Cuban Car Spotting - What the?

"TheBlacktopExperiment" (theblacktopexperiment) 08/16/2016 at 18:07 • Filed to: None

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Here are some pictures of the vehicles driving around Cuba from my trip. I can

distinguish quite a few, but I know little about them and some are fairly bizarre.

Some notes:

- This was on Cayo Coco (Island)

- About 75% of the vehicles were modern (1991+) and 25% classics

- Majority were a chinese brand called “Geely”, as well as “BYD” and buses were often “Yutong”. There were actually quite a few Russian cars, be it Moskovich or Lada

- Most of the classics were 1948-1958 Chevy’s, Buicks, and Oldsmobile.

- Enjoy!

FINAL NOTE: If you know anything about any of the cars in the pictures, comment because I would like to learn.

There were more cars, but I didn’t take photos because I didn’t want to fill up my camera (I prioritized).

not for canada - australian in disguise > TheBlacktopExperiment 08/16/2016 at 18:17

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I’m not surprised at all about the amount of Chinese and old Soviet cars, considering, you know, communism and shit.

Brian, The Life of > TheBlacktopExperiment 08/16/2016 at 18:22

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I need that ‘56 Fairlane!

JRapp: now as good as new again > TheBlacktopExperiment 08/16/2016 at 18:23

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Fun fact, these Moskviches have leaf springs in the back and were produced until the late 80s like that.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > TheBlacktopExperiment 08/16/2016 at 18:25

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That Jeep-van thing is definitely interesting!

Cé hé sin > TheBlacktopExperiment 08/16/2016 at 18:58

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Well, there’s a Peugeot 206 and a Citroen Saxo, but after that you’re on your own.

Yutong are selling buses in Europe now.

Here’s one from the UK:

RT > TheBlacktopExperiment 08/16/2016 at 19:11

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I’m not an expert on Chinese cars, Soviet cars or classic American cars.

I know about the Peugeots and Citroëns pictured though.

The older Peugeot at the back is a 206.

It’s a 2000s subcompact car which was popular around the world. It had a sporty GTi version, but it never managed to beat older Peugeot GTis in the driving experience.

The white Peugeot at the front is a 301.

Unlike the 206, which was made for both rich and developing countries, the 301 is designed for developing countries only. This means Peugeot cut a lot of corners in making it - and what I’ve heard it’s pretty cheap and gutless. However, it works fine as basic transport.

The Citroën pictured is a Saxo.

The Saxo was smaller than the 206 and related to the Peugeot 106. It was sold right from the 90s to the 00s around the world, but mainly in European countries. You may have noticed that its lights and rims are not stock. That’s because most of them were victims of the wannabe tuner crowd. Unlike the 206 though, the Saxo and 106's performance variants were very fun to drive.

Probenja > TheBlacktopExperiment 08/16/2016 at 19:15

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1, 2 and 3 are Russian Moskvich I think. 3 in the right is a Geely CK, a copy of the Mercedes C-Class but it is much smaller.

4 is a Peugeot 206 (hatchback), very popular in Europe and South America and a Peugeot 301 (sedan) a low cost sedan made in Spain sold in many places, it is rather new too, launched in 2012.

This is a Geely MK, a “fancier” version of the CK.

This is a BYD F5, the most notable feature is that you can summon it via remote control, but probably not in the version sold in Cuba. Also many BYD’s were based on old Toyota’s.

Schaefft > TheBlacktopExperiment 08/16/2016 at 19:47

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Now that’s interesting, most of these cars have German style license plates on them, even the font is identical. That’s not even the case in most European countries.