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Sorry, the country that made the Fiat under license was Yugoslavia, not Russia. Slight but important difference. The best car the Russians made was the ZIL limousine.

70 posted on 03/01/2005 10:31:18 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)

Sorry, the country that made the Fiat under license was Yugoslavia, not Russia.

Both, actually. The Russian clone of the Fiat-124 was called Lada.

Yeah, Right. How many average "Iv-ans" did (or do) you see driving around in ZIL's?

Sorry, but the Lada was made in the USSR under license to Fiat.

Now, while the ZIL was admittedly a nice limo, there's a significant difference between a luxury car that was hand-assembled for Senior Party functionaries and a mass produced piece of junk for the masses.

My point was, in America, anyone and everyone has access to quality mass-produced goods. How one attains them is self determined.

That was one of the keys to beating the Soviets. Not only did we spend them into the ground, but we did it across the whole economic spectrum, not just militarily.