Popular and Practical Cars in Poland

Those who recall the PRL may remrmber the Škoda model 1000MB. Poles used to joke that it stood for 'tysiąc małych błędów'.

an old crappy, rusty and small fiat. This is the most popular car among the kurwa boys.

In regards to the prices of shipping and to placing items in cars while shipping, I have to say that the information given is completely incorrect. As a person who used to work in Export and who's specialty was Europe, containers and cars.

Then why don't you inform us as to the correct prices?

Seems strange to post "I know better than you and I'm not going to tell you".

You have to contact a shipping company/freight forwarder, and you have to know the year, make and model of your vehicle, the port of origin and the port of destination. Those factors play a huge impact on the prices. Also, prices change month to month. So, accurately, I also cannot quote you prices.

Just like if I told you an airline ticket to Poland is $400. From where? To where? When (is this May 2008 or tomorrow at 8am)? What flight? What airline? Is it roundtrip? etc. And, like an airline ticket, because the prices change, the price for the same exact vehicles going from and to the same location might not cost the same because they might be booked at different times.

And I didn't post "I know better than you and I'm not going to tell you". I posted that the prices being told above are like my example of a airline ticket to Poland.

If anyone is interested in learning facts and tips about shipping a car, they are welcome to contact me or read the blog.

For the question pf the most popular car in Poland, there is only one reply - VW Passat B5 1.9 TDI, ofcourse combi version, that can carry every countryside stuff. Its just quintessence of our countryside mode of transportation and carrying stuff. If you see any of Passat or VW from 2000-2005 on Polish roads, theres 99% of chanse, thats TDI version, always 1.9. The most exclusive are those exported from Germany. Every man, whose name is Janusz or Mirek car like this is biggest dream, 1st wife, and love to end of live. And remember, always TDI, because Ursus and Zetor runs on diesel too

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Are Japanese cars popular in Poland?

The last Auris (2013-2019) is everywhere in The Netherlands. Imo it looks better than the Golf or the Ford Focus and certainly is more reliable than them and other Euro rivals. Is it popular in Poland? And what about the fantastic SUV RAV4? And what about the Honda Civic, Accord or Subaru Impreza? The best way Poles can stick it to Germany is refusing to buy theur cars and opt for realiable makes like the Japanese, Korean and Volvo.

@Zlatko

There are Japanese cars in Poland but mainly Toyotas.
In general Poles buy European cars though, mainly German but there are a lot of Skoda's too.

Kia cars are popular in Poland now.


I don't think people particularly want to do that. Cost and reliability are the main factors.

Well German cars are anything but reliable.

German cars are known for their reliability!

Old ones maybe. This is not the Audi 100 C4 days. New ones are less reliable and cost a fortune to fix. Probably more reliable than French or Italian but less than Volvo or the Japanese. German brands fail in the US where people really drive a lot.

They're still considered good; Mercedes can last for many years if maintained well.

Not anymore.
They are failing miserably.....Japanese and far eastern nation cars are much more reliable.

That's a shame, they used to be the best, especially compared to some French and Italian cars. I won't even mention the Morris Ital...

Someone told me once that Mazda never ever break down. You don't see many of those in Poland though. Lots of Kia which are popular here, and I think made in Poland.

I think they are made in Slovakia.

They also have a large presence here.

Some Opels are produced here.

Yes and a lot of Fiat's too of course.

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Tex Mex motors

I don't know if you can afford Netflix but you might enjoy this - bunch of rednecks go down to Juarez to salvage old cars, maybe some of the antiquated dashboard instruments were even made in your now shuttered factory. It's fun but also shows the tragedy of what happened to the US car industry - unable to keep up with German and Japanese technology

German cars are so advanced technologically that nobody wants to buy those glitchy, money-sucking wonder machines that nobody can fix when they break down...And do they break down...

On the list of the 10 most reliable cars in the US are 9 Toyotas and Lexus, and one very lonely Audi. Smart money buys Lexus.

Not so with electric cars.

Hybrid is still the best option. EV will never go mainstream either in Poland or elsewhere.

They're mainstream already and soon the old kind won't be manufactured

Today's electric cars are a dead end in the automotive industry. Unfortunately, so are full hybrids... heavy cars with small combustion engines that burn a lot of fuel on the highway. The EU will almost certainly extend production of combustion cars (mild hybrid) beyond 2035.

Wrong again...lol

Your prediction fell flat on its face as usual.


Same in the USA except for Tesla.

5 minutes to fill it up or I am not buying...

Gas is cheap now and getting lower.. I paid $2.29 a gallon today:)

Thanks, Trump! What Biden have it soaring up too, around $6.00? Ya, vote Democrat! LOLOL

@Novichok
Compared to the UK

1 gallon = 3.785 litres works out to roughly L5.30 per U.S. gallon.

At current exchanges rates thats about $7.20 per gallon.

No wonder they have to drive such tiny cars.... I wonder how much of that is socialist brit taxes?

Almost 5 m long is enough, but fuel consumption at 156 hp is 6.1 l with cruise control on the highway at 130 km/h. How much fuel does a Lexus or Corvette get?