Remember the Trekka, a Kiwi made car?

I took this behind what was formerly the Butchers Shop, Naseby, Central Otago. It's just one of a remarkable collection of cars and other stuff;

The History of the Trekka
It was the ultimate response to the highly regulated import policies pursued by New Zealand Governments since the early 1950's, which made new cars scarce and expensive.

 

Trekka, the Kiwi made car

Comments

[Jack Yan]

[這個好] Very vaguely. I seem to remember it was Škoda-based. If we had persisted with it as a “proper” car—and if bureaucracy didn’t tie up the Anziel Nova—I wonder if we could have ever got an indigenous motor industry off the ground.