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ZAZ was the worst car of the Soviet Union, it was a shame to own it. Below are the list Soviet motorcycles/cars arranged by the rank of prestige in the eyes of the Soviet society: Riga - 50cc moped with pedals Karpaty - 50cc moped Minsk - 125cc Voshod - 175cc Izh Planeta (sold with or without sidecar) - 1 cylinder 350сс Izh Jupiter (sold with or without sidecar) - 2 cyl 350cc Izh Planeta Sport (made with some japanese parts) - 1 cylinder 350сс Ural/Dnepr sold with sidecar only - 2 cyl 4 strokes 650/750cc Dnepr sold with sidecar only (rear + side car drive) ----------------------------------------------------------- Ural/Dnepr without sidecars - available only for motorcycle escort services of the highest government leaders -------------------------------------------------------- SMZ S3D - small car with 2 strokes 1 cylinder 350cc engine from Izh Planeta, available only for people with disabilities -------------------------------------------------------- Available for private owners Zaz 965 Zaz 966/968 Luaz 969 Moskvich 408 IZH 412/2125 Moskvich 412/2140 Vaz 2101/02 VAZ 21011/2105 VAZ 2103/2106 VAZ 2121 Niva VAZ 2108 VAZ 2107 VAZ 2109 VAZ 21099 Zim 12 Volga Gaz 24/24-02/24-10 -------------------------------- Available only for government/army Gaz 69 (sold used only to private owners) UAZ 469 (sold used only to private owners) Gaz 3102 Gaz 13/14 Chaika ZIL 114/117/4102 Foreign cars in Soviet Union were available for "elite", as sailors, mafia, movie stars or people with VERY special connections. Such cars could be purchased only used. However some of my friends parents or friends of friends had Alfa Romeo GT Junior, FIAT Dino, Alfa Romeo 6C 2500.
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@PaoloGTC This is looks like a general layout of the Projetto 156 (AR4 prepared for wind tunnel tests). There are some new things, at least for me. 1. Independent rear suspension (no more De Dion) 2. Fuel tank and spare wheel in identical to Alfetta position 3. Engine placed in the normal position (not shifted to the center) Would be interesting to look underneath of the GTV6 2.5 (119C0001) which was built on the Alfa 6 platform in 1985! I wonder if it has a rear suspension similar to 156.
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Alfa Romeo, according to the production plans, did not have intent to manufacture Spider/Targa on the Alfetta platform. Moreover Alfa Romeo wanted to build cars in house and stop outsourcing (Bertone and Pininfarina). New Spider supposed to be built on the Alfasud platform. So these two proposals did not relate to real AR plans and as I understand were built by Pininfarina itself.
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My two cents to the beautiful design. Digital indexes were used by Abarth and not by Lancia. For instance commercial name of Abarth 037 project was Lancia Rally. In your case Abarth SE 039 was Fiat Uno Turbo 4WD, the project that have never been materialized and was only on the drawings. Modern journalists and bloggers quite often do not have any knowledge about it and add 037 or 038 digits to Lancia brand and create their own imaginary names. Seems like you are trying to follow the same trend to show possible development of Lancia racing cars FYI SE037 - Lancia Rally SE038 - Lancia Delta S4 Gruppo B SE040 - Lancia Delta S4 Evo SE041 - Lancia ECV1/ECV2 SE042 - Lancia Gruppo S SE043 - Lancia Delta 4WD Gruppo A SE044/SE045 - Lancia Delta Integrale 8v/16v Gruppo A SE047 - Lancia LC2 V10 SE049 - Lancia Delta Integrale 4WS SE050 - Lancia Delta Integrale Evoluzione
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So probably you know the purpose of such weird angle of the windshield. 1. It provides a driver more open space above the head, and allows the driver and passenger to enjoy the nature. Many modern cars and cars back in 90s have a windshield that almost touches the head of the driver. yes, it is more safe but the same time it does not feel like cabriolet. 2. The less inclined windshield, the flat one, gives you much greater visibility, driving comfort and pleasure of driving. Basically designers, who made this aka "Kubelwagen" solution, knew what they did. P.S. It is easy to critique something after almost 38 years. This particular design proposal was done in the end of 1987, and later, in July 1988, the final design of GTV/Spider was approved. Do you see the fundamental differences?
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It was an attempt to develop the rear wheel drive platform. Basically it was a development of FIAT 124 with live rear axle (FIAT 124), the 124 floor and Chevrolet Niva gearbox (still modified FIAT 124). However the engine supposed to be from Lada Kalina (late 70s engine developed together with Porsche/FIAT). Front suspension was McPherson. The car supposed to be built at the same production line and use the same manufacturing tools as Lada 2105 (FIAT 124), still supplied by FIAT I would consider this car as Mai Nate FIAT
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