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Soviet copycat cars
I thought this was interesting.
http://englishrussia.com/?p=5152 http://englishrussia.com/?p=462 A little excerpt Quote:
 Funny thing is that this link says that they made them until 1981. http://americandreamcars.com/1981chaika.htm
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09-15-2009, 04:45 AM
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don't the russians "reverse engineer" everything they get their hands on?
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09-15-2009, 08:58 AM
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In India, these have been made since 1948!
 And are still made today, 60 years later!
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Wow. ....and some say 'big business is a bad thing.'
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09-15-2009, 09:10 AM
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Not 'Reverse Engineered'.
They didn't build replicas or 'copy' any of those cars. They were the 'real' thing. The Soviets got the entire outdated Packard assembly line and dies from the US after the war. Ford sold them the Model T line. Fiat built a plant in the USSR as a partner. The LADA was a 124 upgraded to better deal with the roads and winters there. The Indian car was originally built in partnership with the British, using British dies. India took it over. It's not reverse engineered, either. Don't know about the Opel, but it has to be a similar situation. Now, the US B-29 bomber they built... that was a copy. Reverse engineered from captured planes. Last edited by tcar; 09-15-2009 at 11:15 AM.. |
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1970/1982 Porsche 914-6/911SC 2.7 RS
