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The 4th international Steyr-Puch Haflinger meeting took place in Hafling South Tyrol from May 13th to 15th, 2022. There were 141 Haflinger cars with 312 participants. The history of the Haflinger: The Haflinger horse. Blonde, well built, pleasant to handle. The transformation from workhorse to leisure horse was successful. Perhaps the blonde Haflinger is amused by the strange tin box that was destined to be his successor. The dream lasted 15 years, from 1959 to 1974. That was when the last Steyr-Puch Haflinger rolled off the assembly line. By then, 16,647 vehicles had been built. After all, the Haflinger is considered the father of the Mercedes G-Class. So it has made a career, the Steyr-Puch, of which many owners say: a life without a Haflinger is like a sky without stars. And it is the off-road vehicle that others still have to be measured against. Not in terms of power - the big guys are clearly ahead there. But it's not without reason that they say: where there's a Haflinger, there's a way. It's a lot of fun when the Haflinger conquers the terrain. With slope angles of 40 to 45 degrees, a Haflinger could climb a wall almost vertically. Even in the vehicle's heyday, it was said that the use of the Haflinger was limited by the driver's fear of gravity, not by the vehicle's technical capabilities. Just as horse owners swear by their animals, Haflinger owners swear by their vintage cars.