Cars in Warsaw 🚘

People who know me personally know that I am not a car guy. Never was and never will be. My previous and last car was an old, golden 1999 Audi A3 TDI, with half a million kilometers on it. Cracks and dents allover, but reliable and comfortable on the motorway during the rides to and from work. More important than shiny rims and other esthetic stuff.

Cars in Warsaw

To date I do not own a car yet, since moving to Warsaw. The public transport system is fine for now. Since moving here I started to notice some really cool cars. From Polski Fiats to foreign supercars.

As time passed I started to care more for the esthetics, some of them were just dead gorgeous. I still do not care so much when owning a car, but do enjoy to see cars which are different from what I was used to in the Netherlands.

Two cars which cannot be left out are Polski Fiats, the 126p and 125p. These were manufactured under licence in Poland and were very popular back then. Poles call them "mały Fiat" (small Fiat) and "duży Fiat" (big Fiat).

Polski Fiat 126p

The smallest of the two, the "mały Fiat."

Many Poles drove this car and you still see these little cult cars driving in the city. This sometimes leads to funny situations as two of these little cars can be parked on one parking spot (If the drivers are no pussies). I have seen it a few times myself and just had to grin when seeing it.

The small Fiat is also popular in city tourism

Polski Fiat 125p

The big brother. Also very popular back then, also as Taxis. Nowadays I occasionally see one on the streets, less than its smaller brother. Also these are being hired to tourists on Parade Square of the Palace Of Culture and science (Plac Defilad).

125p, a newer version produced by FSO

I have seen a few restored ones which looked really cool. Made lower, nice rims, new paintjob and chrome...it did not surprise me that younger generations have nicknamed it "Bandzior" (bandit). 

FSO Polonez
Another Polish gem. Every Polak wanted to own one back in the days. In the background the Polish Linguistic Institute where I study Polish.

FSO Polonez

FSO Syrena

This one I only saw a few times. A true classic car which is super to use for a wedding. 

Production started at FSO in Warsaw in the fifties. Syrena means siren (mermaid), the symbol of the city featuring on the coat of arms. 

FSO Warszawa

The first time I saw it was at a car wash, glued to a wall. Read that again. 

The Warszawa is massive, also a fifties car just like the Syrena. It was the first newly designed car manufactured in Poland after ww2.

Foreign cars

I did not see a lot of classic foreign cars in the city yet. What amazed me is the number of expensive cars like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Porsche, high end BMW's and Mercedes types, Jaguars, and so on. I almost forgot to mention the Range Rovers and American muscle cars. I saw (and heard) a lot of 5.0 Mustangs. 

Check out some of the pictures I snapped:

Lamborghini in front of Hotel Bristol

I almost forgot to mention that I did see a lovely foreign classic, the Saab96. My father owned a couple of these, for daily use. Me and my sister hated it back then, but just look at her...isn't she lovely?

After blogging about buses and now cars, I will show you some old school aircrafts soon. Stay tuned!