Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:18:57 +0200https://english.radio.cz/most-successful-ever-czech-crowd-funding-project-fuels-relaunch-iconic-cezeta-8164051© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalEnglishman Neil Smith is behind the rebirth of a distinctive and iconic Czech scooter from the 1950s and 1960s – the Čezeta. It’s distinctive shape and nose resulted in it being nicknamed ‘the pig’ but it was a major success with tens of thousands sold. The new version is electric and the project has just benefitted from the biggest Czech crowdfunding ever with capital raised for marketing and further production in just 10 days. Driving force and project owner, Mr Smith, first of all described how it was love at first sight when he spotted the first scooter on the streets of Prague and how the attraction lasted in spite of some temperamental episodes with the ageing model.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/cezeta_506_elektroskutr.jpg?timestamp=1590468171 https://english.radio.cz/most-successful-ever-czech-crowd-funding-project-fuels-relaunch-iconic-cezeta-8164051 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9