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Volga limousine from 1960 - with the Russian car on the Isar

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Created on June 1, 1960

Text:

Günther Gebhardt

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Volga (1960) - Eastern chic for little money

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Volga (1960) - luxury 'made in USSR' - for DM 7,900

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Volga (1960) - Volga on the cover of Hobby

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Volga (1960) - no sophisticated technology in the Volga engine compartment

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Summary

In 1960, German consumers were made aware of Russian passenger cars - Moskvich and Volga - through major advertising campaigns. The vehicles impressed with their upper-class attributes at a small car price. The magazine 'hobby' took a Volga and tested it extensively. This report describes the findings and test results in the original wording and shows the pictures from back then.

This article contains the following chapters

Luxurious equipment at a low inclusive price
Design as a cross between Opel Kapitän and Renault Frigate
Good workmanship
High-torque humming engine
No sports car-like performance
Tough, robust suspension
Plenty of comfort attributes
Impressive unladen weight
Robust workhorse in luxury trim - not for the masses
Technical profile

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Russia's automotive industry pushes towards the West - Astonishing offer: 2.5 liters and 50 hp for 7,900 DM - Luxury, made in the USSR. This spring, something quite unusual happened in the advertising section of so many newspapers and magazines in Western Europe: suddenly, whole waves of advertisements appeared offering cars with the foreign-sounding names'Moskvich' and'Volga' for sale. Now, the fact that car companies advertise their products is nothing special in itself, and it is no longer a secret that cars have been produced in Soviet Russia, which is so interested in technology, for a long time.

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