Ikarus 55 Lux - in Hungary they knew how to make beautiful buses

Buses Ikarus are remembered for their square yellow models that operated on city routes. They were not pretty, but they were roomy. This was relevant in the USSR – everyone went to work by public transport. transport. Passenger cars cars few were in use, and even those were used infrequently, for trips to dachas and villages. In the 90s, yellow Ikaruses were also popular - the fleets were not updated, so the old buses had enough work. And although they broke down periodically, and there were no new spare parts, the equipment continued to work. Some were disassembled for parts, "collective farmed", welding saved the body.

LAZ-965 is considered the most beautiful bus in the USSR. Let it not differ in size and spacious interior, but the model turned out to be cozy, homely. And the point is in the design, which has not changed for decades. After all, the first modifications of the LAZ-965 appeared in 1956. Then there were improvements, modernizations, simplifications. As a result, the model was produced until 2010.

But there were similar "Ikarus", they even looked better than the Soviet LAZ. Ikarus 55 Lux, a luxury bus operated on tourist routes, was considered the standard of beauty. Surprisingly, one of them has survived to this day. More precisely, this "Ikarus" was restored from the state of "full trash." And the author of the channel "Ivan Zenkevich PRO cars" will tell you about him.