Antique American Cars In Cuba
Interestingly it is believed those who will buy these cars will mainly consist of Cuban exiles who want to own a piece of their past.
Antique american cars in cuba. But no new cars were being imported into Cuba from the US and the rest of the countries that actually produce cars are rather far away. Cuban entrepreneur builds a business on classic American cars. In a nutshell there were a lot of trade restrictions imposed upon Cuba after the revolution.
Hence Cubas streets are almost like a mid-century automotive museum filled with classic American cars like Chevys Studebakers and Buicks as well as rare European models. The younger cars are Russian mainly Moskvich and Lada. Mimi Whitefield Miami Herald.
Cuba is a bubble of anachronisms one of the most obvious being the thousands American cars from the 1940s and 1950s which still make up a significant form of transportation for the. VW Beatles Ford Falcons and Italian Alfa Romeos can be still seen traveling Cuban roads. Ford sedans from the first half of the 1950s are among the most common classic American cars in Cuba alongside Chevrolets and Mercurys.
Vintage American cars rule the road in Cuba and theyre more than just cool photo ops. After the Cuban Revolution the US. As 1958 was the.
Embargo that took effect in 1961 stopped the flow of new cars. Thats why Cuba is the way it. Everywhere you look is an old-school American brand vehicle ranging from Oldsmobile to Chevrolet Buick to Ford with a nice sampling of Chryslers old Plymouth brand.
Antique 1950s-era American cars have been a quintessentially Cuban sight on the meandering streets of Havana for decades but nowadays these ancient machines seem to. American cars were imported into Cuba for about 50 years beginning near the early 20th century. Though things are set to change the classic cars have become emblematic of Cubas rocky relationship with America.