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Back then they were saying that the largest market for MB 600 in 90-ies was Russia. Whether it was so or not, it definitely was the car to drive for the mafioso
by trhway 2y ago
Back then they were saying that the largest market for MB 600 in 90-ies was Russia. Whether it was so or not, it definitely was the car to drive for the mafiosos and for the government bureaucrats. In the bleak, dirty, poor USSR/Russia those cars looked like they were out-of-this-world, and in many senses they were. They were de-facto separating 2 castes of people - the new elite, so called "new Russians", from the rest. With reaching points of absurd sometimes as for example not much can express better that you're a "coolest" mafioso than driving with open top an MB SL 600 cabrio in -20C in St-Petersburg's strong wind with snow, and trying to look like you're driving on Sunset blvd (coincidentally the most lawless mafiosos were called "otmorozki" - "frostbitten [brains]")
- cpursley 2y agoDon’t forget Jeep Grand Cherokees! They loved those things (Brat 1). Worse piece of shit I’ve owned but also my favorite of all time.
- trhway 2y ago> Worse piece of shit I’ve owned but also my favorite of all time. that would sum up my experience of living through the 90ies in Russia :) Or as Dickens said: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair”
- netsharc 2y agoSeems like these people drive another Mercedes these days: the G-Wagen.