A man drives a classic American car after an exhibition of antique classic cars in Havana Cuba Oct.
Cuba antique cars. All cars are American Classics and our drivers are native Cubans that will be your guide for the day. Of the 60000 classic cars in Cuba about half are from the 50s another 25 percent from the 40s and a similar number from the 30s. There are Chevy Bel Airs driving the streets of Havana with 12L Moskvitch engines.
Our agency was founded in 2017. There are an estimated 60-70000 vintage cars in Cuba from classic American models like Chevrolets Buicks Chryslers Oldsmobiles and Fords to Soviet-era Volgas and Ladas. The Cubans consider the family car and its clean-running engine like a Wedding Car.
Those that wanted more power fitted their American classics with tractor engines. We promote the private economy in Cuba therefore we are not a government agency. Some of the vintage cars running around Cuba have some pretty amazing backyard engineering.
The Ford T was welcomed on the island and became the fotingo Cuban slang. Ford sedans from the first half of the 1950s are among the most common classic American cars in Cuba alongside Chevrolets and Mercurys. Its like one big car show where autos from the 1940s and 1950s motor along the streets and highways.
The Cuban government in fact ended an import restriction on new vehicles back in 2013 but this hasnt made a huge amount of difference. If youre a classic car buff Cuba is just about the greatest place on the planet. All speak good English and Spanish.
Embargo that took effect in 1961 stopped the flow of new cars and. View Vehicle Details and Get a Free Price Quote Today. Many of the American classics you find now in Cuba were mended with Russian or Chinese engines.