What COUNTRY is this car from?

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I will post this picture and see if anyone can get it right. Yes, there is an interesting question that comes from it, but I will reserve it for later. Hint: It came out in 1946. Hint #2: It was available in 4 wheel drive.

Bonus points if you know EXACTLY what kind of car it is. (And Yes, I know all this off the top of my head)

Sorry about the size...

 

[TURNA]

Russian GAZ M20 Pobeda

in Poland it was the Warszawa

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Correct! I am surprised someone got it that quickly! (maybe I shouldn't have used Wikipedia...) Now for the real interesting question: Did the Soviet Union set a styling trend with this car that auto makers of other nations copied? It looks VERY similar to a number of US post war vehicles (GM and Ford in particular), but new models really didn't get going here until a little later. I ask this because the Soviets were well known for copying the styling of Western cars later on (The most blatant copy is probably the GAZ Chaika, which looks almost exactly like a 1956 Packard.), but some articles speculate that the Poebda (means Victory) set the trend that all others followed.

Then again, maybe it's a coincidence and a trend that was interrupted by the outbreak of the war. Either way, it's an interesting thing to speculate about...

 

[1evilregal]

looks like an old volvo 544.... you're right, the more older cars you see, the more common ours looks to theirs.

 

[joe_padavano]

looks like an old volvo 544.... you're right, the more older cars you see, the more common ours looks to theirs.

It's actually interesting to note how similar styling is for cars of a given period. I suspect this is partly the "style" of the times and partly copying. For example, when Cadillac came out with the "bustleback" Seville in the early 1980s, both Ford and Chrysler copied it for the Lincoln and Imperial. One may question the wisdom of that decision...

Look at the 1980s B-body wagons and the equivalent Ford and Mercury wagons. They look virtually the same. In fact, it is more unusual when a given style is NOT copied. The original Taurus, for example, was unique but not copied by GM. On the other hand, the 1970s X-body cars (Nova and clones) are very similar to the Granada/Fairmont and the Aspen/Volare. The "flying buttress" C-pillars of the 66-67 A-body cars was copied by both Ford and Chrysler (think about the 68 Charger, for example).

 

[silent_orchestra]

It does look like a 'Olvo, the grille looks somewhat Chevy Fleetline esque... Somewhat like a '46-7-8 Ford too...

I'm not quite sure if I actually like it...

It would be different with a set of wide whites, caddy or olds feista caps, maybe a deep maroon color, a mild chop, a couple of antennas frenched into the rear fenders, get the chrome all redone, stick a little 6 under the hood (maybe something from the Chevy Stovebolt family, with multiple carbs, and a split header)... White VInyl tuck n' roll, maybe round the door corners, play with the body a bit so everything flows real nicely... and then set it down low to the ground with a set of lake pipes..... Now I like it...