Test drive the Soviet Victory (23 photos) Bashny.Net

Report Ralpha Morsa (Journal of Life) to test Soviet machines Americans.

GAZ M-20V

In the latest modernization in 1955 victory received a new grille, a more attractive upholstery, a new steering wheel with a circular button signal receiver A-8 and the new logo on the radiator grille.

Quickly got recognition at home, GAZ M-20 paved the way for the Soviet automobile industry to the world market. Car willing to buy in the Scandinavian countries, in Belgium, in a number of countries in Western Europe, where there were the first sales representatives Gorky brand.

In post-war Europe was a shortage of relatively inexpensive, comfortable cars, and win quickly found steady sales in many countries. About Victory flatteringly even Western specialized publications, strikes endurance car and finds her only two serious drawbacks: lack of dynamics (charge efficiency and adaptability to poor gasoline) and unimportant visibility back.

Assessing the Russian victory, the American Journal of Science and Mechanics in 1957 he wrote:
Calm in the ruts in the corners and under acceleration. Well on the difficult road if you do not hurry. On the road keeps excellent. For its size it is very stable - probably because of the weight and powerful springs.

A magazine Auto Age for 1953 reported that
American engineers carefully examined and found victory workmanship is excellent in many respects. On the body parts are many signs of manual labor. In some places you can see traces of a file, but, in general, the quality of the body is very good.

British authoritative magazine The Motor after extensive testing Russian Victory noted:
The design of the "Victory" is provided, first of all, reliability and the ability to drive long distances in a country where roads are bad, and service points are few and are located far from each other. Beauty lines and high performance sacrificed practicality and utilitarian purposes. However, despite this, the fact that attention is paid to such details as the device lighter, heaters and other conveniences, indicates that such equipment is valued in Russia as well as elsewhere.