Why Cuba’s Streets Are Filled With Classic Cars
About 60,000 classic cars fill the streets of Cuba, and a trip isn't complete without a ride. Cubans have used their ingenuity to keep these decades-old cars on the streets.
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Why Cuba’s Streets Are Filled With Classic Cars
Touring Havana Cuba In Classic American Cars
Taking a ride through Havana in two big old American convertibles. Driving from Old Havana to the Hemmingway house and up to Castillo De Los Tres Reyes Del Morro at sunset. Through the tunnel and back to Old Havana via the Malecon.
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CUBA: The AMERICAN CLASSIC CARS from the 1950s in HAVANA ????
SUBSCRIBE: - Under dictator Fulgencio Batista in the 1950s, Cuba was a holiday destination for America and the mob and lots of American cars were imported from the US, which is only 90 miles away.
For over 60 years, American economic sanctions made new vehicles virtually unobtainable, which meant that the old Dodges, Chryslers, Fords and Chevrolets from the pre-Castro days are constantly mended and modified to keep them going.
Here's a video of these fabulous classic American cars, most of them battered beyond belief but still plying their trades as cabs on Havana's streets.
Cuba is a Caribbean island nation under communist rule. It has sugar-white beaches and is dotted with tobacco fields, which play a part in the production of the country's legendary cigars. The capital, Havana, is lined with pastel houses, 1950s-era cars and Spanish-colonial architecture in the 16th-century core, Old Havana. Salsa music plays in the dance clubs and cabaret shows are performed at the famed Tropicana.
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THE CARS OF CUBA [AUTOMOTIVE DOCUMENTARY]
Mighty Car Mods heads to Cuba for a special look into their unique car scene.
From American muscle cars, to soviet people movers, Marty & Moog are in Havana to explore the culture, meet the locals, visit some mechanics and drive some cars!
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American Classic Cars in Havana Cuba - The Ultimate Survivors
I visited Havana Cuba this year, and I recorded a lot of video of all those beautiful American Classic Cars driving around in Havana, Cuba. It is a car enthusiast dream over there, to see all those American Muscle Cars driving around in the wild. I made a 5 minute incredible special on Cuba. Please help me to identify all those American cars, so I can name all the cars here in the description of the video. Catch a short glimpse of the current day Havana, Cuba and the last American cars exported to Cuba -- in the early1960 - beat up, but still running strong! As Detroit automakers battle to survive, their vintage cars in Cuba may outlive them. Lacking access to original car parts Cubans make their own parts or take them from other cars. In this video you will see classic Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Ford, Mercury, Dodge, Chrysler, and even a vintage Mercedes-Benz still rolling along! Here is Cuban Car Culture in HD Video!
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Old Cars in Havana
Cuba is literally a rolling car museum. Everywhere you look is an old-school American brand vehicle, ranging from Oldsmobile to Chevrolet, Buick to Ford with a nice sampling of Chrysler’s old Plymouth brand. There’s even a few Russian Volgas thrown in the mix. These are all vehicles that the majority of American car lovers would spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on—and they are used as Cubans’ everyday vehicles.
Old cars in Havana
This stuck-in-time feeling Cuba has generated is the result of a four-decade-long grudge the country’s late leader, Fidel Castro, held against the United States. Though the island floats only 90 miles away from Key West, Florida, Castro had placed a ban on foreign vehicle imports, making it nearly impossible to buy a brand-new, foreign-made vehicle. It also made it difficult to buy new parts and fuel for the old-school American cars Cuba is known for.
As a result, not only do Cuban citizens drive vehicles straight out of the 1950s, but these vehicles are kept running through a hodgepodge of hand-built, improvised parts. If that’s not innovation, I’m not sure what is.
Old Cars in Havana
Right now, Cuba is on the brink of becoming like every other country in the world. Raúl Castro, Fidel’s brother, has abolished the need for permission to purchase a foreign-made car. This is the first time the ban has been relaxed since its implementation after the 1959 Cuban revolution. So now, Cuban consumers can purchase more modern vehicles for their garage — if they can pay the hefty price.
While this new law is terrific news for Cuban citizens, it’s difficult to fathom a Cuba without its classic cars. Do you think Cuba will stick to its old ways, driving only classic cars? Share your thoughts with us below.
If you want to take a step back into automotive time, then you need to go to Cuba. That’s a rule in the automotive industry. Havana itself is beautiful, with its brightly colored—if slightly dusty—buildings and milling streets, but there is nothing quite as beautiful as seeing a line of classic cars sitting at an intersection like it’s no big deal.
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Classic American Cars from the 1950s near the National Aquarium of Cuba in Havana / La Habana, Cuba on April 1998 - 2004
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GMC (General Motors Corporation, urprüngliche Marke)
Cadillac (Luxusfahrzeuge)
Pontiac (sportliche Fahrzeuge)
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American Hotel In Havana: First American hotel chain to operate in Cuba since 1959
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HAVANA, CUBA - it's time to visit Havana! This is the second part of my 5 video series on my week in Havana, covering Things to do in Havana, my honest opinions and of course some Havana advice and Hints & Tips.
In this video we check out Central and Old Havana, in particular, El Capitolio (The Capitol Building), Plaza Vieja, Plaza de San Francisco, Plaza de Armes, the Havana Club Rum Museum, eat some awesome ice cream and of course check out the old American Buicks and Dodges used throughout Havana.
You will also learn a bit about Cuban history, the Cuban Revolution, the trade embargo and the Cuban nuclear missile crisis. But most of all, you'll see just how gorgeous, fascinating and intriguing Havana really is.
Check out my Cuba playlist for videos from elsewhere in Havana, some hints & tips and some honest opinions!
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Rick Steves' Guide to Cuba
In this travel lecture, Rick Steves describes his experience traveling through Cuba as the US began easing decades of travel restrictions for American tourists. Expand your travel horizons and learn about the time-passed elegance of Havana, Cuba's classic American cars, fine $5 rum, the best Cuban cigars, and the idealistic charms of this remarkable island and its people. (Produced by Seattle's KCTS 9.)
Havana Cuba Classic American Cars - 1957 Ford Fairlane 500
After getting a ride back to my hotel, I asked my taxi driver if I could record a video of their 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 and they happily obliged.
1000 oldtimers in one hour in Havana (Cuba)
Cuba is a paradise for car enthusiasts. Where else in the world do you see so many old-timers driving around like here? In Havana there are still a lot of classic cars around. There are fewer cars in the rest of the country, but you just as easily encounter them.
The brands you most often see in Cuba are Chrysler, Ford, Cadillac, Plymouth, Pontiac, Thunderbird, Chevrolet and Buick, but even an old Jaguar can be found here! Beautiful cars from the years before the end of the Cuban revolution of 1959, you look your eyes out. View the Video , and enjoy!
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Really an event to drive trough Havana, Cuba in such a classic 1950 ties car.
Classic American cars in central Havana, Cuba
An amazing array of classic American cars in central Havana in March 2014. Nearly 50% of the vehicles on Cuban roads are 1950's American classic cars!
Havana, Cuba Nov 2018 - So many 1950's classic cars!
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Cuba has been stuck in time since the early 1960's. About one third of the vehicles seen were 1950's vehicles. Touring around is like going back in time or a movie set. We had about 8 hours and set up a walking and vehicle tour in both hard top air conditioned (although we preferred to keep it off and windows open)and convertible, online before for a Royal Caribbean cruise. Our local guide was great!
Walking just a few blocks can change from upscale to run down buildings.
More details: Cuba has its own money for tourists and its own for residents, (worth about twenty five percent). Cubans have free health care and schooling.They are allotted primarily rice and sugar with a small portion of pork meat occasionally. Cubans have a base of about $20. a month to live off and try to subsidize that income.
Grocery stores consist of dry goods, shampoos, pasta, cookies, etc. All the same brand and often only one type of each item. Vegetables, fruits and meats (mostly pork) are sold on streets or street side open markets. Bread is bought from neighborhood bakeries and they are often out, Eggs (about 5 per month) are also picked up at specific stores, rationed and short supply. Milk is usually powered, often only for mothers and babies.
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Every Cuban family registers with a local supply store, where they can use a libreta or ration book. This typically provides about 10kg (22lb) of rice, 6kg of white sugar, 2kg of brown sugar, 250 millilitres (1 cup) of cooking oil, five eggs and a packet of coffee per person per month, along with 2kg of meat (usually chicken) every 10 days, a bun every day and a bag of salt every three months. Milk is provided for pregnant women and children under seven years of age.
The basic libreta products are guaranteed, but they are not enough – so people often have to travel to several places on several different days to make up the shortfall. Where to find eggs is a common subject of discussion.
“The rations are enough for rice and sugar, but for other products, they only last five or six days so you have to buy extra. You have to spend a lot of time before you can get everything you need,” said one of the more affluent families in the Náutico district of the city. “We hire a messenger to do the shopping for us.”
We take it for granted when we walk into our supermarkets...
For decades, many items have effectively been off-limits to those who could only pay in pesos. At a farmers’ market near Miramar, the sign outside a butcher’s stall offers only three cuts of pork. Asked for beef, the butcher scoffs. “I’ve forgotten what it tastes like,” he jokes. “I haven’t had it since I was a child.”
To buy scarcer items, Cubans used to need the currency used by tourists – the CUC (Convertible Unit of Currency), which can be used at “dollar stores” which offer a far wider variety of goods. Partly for this reason, many skilled engineers and doctors found part-time jobs as taxi drivers or hotel staff to add a CUC income to their meagre peso salaries.
A kilo of milk powder costs almost a third of the monthly salary of 500 pesos (about £14/$21). A steak dinner can cost a family half this income.
Even at these prices, the shop has run out of butter, ketchup and short pasta. The black market partially fills the vacuum. On roadsides further out of town, unauthorized hawkers tout bags of sausages, crackers, potatoes and other products that are scarce or only supposed to be available through the state system.
With money, it is possible to eat well in Havana. One result of reform has been an explosion of private restaurants – known as paladares – which have given those who can afford it a choice of Italian, Spanish and French cuisine, including lobster, steak, shrimps and even crocodile meat. (as shown in video).
Less than an hour’s drive outside Havana are Cuba’s most productive pastures and croplands, but the country still needs to import about 80% of its food.
2015: The US is only 90 miles away but it supplied just 15% of the island’s agricultural imports last year. Although the US embargo theoretically allows sales of food and medicine to the island, it also includes restrictions on credit and shipping that make such trade prohibitively complicated and expensive.
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Note only smaller ships visit Havana. So you may give up some large ship emanates to visit a place like no other.
This public video is edited down from family video, heck, you want to see Havana, not us.
If we ever go back, from now reading online, I would bring a backpack of packets of powered milk! Car parts are two heavy and sure to set off customs alerts.
American Cars in Vedado, Havana, Cuba
Habaneros and their cars in Vedado, Havana, Cuba.
Female-Owned Cigar Company Celebrates Cuban Women
Twin sisters Yvette and Yvonne started their own brand of cigars, called Tres Lindas Cubanas. Since then, they’re often the only Afro-Cuban women in a room full of men. Their three cigar blends pay homage to Cuban women. La Clarita. La Mulata. And La Negrita — all Spanish words used to describe skin tones of women.
They sell their blends on their website, shipping across the country to all 50 states, and in local shops. But it all started with an investment of $500. As first-generation Americans, it’s important for them to stay connected to their roots. They lead trips to Havana and take people through plantations and factories of Cuban cigars.
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Female-Owned Cigar Company Celebrates Cuban Women