Talk:Puch

Pronunciation?
How is the company name pronounced? I assume it doesn't sound like "puke" (or does it?). Does it rhyme with "book"? Or more like "fluke"?

The pronounciation is german since it's a german word. Swizec

Most moped enthusiasts pronounce it like "Pook", rhymes with spook, but it's got that throat clearing sort of sound at the end if you want to be correct about it. --Scott


 * There is no sound in the english language that would equal the german "ch", therefore it's hard to explain the proper pronunciation. The spanish "J" like in the name "Juan" sounds relatively similar though, as well as the hebrew ח or some arabic letters. Anyway, german "P" is the same as it is in english, while the "u" should be a short, distinct sound, more or less like in "book", and unlike the long "oo" in "spook". Best Regards -195.16.249.250 (talk) 10:04, 30 April 2011 (UTC)


 * As most English speakers can't pronounce the ch sound properly, "pook" comes closest, with the "oo" as in "book". X10 (talk) 16:14, 8 January 2013 (UTC)


 * "ch", you have to think of a Russian "ch" (Chrustschow) and "u" isnt "a". --84.114.44.93 (talk) 19:41, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Balanced?
In the legacy section, I don't know if I would consided "Their technical knowhow was always better than their advertising" to be balanced. I don't know if it crosses any lines, but it seems weasel wordy to me. --Scott

Mopeds
the article says "In Austria and the Netherlands, Puch mopeds played a big role in the 1960s popular culture.", but this is true for the MS50 models much more than for the Maxi, which was considered a girls moped. Really cool girlds would ride an MS50. X10 (talk) 16:17, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

the article also says that the Dakota was by far the most popular. In the Netherlands, the only models sold in the seventies were the MS50 chopper-style two gear and three gear models. Half the teenagers had those, the other half had Kreidlers. 83.163.192.77 (talk) 21:54, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

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Competition from Tomos
Since the Puch factory was bombed out during WW2 and what remained was used by the Allies for repairs on their vehicles, Puch motors were built -by a temporary lease- by the Tomos factory in Koper, Slovenia. This lease also allowed the production of a copy of one of the 50cc models, the MV50. Tomos sold it in only one color, silver, for a lower price in the Dutch market, where Puch had become a cult symbol in the sixties. To gain name recognition, Tomos started to compete in the 50cc motor racing class, and won with their D5 model, after which the company re-engineered the Puch 50cc motor into their own engine, with improved quality and 5-gears. This became the basis for their most successful model in the 50cc class, the D6, raced by Italian Parlotti. Puch never competed in road racing, but went into the rally cross competition where they had success with the Cobra, powered by a 50cc 6 gear engine that was previously used in the M50 Jet light motorcycle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Basvossen (talk • contribs) 17:00, 25 August 2018 (UTC)