How did Urals and Volgas end up at the Chinese auto show?

If you thought that the Shanghai Automobile Museum is only about Chinese brands, then this episode on the YouTube channel "#CHUDOTEKHNIKI with Georgy Belov" will definitely surprise you. The author accidentally finds himself in a real oasis of car culture, where pre-war American sedans, GAZ-69s familiar to every resident of the post-Soviet space, and even rare Volga models live under one roof. Here you can also see a 1938 Chevrolet Sabre with impressive ground clearance and a complex double door, as well as rare models of the Chinese auto industry, such as the HCH and Shanghai SH 760. They, by the way, suspiciously resemble the same Soviet Volgas.

But the main intrigue is the contrast between expectations and reality: the museum contains not just copies, but carefully restored specimens, sometimes even in better condition than on the streets of the cities of their time. There is even a place for motor vehicles, where Chinese and Soviet ones stand side by side. motorcycles with sidecars. The cherry on the cake is the Honda N600, with an interesting development history and the intervention of Soichiro Honda himself. This museum is more than just a collection of cars and bikes. Don't miss the chance to experience this journey through history - watch the full video.