1979 FSO Polonez [B01]
1979 FSO Polonez [B01] in Стената (The Dam), Movie, 1984
Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin: 
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2015-03-11 22:29 |
Interesting, if these are Bulgarian plates, then this is one of the 212 Polonezes sent there. |
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◊ 2015-03-11 22:45 |
Why were there so few? |
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◊ 2015-03-11 22:53 |
Why there should be more?  |
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◊ 2015-03-11 23:10 |
It wasn't common in all COMECON states (well except its homeland ofc.) - export outside the "block" had priority. Similar was with the 126 (which however was made in bigger numbers in general, hence became common also in few Eastern Block states, like Hungary). |
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◊ 2015-03-11 23:15 |
Don't compare them. 126p was absolutely common here. |
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◊ 2015-03-11 23:16 |
Still less common than 125p I believe, and it was cheaper. |
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◊ 2015-03-11 23:25 |
Probably because 126p is a supermini, and at the time it was not really a loved category of cars (at least here). -- Last edit: 2015-03-11 23:41:31 |
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◊ 2015-03-12 00:55 |
Well I'm writing what I know, not sure was it a case of Bulgaria, but it is well known that FSM didn't export to other socialist states as many cars, as some of them wanted to "take". With FSO it was even more radical, as in the 1980s they simply stopped to export cars to other COMECON states (single deliveries were only rare exceptions) and (with some success) put everytihng on hard currency profitable production. Ofc. it also worked in opposite direction and Poland also didn't get as many Ladas or Skodas as it really needed. -- Last edit: 2015-03-12 00:57:12 |
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◊ 2015-03-12 01:50 |
It's curious there was limited trade within Eastern bloc countries. Romania tried to be self-sufficient completely, not relying on imports, but exporting to the West to survive. |
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◊ 2015-03-12 19:14 |
Matter of the so called "hard currency input" in every produced in Poland car (imported from outside the COMECON and payed in "dollars" parts, materials, machines). This way during the 1980s crisis FSO had noticeable profits only from selling cars for hard currency, hence trade with other COMECON states, made mostly in "transfer ruble", was terminated. -- Last edit: 2015-03-12 19:18:22 |
