GAS throws the Volga

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Do the Volga, you know? If, one had spoken you in a preceding article. It acts of a Russian make of car based in Gorki. The car, designed in the Fifties in full cold war to try to impress the Westerners and their glowing productions was seen qualified of "Russian Mercedes" before becoming "Lada of the rich person" after the implosion of the USSR into 91. Not very reliable in spite of modernizations brought, the mark suffered somewhat vis-a-vis with foreign competition, at the point to plan to renew itself while producing under its badge of Lancia Thésis. The negotiations between group FIAT and the factory of Gorki seem to have made long fire since the mark has just decided purely and simply to give up the production of car.

"the Volga will not be manufactured any more this year and in 2006, and machines it which produces it will be reconverted to leave the trucks much more profitable", announced Wednesday Sergueï Lougovoï, spokesman of the Russian manufacturer.
Since this decision, the fans flood mail the manufacturer to defend this symbol of the Soviet time. Vladimir Putin had even made him the honors of the Volga of collection in his Datcha with George W Busch at the time of the top Russo-American of last May.
Realistic, one of the fans nevertheless recognized "the Volga was a good car at the time Soviet, especially because there was not an other choice. Today, I would not buy any (...). It was very roomy but, if not, it was really obsolete.. "

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