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Old 10-24-2006, 04:02 PM
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Volga V8 Roadster
Volga V8 Roadster

Volga is known mostly for small Soviet-era sedans used by the KGB and as limos for the communist party central committee members - a little less so for customized German luxury cars. But in a revolution against Western propaganda, the Russian automaker has unveiled its second coachbuilt BMW.

The Volga V8 roadster starts life as a BMW 650i cabriolet before being treated to custom body panels to give the car 60’s retro styling in tribute to the (charismatically-named) Volga GA3-21P. Aside from the bodywork, the car’s mechanicals seem to carry over from the stock BMW, which is probably a smart move.

The V8 Roadster follows the path of the V12 Coupe, based on the BMW 850 CSi, which was built in 2001 as a throwback to the Volga GA3-219 (with a 9, the roadster has a P).
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Old 10-24-2006, 04:04 PM
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The 850 CSI had a navigation system? Anyway, I love how they didn't even touch the interior.
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Old 10-24-2006, 04:11 PM
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interesting. i wanna see an old one. i guess i gotta go google
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Old 10-24-2006, 11:24 PM
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The Volga V8 roadster starts life as a BMW 650i cabriolet before being treated to custom body panels to give the car 60’s retro styling in tribute to the (charismatically-named) Volga GA3-21P
nice cyrillic error. it is not GA3, but GAZ, the 3 stands for Z in cyrillic writing...
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Old 10-25-2006, 01:23 AM
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hey that looks pretty cool actually -
theres something a bit disconcerting about the retro front and unmistakeably modern windscreen pillars
good find
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Old 10-25-2006, 03:59 AM
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This smells mobb a long way cool

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The 850 CSI had a navigation system? Anyway, I love how they didn't even touch the interior.
uhm?? is that realy a 850 csi interior

looks a bit "new" imo
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Old 10-25-2006, 07:53 AM
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The 850 CSI had a navigation system? Anyway, I love how they didn't even touch the interior.
It's true the 850 CSi didn't have a nav-system. But this roadster version is based on the new 650i cabriolet
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It's true the 850 CSi didn't have a nav-system. But this roadster version is based on the new 650i cabriolet
Yeah, as it says in the text...
Kids eh?
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Yeah, as it says in the text...
Kids eh?
My mistake.
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no shit! haven't heard about that car

cheers asif, has to contact a:level once again then
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http://gaz-24.ru/?set=gallery&mc=category&ide=0 Look it is.
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