GAZ M-20 Pobeda

Here's a GAZ M-20 Pobeda at a retro-motors show in Moscow.



This one is a Second Series Pobeda as follows from the look of the grille.

It is worth noting that, as I mentioned on this blog before, similarities were noted between the Pobeda and certain Western cars, both American and British. For example, Standard Vanguard was mentioned in this connection.

Some even deduced that there was a bit of copying going on. Well, they deduced wrong. If there was any copying, it was likely going in the other direction, certainly, as far as the Standard Vanguard is concerned.

The Pobeda was developed throughout 1945 and entered production in 1946 whereas the aforementioned Standard Vanguard thingy was announced in 1947. 

The same can be said about other Western Pobeda look-a-likes -- the Pobeda predates them all, so the reverse engineering (if any) was likely going in the other direction.  

Here's specs and description in Russian.