NOSTALGICAR - Cuba
Voces Vivas/Living Voices is a series of documentary narratives featuring a broad spectrum of Cubans who are caught between two worlds: at once grounded in the legacy of their past, while full of hope and expectations for a new future.
A special delivery to Nostalgicar
Some of my travelers took a shine to Julio and the gang at Nostalgicar in Havana, Cuba. They sent gifts, car stuff, so I got to play deliveryman. These travelers were on the October 2016 Cuba trip with Detours With Matt, featuring car spy photographer Brenda Priddy!
Cuba’s Nostalgicar business ferries tourists around the island
Capitalizing on the Cuban nostalgia craze, a group of Cuban private entrepreneurs have formed Nostalgicar to ferry visitors around the island in classic style. Video by Mimi Whitefield and edited by Mario Mateo / Miami Herald staff
Traslado de Chevrolet Impala 1959 al Taller Nostalgicar Cuba
Cuba, Havana in 1952 Open Top Pink Chevrolet, April 2015
This video is about Cuba, Havana in 1952 Open Top Pink Chevrolet, April 2015
CUBA HABANA COCHES CALLE INFANTA4
Havana's popular trade fair brings international business to Cuba
Entrepreneurs from more than 60 nations around the globe are attending Havana's 36th International Trade Fair. It's an event designed to bring business and investment to Cuba.
Cuba with Kids: Touring Havana in a 1951 Chevrolet!
You can't (and shouldn't!) visit Havana without taking a tour in a classic car! It is also a fun way to explore the districts of Vedado and Central Havana. For more information on visiting Cuba with kids, see
Car enthusiasts ponder future for Cuba's vintage classics
They are iconic symbols of Cuba like cigars and rum: pre-revolution 1950s American classic cars.
But the Cadillacs, Chevrolets and Oldsmobiles are not nostalgic collectors' items on the island; they are necessities for Cubans who have no modern alternatives - and breakdowns are frequent.
Maintenance can be a nightmare for workshops such as Nostalgicar in Havana; spare parts have to be smuggled out of the US and are increasingly hard to find.
The thaw in American-Cuban relations has focused…
READ MORE :
What are the top stories today? Click to watch:
euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe
Subscribe!
euronews is available in 13 languages:
In English:
Website:
Facebook:
Twitter:
Google+:
VKontakte:
Vintage Chevrolet Journey - Havana Cuba - Lost Footprints - Travel Adventure
On a recent trip to Cuba, I took a cruise in a 1960's Chevrolet car through the streets of Havana. Cuba was a fascinating place. One that I loved and hated both at the same time! Join me on my travel adventure!
lostfootprints.com
Instagram - lostfootprints
Facebook - Lost footprints
Cuba Classic Car Rally 2011 - Technical Inspection - 028v01
The Cuba Classic Car Winter Regularity Rally is organized by the Automobile Club of Havana, a member of the Cuban Automobile Federation.The November 2011 technical inspection and inscription process took place the day before the competition day that started near Melia Cohiba Hotel
CUBAN TAXI RIDE, 1956 FORD CONVERTABLE
resraurant by iglesia del santo angel custodio, havana
Cuba 2018 - Classic Car Drive Through Havana / Malecon
Driving through Havana and Malecon (a section of Havana) in a classic car on April 24, 2018. The volume is lowered due to the loud movement noise and wind noise picked up by the GroPro.
53 Chevy in Havana Cuba
This is just in Cuba!! No where else!!!
Classic cars ferry Cuba tourists, help create jobs
(5 Aug 2017) Nidialys Acosta never dreamed the business she started with her husband Julio Alvarez six years ago would be as successful as it has become.
It boasts a fleet of classic American cars ferrying US visitors around Havana, employing dozens of workers as drivers and mechanics, and providing them all with a solid income and a bright future.
But now she worries it all could come crashing down if as the US President Trump cancels a deal to easing travel restrictions between the two countries, made by his predecessor Barack Obama.
Acosta fears that will curtail travel to Cuba by American citizens, the mainstay of her business.
Nostalgicar started in 2011 when Acosta and her husband Julio Alvarez parked their two restored 1956 Buicks outside the iconic Hotel Nacional on Havana's seaside Malecon boulevard, hoping to entice visiting Americans to take a ride down memory lane for the modest price of $30 per hour.
By 2015 she and her husband were invited to the inauguration of the new US Embassy in Cuba, providing the classic cars used by US Secretary of State John Kerry during the ceremony.
Later they met with then president Obama when he visited the island and attended a gathering of Cuban entrepreneurs invited to showcase US efforts to support private business on the island.
Now Nostalgicar has a fleet of 22 restored classic American cars, providing rides to famous Americans like Madonna, the Kardashians, Jay-Z and Beyonce, as well as former US first lady Michele Obama and her daughters. US visitors pack the cars daily, providing a comfortable living for dozens of Cuban workers.
For some US visitors, the classic cars, the history and colonial architecture of Havana are major draws, riding around the seaside city in a classic American automobile heightens the sense of reliving a bygone era.
Acosta worries tighter rules for Americans could mean fewer visitors and shrinking income for her business, jeopardizing all the hard work of the last six years. Her whole family depends on the business, as well as dozens of other workers and contractors.
For now, the car company continues to boom even with the uncertainty over the new regulations, packing cars with American visitors eager for a glimpse of the past, enjoying the opportunity to experience a once-forbidden pleasure just 90 miles from the US mainland.
You can license this story through AP Archive:
Find out more about AP Archive:
1957 Chevrolet Belair in Cuba
57 Chevy Belair
Retro Chevy Taxi in Varadero, Cuba
Едем на такси в Карденас
Investors flock to Cuba as country opens up
As the island of Cuba opens up politically and economically, business leaders are courting the country like never before.
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from the town of Hershey, named after the American chocolate magnate Milton Hershey.
CHEVROLET 56 BEL AIR CUBANO
Mini vídeos Cuba. Short Videos about Cuba and its tourism.
Conoce la fantástica isla de Cuba con este canal con cientos de videos sobre la Isla más bonita que ojos jamas vieron.
Videos de la Habana, de sus habitantes, de los lugares turísticos principales pero también de sus calles, del día a día de los cubanos y las cubanas.
Un canal que nace del amor por Cuba en el que intento mostrar lo maravilloso, seguro, auténtico y hospitalario que es este país.
Poco a poco quiero ir subiendo vídeos de toda la isla : Trinidad, Soroa, Viñales, Cayo Coco, Cayo Guillermo, sus playas, sus hoteles, sus calles, Las Tunas, Camaguey, Holguín, Guardalavaca, Cienfuegos, y tantos y tantos lugares maravillosos que tiene Cuba, así como Santiago de Cuba, Isla de la juventud etc..
Espero que los disfrutes !!
REDES SOCIALES
Facebook:
Google Plus:
Flickr :
Twitter: