was lost.

Post World War II socialist Hungary widely imported cars and trucks from the Soviet Union and some other countries. At the same time Hungary produced a small number of heavy trucks (Rába) and had strong specialisation in the Soviet block in manufacturing of buses (Ikarus), that made it one of the largest bus producers and exporters (including outside of the Soviet block and Europe). The Ganz Works, also a long lived Hungarian company, has been manufacturing engines and wagons that are specialised for electric railway equipment.

Csepel Holding
Csepel is a manufacturer of Electric Buses and EV Ready Series Hybrid buses.

Csepel Autógyár
Csepel is a manufacturer of trucks for industrial use.

Ikarus
Ikarus is a bus manufacturer based in Budapest. It was established in 1895 as Uhri Imre Kovács- és Kocsigyártó Üzeme (roughly: "Imre Uhri's Blacksmith Workshop and Coach Factory").

Magyar Suzuki
Magyar Suzuki Corporation is an automobile manufacturing plant, subsidiary of Suzuki, located in Esztergom and founded in 1991.

Rába
RÁBA Automotive Group, commonly known as Rába, is a public limited company. It was founded in 1896 and produce military trucks, trucks, rail cars, trains, bridges steel structure.

Alfabusz
Closed in April 2011