GAZ-M20 Pobeda

GAZ-M20 Pobyeda (Russian:ГАЗ-М20 Победа) is a passenger car produced by GAZ from 1946 until 1958. It was also licensed to Polish FSO.

The first "Pobeda" model car was manufactured in the Soviet Union. "Pobeda" means "Victory" and it is not accidental. The car's first tests were conducted at Gorkovski Car Plant (GAZ) in 1943, when the victory in the Great Patriotic War (WWII) was dawning. The plant was later heavily bombarded, but the work did not stop for a moment. The first prototype was ready on November 6th, 1944. It was approved, and on June 21st, 1946, the first serial car was manufactured.

After the first 700 cars were manufactured, multiple minor defects started to show in the car's design. The car's modernization was conducted directly during the production. But, basically, the design proved fine, so many foreign firms, including the British "Standard", started to borrow some technological solutions.

It is not only successful technological solutions that the "Pobeda" car was noted for. It became the symbol of the victory of the Red Army in the war. Nowadays, the "Pobeda" car has become an adornment in any car collection.