Canadian businesses boycotted Russian built cars during the early ’80s over the invasion of Afghanistan (You Americans never had this problem as Uncle Sam didn’t think Ivan’s cars should be sold on US soil)
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Canadian businesses boycotted Russian built cars during the early ’80s over the invasion of Afghanistan (You Americans never had this problem as Uncle Sam didn’t think Ivan’s cars should be sold on US soil)
by HiTork
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America never had this same thing, but there was plenty of [anti-Japanese sentiment](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/3zaxby/american_auto_workers_smash_toyota_gm_in_protest/) in the ’70s and ’80s, especially around Detroit. And not over any military action, just over the cars existing.
Ladas were so rare even back then that I’m sure the sign was just a stunt.
When do we start doing this for Teslas?
“No parking for Nazi built vehicles”
“We will not charge Teslas until Putin’s Starlink disabled”
I grew up in post-communist Bulgaria and I LOVE old Ladas, really wonder what impact they would’ve had in America if they were sold here with everything going on during the Cold War. I know they were Fiat’s built under license, but this is the only example of a license-built car being BETTER than the original, the Lada 2106 is much tougher than the Fiat 124 it was based on. I feel like Americans would have actually thought them, especially if they were cheaper than a Beetle. Despite the Cold War tensions
Time for *no charging for Chinese-bull vehicles!*
No we didn’t get the Lada (that I know of), but we did get the Yugo. And the Yugo flopped so hard it became a punchline.
The American ban on Soviet vehicles was pure protectionism. It wouldn’t have been fair to Detroit in the 1980s to make them compete with the Trabant, let alone the Lada.
Damn straight! In America, we make shitty cars, not import them.