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We just got back from the 129th edition of Red Bull Soapbox race. It has been held for the third time in Croatia, and the interesting thing is that the slope of the race ends directly on the main Zagreb square. There was total of 55 teams racing for the first place. The one that eventually got the most points and took the first...

7. INA Rally Kumrovec

According to titles in the media, it may seem like we’re going through the incarnation of the movie The Day After Tomorrow. Freezing cold, temperatures below zero, snow and all that stuff. When we were kids, this was just called “winter”, now we have the red zone alerts all over the news. Anyway, such cataclysmic...

4th Auto Tuning & Styling Show Zaprešić

It’s always nice to see something interesting happening in your home town, especially if it’s related to cars. Auto Tuning & Styling Show in Zaprešić has been organized the fourth year in a row, and it is slowly growing out of parking capacities. Unfortunately, this year’s event was followed by heavy rain....

VW Tuning Show Karlovac 2017

There were two car meetings during the same weekend – a mixed tuning show somewhere near Varaždin and the VW Tuning Show in Karlovac. My friend Boris and I took a gamble and gone to the VW meet, and were pleasantly surprised with the offer An event entrance. The beer case racer – not exactly sure when this became...

Street Style Show 2017

You can tell that the summer is just around the corner by counting all the car events that are popping out. This weekend we visited Street Style Show 2017 in Dugo Selo, Croatia. The event was organized by: Street Style Team – klub obožavatelja automobila and Multimedijalni klub Pozitiv. Since nothing too exciting happened...

1. Croatian Tuned Cars meet

We went to the 1.st Croatian Tuned Cars meet, which took place in two cities 400 km apart, at the same time – one in Zagreb and one in Imotski. It was basically a car meet / photo session opportunity for everybody who wants to show his pride and joy. From what we heard, there were couple of other meets at the same weekend, so I...

Opel Adam Record E2 1984

For my first People&Cars report, I managed to catch my friend Josip Miljak and his Rex. Rex is in fact Opel Adam Record E2* from 1984. (*markings A,B,C,D,E, mk1, mk2 and similar usually designate the generation of the car). Before everything, here’s Josip’s story. “Records were our cars since 1992. After all...