We’re really starting to love these guys, hard at work with new and unique piece monthly since their induction. AutoCult Models are back with five new pieces for January. The feature is the unique Kohlruss Käfer with rear luggage rack. All models presented here are 1:43 in scale. Complete list of January efforts include:

Porsche 911 HLS
Tempo Matador Renntransporter
SFM Smyk B30
Steyr 90 Plus (1290) “Semperit”

About the Kohlruss Käfer… “Crossbreeding the Beetle. Vienna in the short post-war period: The body work company of Hans Kohlruss came to the conclusion to create a specially constructed passenger car from the variety of the remaining VW type 82, a Kübelwagen with a widely available Steyr 50 or Steyr 55 – known in popular parlance as the Steyr Baby. This combination was therefore possible, as both vehicles had nearly the same wheel base, and the chassis and engine of VW usually could be used.

However the car body was damaged, but the car bodies of the Steyr-vehicle could mostly be used, as most vehicles had a technical breakdown in engine or transmission. But this mixture caused a problem as the VW-engine was in the rear and the Steyr Baby had its motor under the front bonnet. As a solution, Hans Kohlruss was giving the VW-engine an additional blower under the new Steyr skin. The car body constructor from Vienna was creating a vehicle in the late 1940s and early 1950s, which was satisfying the needs of those people who were prepared to pay more money.”