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Percy
Percy is a character in The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. He is based on the Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer 6x6.
Sure-footed mountain type, a little smug.
“Nothing to it.”
Character card
- Best at
- Climbs rocks and ruts like a goat
- Quirk
- Thinks flat roads are boring
- Usually causes
- Takes the hard way
- Read-aloud voice
- Alpine, crisp
In the books
In Kitty's book he bounces over a log and a ditch to show Poppy how quick he is. A sore ankle does not like bouncing.
Appears in
Which real vehicle is Percy based on?
- Real vehicle
- Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer 6x6
- Era
- 1970s to 2000s
- Country
- Austria
- Did you know?
- Named after a breed of Austrian mountain horse; each wheel moves on its own so he can keep all six on lumpy ground.
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