Skoda 100 probably better than the Soviet copy even back then, I would think
And Tatra certainly outdid anything the Russians ever put on the road
My wife is Czech. Her mother and father had to put down 15,000 krone and wait 5 years for a Skoda. They abandoned everything they owned and fled in 1968 to Germany.
She fumes every day about Obama because she’s seen it all before.
The BBC program, Top Gear, based upon all things transportation in personal vehicles has done specials on these cars.