Autoquiz #639 - Finished

[carsntrucks4you]

The GAZ M-20 "Pobeda"(Victory) was build in the USSR between 1946 - 1958. The Design was influenced by the 1941 Chevrolet Fleetline and the 1948 Opel Kapitän. After the production start in 1946 with 23 hand built cars the production was hold in 1948  to solve the quality issues on the car. In 1949 the production starts again, but again the quality was poor. After 235,999 units the production ends. 

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Edited May 19 by carsntrucks4you

[Ace-Garageguy]

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[peteski]

That one was easy for me and brought back some memories.

[thatz4u]

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[otherunicorn]

On 5/15/2025 at 8:54 AM, peteski said:

That one was easy for me and brought back some memories.

I looked up a car it reminded me of. It wasn't. I tried another that it also wasn't, but despite that, there it was. 😁

[peteski]

When growing up I used to see lots of this car's Polish versions (Warszawa M20).  Basically the same car with different grille.  Many of them were taxi cabs.  Their Polish nickname was "garbata" (hunchback), same nickname used for VW beetles at that time.  Polish version was in production for much longer than Pobeda, and other versions like sedan with a conventional trunk, wagon, and few cargo versions were developed.  The chassis and drive train was also used in other Polish made cars, vans and small trucks.

Edited Friday at 05:41 PM by peteski