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Title: Viktor Yanukovych's car collection
Post by: Mustangfan2003 on February 24, 2014, 05:49:28 PM
These old Soviet cars look like direct copies of American cars.  Can't the commies do anything original?

(http://autoweek.com/storyimage/CW/20140224/CARNEWS/140229914/V6/0/gaz-13-chaika-yanukovich-yanukovych-car-collection-soviet-ussr-limo-limousine-cars-euromaidan-maidan-palace-house-villa-dnieper-mezhyhirya-.jpg&maxW=630)

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http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140224/CARNEWS/140229914 (http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140224/CARNEWS/140229914)
Title: Re: Viktor Yanukovych's car collection
Post by: Soup DeVille on February 24, 2014, 07:33:20 PM
Many Volgas were designed under the direction of Ford engineers, sometimes with old Ford tooling.
Title: Re: Viktor Yanukovych's car collection
Post by: Mustangfan2003 on February 24, 2014, 07:48:03 PM
Didn't they buy all the old Packard tooling to build cars as well? 
Title: Re: Viktor Yanukovych's car collection
Post by: Soup DeVille on February 24, 2014, 08:01:24 PM
Quote from: Mustangfan2003 on February 24, 2014, 07:48:03 PM
Didn't they buy all the old Packard tooling to build cars as well? 

Yep: and also a good portion of captured machinery from BMW and Mercedes found its way into Russian factories for many years.
Title: Re: Viktor Yanukovych's car collection
Post by: cawimmer430 on February 24, 2014, 08:21:31 PM
I believe Packard had some sort of licensing deal with the Soviets back in the day. Either that, or the Soviets just "cloned" them. The latter is more likely.
Title: Re: Viktor Yanukovych's car collection
Post by: Mustangfan2003 on February 24, 2014, 09:18:34 PM
Quote from: Soup DeVille on February 24, 2014, 08:01:24 PM
Yep: and also a good portion of captured machinery from BMW and Mercedes found its way into Russian factories for many years.

And the Ural motorcycles.  I believe they did have some sort of agreement to build them before the war though. 
Title: Re: Viktor Yanukovych's car collection
Post by: Mustangfan2003 on March 03, 2014, 07:01:48 PM
Might want to see if there is any tanks in that basement. 
Title: Re: Viktor Yanukovych's car collection
Post by: Submariner on March 05, 2014, 08:15:34 PM
Quote from: Mustangfan2003 on February 24, 2014, 05:49:28 PM
Can't the commies do anything original?

Da!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_%28spacecraft%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buran_%28spacecraft%29)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_T-4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_T-4)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4)
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