This extraordinarily detailed and fully illustrated study charts the history of Soviet cars from the birth of the Soviet Union in 1917 until its demise in 1990, with a conclusion about the post-Soviet era. Essentially it is the story of an insular, state-run car industry in which the carefully thought-out ideas of ministerial planners, rather than the fickle nature of customers in a free market, determined what cars were made. The cars of the Soviet Union therefore have a unique heritage: designed for a social purpose, ...
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This extraordinarily detailed and fully illustrated study charts the history of Soviet cars from the birth of the Soviet Union in 1917 until its demise in 1990, with a conclusion about the post-Soviet era. Essentially it is the story of an insular, state-run car industry in which the carefully thought-out ideas of ministerial planners, rather than the fickle nature of customers in a free market, determined what cars were made. The cars of the Soviet Union therefore have a unique heritage: designed for a social purpose, influenced by politicians, built with military needs in mind and sold in a country where the open road was often a 300-mile track across a windswept steppe. This is a fascinating book, full of rarely seen photographs and illustrations, largely in colour, that will interest classic car enthusiasts everywhere.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 3.3 lbs; White dust jacket with title in red and black lettering; 2008, Haynes Publishing; 336 pages; "Cars of the Soviet Union: the Definitive History, " by Andy Thompson.
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Good+ in a Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy overall, but does have a few closed edge-tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light overall wear to the boards with a couple of minor edge-dings and moderately "bumped" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are bright and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); White dust jacket with title in red and black lettering; 2008, Haynes Publishing; 336 pages; "Cars of the Soviet Union: the Definitive History, " by Andy Thompson.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are bright and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 3.3 lbs; White dust jacket with title in red and black lettering; 2008, Haynes Publishing; 336 pages; "Cars of the Soviet Union: the Definitive History, " by Andy Thompson.
This is an excellent and well researched history of motorcar manufacture during the Soviet (CCCP) era. Found the text informative and engaging, and filled with many photographs of even the most obscure models. An excellent addition to any motoring library. Thank you, Mr. Thompson, for delivering a history of motorings often overlooked manufacturers, as well as outlines of the political tastes involved in each marque.
