Andy Thompson
From 1945 to 1990 car engineers and designers behind the Iron Curtain
worked not to the whims and fancies of motorists but to the plans and
diktats of government bureaucrats. Cars of Eastern Europe tells the
story of the cars and vans made in Latvia, Poland, the former
Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hungary, Romania,
Bulgaria and East Germany. In a region that stretches from the Black
Sea to the Baltic, the vehicles were as varied as the nations themselves.
Now that eastern Europe has come in from the cold, this book offers a
unique and timely survey of the motor industry in this often overlooked
part of the continent.

Key content

A detailed record and history of the cars and vans produced by the countries of
eastern Europe.
A unique collection of pictures and photographs of cars produced in these
countries, with particular emphasis on the post-war era.
The role played by east European cars in the British car market.
The historical context within which each nation developed its own motor
industry.
A sister title to the same author's highly acclaimed Cars of the Soviet Union.