Arguably, Soviets were prioritizing military production (up to 14% GDP going to military in the 80s), and everything else was an afterthought. They didn't need

Arguably, Soviets were prioritizing military production (up to 14% GDP going to military in the 80s), and everything else was an afterthought. They didn't need to give population quality cars, as they could just send them to Gulags if they bitched about the quality too much.