Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I see them quite often when I visit Poland (most recently in December). Poland is still quite a low-income country compared to Western Europe, and so for many people an old Polski Fiat or Polonez (a true Polish design from the early 70s, looks a bit like a VW Passat of that era but feels like a big truck behind the wheel) is the only car they can afford. I do not know if you can really get one for 1000 zloty, perhaps you can, but "some assembly" will probably be required :-) Nathan Mike Durling wrote: > There are still lots of those Polish Fiats running around Poland today. > A friend there tells me that you can pick one up for 1,000 zlotys or $250. > > Mike D > > Nathan Wajsman (private) wrote: > >> Lada is Russian. In the 1970s, Fiat had several joint ventures and >> licensing agreements in Eastern Europe, and Lada was one of the >> results. They did build Fiat-branded cars in Poland (or rather, the >> Polish company FSO did), called Polski Fiat, beginning in the early >> 70s as far as I recall. Those were more or less copies of the >> corresponding Italian designs, obviously with somewhat rougher >> workmanship. >> >> Nathan >> - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html