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.

Pobeda Cars Exhibited

From my other blog, VreMax, comes this entry on Pobeda cars. 

Another car show at Moscow's VDNKh that I visited -- Cars of Our Back Yard -- USSR cars.

Not the first car-themed show I saw at the location -- in August last year we saw Car Industry of the USSR.

But that time I was lazy to make too many photos. This time however I made over 200!

So it is in parts.

Part 1 - the Moskvitch -- is here -- Part 1 Moskvitch Cars.

Part 2 -- ZAZ cars -- is here -- Part 2 Zaporozhets Cars.

Part 3 -- Moto -- is here -- Part 3 Old Russian Motorcycles, Mopeds, etc. 

Part 4 - Lada cars -- is here -- Part 4 Lada Cars. 

Part 5 - Volga cars -- hit this link -- the Volga automobile.

And now - Part 6 the Pobeda GAZ M-20 Automobile. 

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Pobeda М-20 "Second series"

This body style is still officially known as "Sedan", there's a boot in the back. Although it may look more like present-day hatchbacks or something.

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 thing 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 was likely going in the other direction.

Pobeda GAZ M-20D "Third Series"

Second and third series together.

And this is for those of this blog's readers who have no Russian -- try to find familiar letters at least, will you. But this is Pobeda specs and a short description.

Volga GAZ-21 x 3 and Pobeda M-20

From my other blog (one of) where, with this post I was starting a new car spotting series of posts -- Moscow Cars -- all interesting cars spotted and photographed by me as I go about my daily business here in Moscow where I am based.

To begin with, three GAZ-21 Volga cars, iconic Soviet cars. 

Truth to tell, they are not daily drivers -- I spotted them on a movie shoot in November 2014 -- the same one I photographed this Lincoln Town Cars 1st Gen.

Members of the public are watching movie people shooting a movie, and I am shooting period cars.

Volga GAZ-21, Third Series.

The Volga Third Series fascia ... quite different from that of the Second Series, see below. 

Baleen grille, no deer hood ornament, the bumper without guards ("fangless" as it is known in Russia) whose bottom is painted the color of the body.