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The car company you’ve never heard of

1 month ago

Writer:

David Twohig | Engineer

Date:

16 October 2025

Okay, car quiz time. What do the following cars have in common? Fiat Bravo, Aston Martin Rapide and Peugeot RCZ. Got it? Now, what if we throw in the Chrysler Crossfire and the first-generation BMW X3? No? Right, let’s make it very easy by adding in Arnold Schwarzenegger…

Yup, you’ve got it now: they are all made in Graz, Austria.

Now I admit that the Terminator is technically not a car, even though his styling is clearly a blend of two other famous products of his home town, the Pinzgauer and the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen.

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