The Soviet Union rarely spoiled its citizens with variety. This applies to everything, and especially cars. It didn't matter if they were cars or trucks, they were known by drivers and even by most of the boys. Only occasionally, when a rarity appeared on the roads, the guys were genuinely surprised. But if an adult sees this, everything falls into place. It was some miraculously preserved GAZ or ZIL of the post-war years. Small trucks, like the Gazelle, almost did not exist in the USSR. Unless UAZ "Tadpole" with an onboard body type, but this is a specific technique for rural areas.
In the late 70s, strange cars began to appear in large Soviet cities, as if they had fallen on the roads from good cartoons. A huge windshield, a cheerful green cabin and round headlights that look at the world in bewilderment. It seemed that these were homemade products, released in several copies. But no, they were IFA Multicars. Despite the "cartoon" appearance, these are quite serious light trucks with diesel engines. The Soviet Union did not install such engines on medium-duty trucks, but here is a "bug" on heavy fuel! Even now there are no analogues of this model in Russia. And IFA continues to produce such equipment. The author of the Mood Studio channel will tell about Multicar.
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