What It Was Like To Buy And Own A Car In The USSR
When you think of Soviet vehicles, what word comes to mind? Probably “shoddy.” Or “terrible.” Or “unreliable.” Maybe…
Is The PZL M-15 "Belphegor" The Ugliest Production Jet Airplane Of All Time?
What do you get when the Soviet Union wants a jet airplane purpose-built to service its massive farms and agricultural…
Russia Gave A Playboy Bunny A Car Show And It's Kind Of Awesome
Meet Irina Olkhovskaya, one of Playboy's 55th anniversary cover models. But she isn't just some has-been bunny, she's…
The Many Monuments To Russia's Beloved MiG
The MiG-15 dominated the skies when made its debut in the Korean war. One of the USSR's first successful swept-wing…
The Forgotten Female Cosmonauts Who Beat Sally Ride Into Space
Today is International Women's Day, and yesterday was the birthday of Valentina Tereshkova. It's ok to admit you don't…
Diecast Toy Car Of The Day: GAZ-3102 Volga
We'd all love an obsessively detailed 1:18 scale Volvo 240 coupe on our desks, of course, but no collection of…
Mig-17F Invades Iowa Skies, Performs Afterburner Hoonage
Saturday morning, the competitors of the Mutually Assured Destruction of Omaha 24 Hours of LeMons race had just entered…
The Red Army Needs No Buicks!
Once again, English Russia comes through with a great car photo.
This Man Fought Toyota For Stealing His Hybrid Tech And Won
Alex Severinsky, a Soviet emigrant who began his career developing antitank-warfare instrumentation, patented a system…
Ten Awesome Soviet Cars, Comrade!
In the U.S.S.R. the winters are cold and the cars are strange. Here's your best choices for the ten most awesome and…
Ford FX-Atmos or ZIS-112?
Let's say you could go back to the early 1950s and snag a super-futuristic prototype automobile as your 2009 daily…
Engine Of The Day: MEMZ-968
All these Engine Of The Day honors, and no Russian iron? And yesterday was May Day, comrades? We're going to remedy…
In Soviet Russia, Junkyard Gets Down On YOU!
57Sweptside loves junkyards, and not just the ones in his native Southwest. He's found for us this collection of photos…
Interested In Putting Down Hippie Protests? Try A BRDM-2 For $38,000
The Space Hijackers shenanigans pulled at the G20 Summit piqued you're interested in a siege tank of your own? Guess…
GAZ Volga 24-10 Brings Glasnost To Los Angeles
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other…
Yes, There Was Plenty Of Paint-Tradin' Race Action Behind The Iron Curtain
Have we ever mentioned that we love English Russia? It's like they knew we were going to review Cars Of The Soviet Union
Cars Of The Soviet Union: The Definitive History, by Andy Thompson
Whether you're wrenching on a flying Spitfire or a leaking Spitfire, Haynes has a shop manual for you. Very useful, but…
Moskvich-Driving Soviet Heroes Take On Capitalist Stooges In International Rally Competition
I'd planned to review this totally addictive book today, but I haven't yet got permission to use the photos. But,…
Hacked GAZ With Cat Parade
Are those louvers for a rear-engine setup in this Volga, perhaps some nightmarish GAZ-ZAZ hybrid?
Toronto Resident Rides Like A Politburo Big Chief In His GAZ Tchaika 14
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other…