Homely/Bizarre Soviet-Era Vehicles: They Waited TEN Years for THIS?

Reaganite Republican ^ | 01 July 2014 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

Ah, the fruits of socialism: if only we'd allow Dear Leader 

unbridled power, I just know he could make everything better...

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[doorgunner69]

I still wonder if Cinnamon drivers of the time had a clue why I was cracked up laughing when I would drive by them.

It was hard to hold back the mirth at someone gullible enough to buy such a POS foisted so cynically on them.

Some car magazine tested it and suggested it drove like an Accord that did not run very well.

[Free Vulcan]

"My little babushka, we must buy it. We paint it, take kids, go camping in woods, and wrestle bears."

[GeronL]

A Russian RV?

[GeronL]

I never click your links but this topic is very interesting

[Free Vulcan]

If they designed on, I imagine it’d probably look like that. Most likely doesn’t run for crap, but if it did it seems like it’d be a helluva lot of fun.

“Quiet children! This is Russian RV, we do not need road to get to camp! We make road!”

[NYFriend]

was the 408 anything like the one in the picture? How’d it run?

[wetphoenix]

It was exactly the same, but our was a 4 door sedan. I have never actually seen a coupe version pictured there, it is probably a prototype.
How has it run? Well, not so good comparing to modern cars but not too bad comparing to the rest of European small cars from the 1960s. AFAIK the engine was a BMW knock-off.

[MasterGunner01]

Hardly compares to the East German's Trabant. Underpowered, shoddy construction, overpriced, and waiting lines for years, it was a gem of socialist manufacturing technology.

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant