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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...roads, the chassis had to be redesigned to ride 1½ inches higher off the ground than the 124. To survive bitter Soviet winters, the car had to start unfailingly at -13° F. "To do all this in the time allowed, we had to take risks," recalls Vincenzo Buffa, Fiat vice-director-general. "We started building before we knew what machines would be needed" to construct the modified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST TRADE: Ordeal on the Volga | 3/5/1973 | See Source »

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