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If you don’t have a Fiat, a Polski will do! | Chromiez X Maly
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If you don’t have a Fiat, a Polski will do! | Chromiez X Maly

Everyone in Hungary had their own word for this car. “Tökgyalu”, “kispolák”, “egérkamion”, but let’s just stick with the nicer “Kispolszki”. Owning a Fiat 126 was nothing but a dream on this side of the Iron Curtain at the time, but we had a Polish version manufactured based on
Wanderer of the streets of socialist Hungary | Chromiez X Žiga
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Wanderer of the streets of socialist Hungary | Chromiez X Žiga

If you had to name a single car that would make you truly content, would you know what to say? This used to be more than obvious in the ‘70s and the ‘80s, and the answer was nothing but the much desired Lada. Accordingly, the first episode of our Chromiez
The iconic vehicles of Eastern Europe on your desk!
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The iconic vehicles of Eastern Europe on your desk!

Comecon cars keep brightening up the roads in and outside Hungary to this day – some brand-loyal owners are proudly preserving and looking after these veteran miracles, thus saving a small, car-sized portion of the good old times. The cult surrounding the Lada, IFA, Żuk or Polski Fiat models spans over