Cars in Iraq (15 photos)

One measure of the stabilization of the situation in Iraq is the emergence of a large number of modern cars on the streets of the country. For the first time in several years, hundreds of thousands of brand new cars have flooded the country. If before SUVs were perceived as a symbol of the international coalition forces, it is now increasingly in the streets there are more jeeps belonging to the Iraqis. Photographer Chris Hondros of Getty Images visited earlier this year in Baghdad and took these pictures prove revival automobile culture in Iraq.






1) A member of the body of the Mercedes wipes on sale of new cars in Baghdad. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



2) Iraqis car washes one of the latest models at the car wash in Baghdad. Several years ago, Iraqis prefer not to drive new cars for fear that their damaged or destroyed during street killings. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



3) An employee of the Iraqi car wipes box car last model in Baghdad. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



4) Car in the Iraqi capital. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



5) A resident of Iraq considers sports SUV Hummer in a motor show in Baghdad. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



6) A young man stands among sports cars in Baghdad Motor Show. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



7) Street tunnel for motor vehicles in Baghdad. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



8) The Iraqi driver sits in the cabin of his new truck Korean production at the traffic lights in Baghdad. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



9) prepares an Iraqi car wash car wash on Baghdad. Sign of improved security in Iraq last year was the fact that for the first time over the past few years have flooded the streets of the country's hundreds of thousands of new cars. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



10) The seller of auto parts and accessories in his shop in Baghdad, Iraq. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



11) Iraqi sits behind the wheel of his tuned car with added mirrors and dashboard covered with artificial fur. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



12) A man rubs chrome door handles his jeep. The picture was taken in Baghdad. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



13) car accessories shop in Baghdad. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



14) An employee of the Baghdad car washes SUV, which was previously registered in Texas. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)



15) Cars BMW and other brands go on a street in Baghdad. (Getty Images / Chris Hondros)