Based on my experience 1949-52 Chevrolet four-door sedans seemed to be the most common old American cars in Cuba.
Antique american cars in cuba. This 52 wears accessory headlight shades and a roof-mounted luggage rack. Cuba is a bubble of anachronisms one of the most obvious being the thousands American cars from the 1940s and 1950s which still make up a significant form. American cars were imported into Cuba for about 50 years beginning near the early 20th century.
It is the only place where history and circumstance have combined to enable a whole society to preserve these amazing vehicles and turn them into a national treasure. 1951 or 1952 Chevrolet. Vintage Cars On The RoadMartino Fagiuoli.
All speak good English and Spanish. Theres even a few. Antique 1950s-era American cars have been a quintessentially Cuban sight on the meandering streets of Havana for decades but nowadays these ancient machines seem to.
After the Cuban Revolution the US. American Dream Car In Cuba. Cuba may have more vintage American cars per person than anyplace in the world.
VW Beatles Ford Falcons and Italian Alfa Romeos can be still seen traveling Cuban roads. Ford sedans from the first half of the 1950s are among the most common classic American cars in Cuba alongside Chevrolets and Mercurys. Old American cars todays valued Cuban vintage cars survived and were kept running just because their owners needed them as a means of transportation and to provide for the family mainly since the 90s when the economic crisis.
In a nutshell there were a lot of trade restrictions imposed upon Cuba after the revolution. But no new cars were being imported into Cuba from the US and the rest of the countries that actually produce cars are rather far away. All Acura Alfa Romeo Audi Austin Healey BMW Buick BYD Cadillac Chana Changan Chevrolet Chrysler Citroen Daewoo Daihatsu.