page_title: Ikarus (Hungarian company)
section_title: From reorganisation to the Communist Era (1933–1948)
hierarchical_section_title: Ikarus (Hungarian company) / History / From reorganisation to the Communist Era (1933–1948)
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: BX 319-es N2h-39 típusú Mávag harcsaorrú autóbusz
context_page_description: Ikarus was a bus manufacturer based in Budapest and Székesfehérvár, Hungary. It was established in 1895 as Imre Uhry's Blacksmith Workshop and Coach Factory and during the Communist era in Hungary it dominated bus markets of the entire Eastern Bloc and its allies.
context_section_description: In 1933, the children of Imre Uhry established a new company on the ruins of the old, which was called Uhri Siblings Car-body and Vehicle Factory (Uhri Testvérek Autókarosszéria és Járműgyár). The children were using their family name with the letter "i" instead of "y". The new company's first three years went by steadily, without any major success, but in 1936 the BSzKRt, the company then responsible for Budapest's public transportation, ordered 50 diesel buses on MÁVAG–Mercedes chassis. These vehicles were still produced with wooden body, but the factory did hire new engineers, who started to work on a metal body variant, which was to be mass-produced.
  It is worth noting that during this period of the company it was not customary to actually name their products. When we are referring to each type, it usually has to be done by the chassis it was built on and the year of production.
  The first metal-body autobus in Hungary was the Uhri Siblings' MÁVAG N26/36, which was followed by a successor with some modifications every year. Four models were mass-produced, primarily for Budapest: the standard MÁVAG N26/39 and N26/40, as well as the "hill" version N2h/39 and N2h/40. These four were nicknamed catfish due to their unique front decoration. A total number of 184 units were produced of them.
  In 1948, the company among all others, was a victim of nationalization, which was followed by the Uhri-family's departure from Hungary, out of fear from the newly formed government backed by Soviet Union.
caption: A damaged MÁVAG N2h/39 during World War II
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