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Solved: Wendax 664 - Karenjy Iraka
« on: September 12, 2012, 02:49:03 AM »
My blue car for the day.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 664
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2012, 02:33:33 AM »
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Re: Wendax 664
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2012, 04:12:46 AM »
Karenjy ! The only car produced (?) in Madagascar, between 1985 and 1993. It seems that some investors are trying to put it back on production...
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Re: Wendax 664
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2012, 04:15:19 AM »
Front page featured!

http://www.autopuzzles.com
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Re: Wendax 664
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2012, 04:17:00 AM »
Quote from: cmetisse on September 19, 2012, 04:12:46 AM
Karenjy ! The only car produced (?) in Madagascar, between 1985 and 1993. It seems that some investors are trying to put it back on production...
Yes, but there were several Karenjy models. Locked for you to find out which one it is.
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Re: Wendax 664
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2012, 04:20:02 AM »
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Re: Wendax 664
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2012, 04:29:35 AM »
I have it as the Mazana, the saloon version.

It has a rear engine, Renault 18 diesel type, that drives the rear wheels or the fourth (non-permanent 4WD). Gasoline engines are available, sourced from the Renault Express.

There is a small pick-up, the Faoka, but it seems that its engine is fitted in front instead.
All the range has a fiberglass body.

The small "factory" of Fianarantsoa has been reopened since 2009, with unfinished cars stockpiled inside. So the new owners has chosen to sell these, after a well-deserved rehabilitation.
It was studied first by l'Institut Malgache de l'Innovation.

Finally, the new owners are even thinking of future versions, with up-to-date engines.
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Re: Wendax 664
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2012, 04:36:41 AM »
We had the Karenjy Mazana and Faoka before:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=3771.0
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=17570.0

According to my information, the Mazana was 4x4 only. The 4x2 version had a different name. That's the one I'm looking for.
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Re: Wendax 664
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2012, 04:49:01 AM »
Karenjy Iraka !

The name of the company that owns the brand is Soatao.

Talking about Karenjy, I've just read that the Faoka is indeed FWD, with a gasoline 1.1 Renault Express, and use a ladder-type chassis that was built for the Jejo (a word that mean 'coquett' in malagasy !), a stillborn prototype of a local small car, looking a bit like a Visa...

Another fascinating story !  ;)

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Re: Wendax 664
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2012, 04:51:26 AM »
Congratulations, Iraka is the name I was looking for.

One more point for you.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 664 - Karenjy Iraka
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2012, 04:57:11 AM »
So ends the shortest-duration front-page exposure in AutoPuzzles history.  :D
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Re: Solved: Wendax 664 - Karenjy Iraka
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2012, 05:21:51 AM »
 ;D

Where else would you need more obscure cars than a locally built minivan from Madagascar to stay unsolved for a while? That's what I like about AutoPuzzles.
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