Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The FSO Polonez is a car still beloved in its native Poland. When it launched in 1978 it was a modern looking car that was going to put the Polish car industry on the map not only in Europe, but also North America. So, where did this design come from, and what happened?

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Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polski_Fiat_125p
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polski_Fiat_125p
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Polonez
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabryka_Samochod%C3%B3w_Osobowych
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Polonez
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_ESVs
https://motofakty.pl/fso-polonez-niedoszly-ambasador/ar/c4-16140959
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_NATO
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Seicento
https://motoryzacja.interia.pl/wiadomosci/ciekawostki/news-nietypowe-fakty-z-historii-poloneza-wiedziales,nId,5185625
https://www.zw.com.pl/artykul/246930.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonaise
https://archive.is/TWBYj
web.archive.org/web/20150502094249/http://www.autocentrum.pl/historia-motoryzacji/fso-historia-motoryzacji-w-polsce-polonez-w-strone-nowoczesnosci-historia-modelu-do-konca-lat-80-tych
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Twin_Cam_engine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Polonez_2000_Rally
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_500_(2007)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_VESC
https://autoblog.spidersweb.pl/40-lat-poloneza-niewygodna-prawda
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Polonez_Truck
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Polonez_Atu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Tico
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Lanos
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Matiz

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