Italian cars living and dying in Poland

By Kamil Kaluski Aug 19, 2013

Italian cars in poland
Several weeks ago we started another series of various interesting and/or obscure cars that living and dying in Poland. The theme was the Cars of Axis Powers and thus far we have covered West German cars (needed to split up Germany – insert your own joke) and Japanese cars. Today we look at the third member of that group of unified countries, the Italian cars.
Like all countries that fell under the western control after the war, Italy’s economy recovered much better than anything in the Eastern Bloc. History shows that the Italian cars were usually very pretty but it also shows that were not always best made. That perception did not always exists, and even if it did people still bought the cars because love is blind. Case and point, Ferrari sales of present day, or any other Italian car. Therefore, today we will see more Italian cars dying in Poland, than running, which is a complete opposite of last week’s Japanese herd.
As always, all image are courtesy of zlomnik.pl and its awesome readers. Some of the pictures may have been taken outside of Poland. Enjoy.
[Source of all images: zlomnik.pl]

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My question is – what car was this picture taken from?

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Fastest Panda in the world!

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More cars should have square taillights which consist of smaller squares.

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Round door handles. Interesting look, probably not awesomely ergonomic.

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Italian tow truck, shockingly, needs a tow truck.

This rig, with an Alfa Spider in the back, would win shows (of some kind) in the U.S.

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Another Ritmo, or Strada as they were known here. I think.

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Jej!

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I guess these were more desirable, more luxurious, and, gulp, better made than, the Polish 125p.

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Not sure what model this is. Pic not taken in Poland.

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Don’t know what that is.

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Seat! Spanish Seats were rebadged Fiats before they became rebadged Volkswagens.

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What’s that next to it?

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There was a time where all fog-lights looked like were made by one company, and were add-ons on all cars.

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Home for your home.

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I wonder if anyone ever put an MR2 engine in one of those.

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Not sure who makes this or what it is, pretty sure it’s Italian.

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Lancia… they look the same all over the world.

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Anyone?

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This is, actually, a museum piece.

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Because Rally Car!  pl12_zps491a5358

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The interior must be amazing, too, but if it’s anything like the house my father-in-law built, anyone over six feet tall will be bumping their heads.

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Two for the price of one.

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Custom paint, custom wheels, stanced. Almost.

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2014 Jeep Cherokee.

By Kamil Kaluski

East Coast Editor. Races crappy cars and has an unhealthy obsession with Eastern Bloc cars. Current fleet: Ford Bronco, Lexus GX 470, and a Buick Regal crapcan racecar.

24 thoughts on “Italian cars living and dying in Poland”
  1. Wow, so much to cover. The "Lancia" behind the iron fence is actually a second-gen Maserati Quattroporte. And yes I dig 128s and 131s. The yellow thing with the red hatch and the rust repair looks like a 128 3P. As for "Not sure what model this is. Pic not taken in Poland.", isn't that an 850? And the 2014 Cherokee? It's even uglier than the Multipla.

      1. Haha, the public will never forget… =8^) Lots of pictures from outside of Poland, but I guess finding surviving Italian machinery is quite a challenge anywhere.

  2. While I'm only familiar with a few exterior shots and the dashboard layout, I'm guessing the 2nd from top photograph was taken from within Fiat's Multipla, which is rapidly becoming something I'd love to own as weird styling is far more fun to drive around in.

  3. 2nd picture was made from a Multipla.
    <img src="http://img2.netcarshow.com/Fiat-Multipla_2002_800x600_wallpaper_17.jpg&quot; width="700">
    "This rig, with an Alfa Spider in the back, would win shows (of some kind) in the U.S."
    I prefer something like this:
    <img src="http://www.supercars.net/gallery/119513/2445/939129.jpg&quot; width="700">
    "Don’t know what that is."
    That's a freaking Maserati 3500 GT.
    "What’s that next to it?"
    If you mean the blue one, that's a Fiat Uno based Fiorino.
    "Not sure who makes this or what it is, pretty sure it’s Italian."
    Fiat 241
    "2014 Jeep Cherokee."
    I almost fell off my chair laughing

    1. 1. Good eye.
      2. We must go to different shows, tomorrow I'll show you what I had in mind.
      3. Too fancy for me to know.
      4. No, the silver thing.
      5. Thanks! At least I got the Italian part right.
      6. What, am I wrong on that one, too?

      1. 1. I actually never saw before the interior of a Multipla, but when i saw those door handles i know they were from something weird, like… a multipla, for example.
        4. Difficult to say from that angle… are you sure it's italian? To me it looks like an old Renault Kangoo.

    2. Also, Fiat Multipla is the answer to the following question:
      "What front-wheel-drive car came with a manual transmission and three seats in the front?"

      1. Not the answer but an answer. There are others, like Honda FR-V. (Edit: or did you mean manual only? FR-V seems to have been available with automatic, too).

    3. "That's a freaking Maserati 3500 GT."
      I recognised it instantly and subconsciously – I saw the roofline and my jaw dropped; I had to look at it for a second to be sure my instincts were correct.
      Definitely one of my if-I-win-the-lottery cars… make mine burgundy.

    4. Blue dash & doors, purple seats, manual trans sticking vertically out of the dash and 2 rows of 3 individual buckets?
      Wow.
      I want one.

  4. The red kombi van in a side street is a FIAT 238. Nice things. Common in Italy but no so much elsewhere in Europe_

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