Tempo Hanseat Quick Sketch I Cars Own Buddy

The Tempo Hanseat was developed as a cheap transport for small business men and farmers of post war Germany, an economy that had been devastated by war and split in the middle by the post war rivalry between the war allies; USA, UK and France on one side and USSR on the other. At this time, a no frills transport was required which was cheap to buy and run and did all the jobs required of it in an efficient manner. Speed was not of essence as the vehicle was mainly replacing the Horse and carriage arrangement.

tempo-hanseat_1The Hanseat was an evolution of a machine that was initially a three wheeled motorcycle with a small load bay in the front. With time, the load bay shifted to the back, but the three wheeled arrangement stayed.

The Hanseat was manufactured by the Bajaj- Tempo, a Firodia’s company in India till, well, 2000, a full 50 years after the vehicle was introduced in Germany. Though built as a load carrier, they were soon modified with benches in the rear and a tin roof to protect its occupants from the elements. You can still see some of these run as taxis in 2016 in rural India.