Russians are deeply, deeply in love with their cars - I guess it must have something to do with the severity of the Russian winter, and the difficulty of getting around in it. But although Russians generally don't like "old things" or "retro", they make an exception for old cars. The "Old-Timer" car exhibition comes round about every 6 months, and always attracts a huge crowd. There are vintage and veteran cars from the famous W European makers - Bentley, De Dion Bouton, Bugatti - and old Russian-made cars. My car-mad friend Marianna dragged me along - I don't even have a car any longer! I sold it last year, when I found I just wasn't ever using it - I live in the centre of the city, and the traffic jams are so terrible it takes hours to get anywhere. Instead I use a combination of bicycle (April-Oct, when the roads aren't under inches of ice), taxi, and the famous Moscow Metro - of which more in a separate posting :)
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Russia already has captured the attention of global automakers, who have been making a mad dash to import their vehicles into the country, forge partnerships with local auto companies and establish manufacturing bases to feed the vehicle-hungry consumers who are generating wealth from the world commodity boom.
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