Unknown Achievements Of Famous Machines

If the criminals were like criminals, the police would be left without work - this is understandable. But if a superhero can hide under the guise of a decent quiet gardener, then cars, which we are used to identifying with very specific roles, sometimes surprise with a variety of talents.

Today we have collected the cars that are the last thing you expect to see at the start of the rally stage.

ZAZ-965

“Humpbacked” can be easily imagined as a dream of an ordinary Soviet worker, as a price analogue of 1000 bottles of vodka, and as a hero of anecdotes. But a rally car? What a joke, lieutenant? And yet it is a fact.

The most famous rally driver of the Soviet era, Stasis Brundza, began his career racing (and sometimes “making ears”) in the 965 rally. And also the "humpback", due to its low curb weight, was considered a combat-ready unit in the track races popular in former times. Confirmation of this is an epic snapshot from the Riga stage of the USSR hippodrome championship.