ok, so everybody knows how it goes - a Ford T for USA, a MINI for Great Britain - I guess...
so, please share the cars you feel that motorized your country I'll start with Poland:
The car that motorized Poland is Fiat 126p. After WW II the first cars Poles used where "Warszawa" based on GAZ Pobieda, and smaller "Syrena", our inner production. Then the Polish Government set the agreement with FIAT, first mass produced car on licence was 125p, later added in 1973 was a small 126p. the car costed 69 000 polish zlotys, when an average wage was 3 500. anyhow Poles didn't have any choice, especially that FIATs were great alternative to russian constructions. in 1981 first million was produced, in 1985 - the second, in 1993 - third. in 2000 the production eventually ended, without any major modifications throughout.
i remember back in mid 90's that the car still absolutely dominated the streets, like every third car was "maluch", as it's called here (shorty). now you can still come across them in the cities and it's fairly popular in smaller towns and at the countryside.
gotta love that pic - a typical image of polish city:
so, yours?