>Big Volgas( Gaz, the russian name??) were used by the internal police.
>Another monster car was Pobeda, which looked like a mob car from 1940.

Now the |Russian police are using hiogh-powered American police pursuit cars (I saw that on "The World's Worst Car Chases" or whatever it's called - the one with the mamby-pamby-voiced ex-sherrif with the perfect teeth).
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>are you talking about the the old big wartburg or about the newer and more stylish one with monroof?:) lol

Don't know - it was shaped like a snail that's had it's shell ripped off it.
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>A year ago when I was back in Ro, I saw many Rover sedans on streets. It looks like they are popular there. I ve never seen one here in US>

So that's where they're selling! :-) I had one up till recently (it's effectively a Honda body - Prelude? Accord?) witeh a Rover grill and badges. Now I've got a PT - my first American car.