🚙Car Seagull / Chaika 🏆 GAZ-13 Chaika USSR Luxury 🚗 Russian Packard 55

Executive soviet car:
GAZ-13 "Chaika" is a Soviet executive passenger car of a large and executive class, produced in a small series at the Gorky Automobile Plant from 1959 to 1981. He replaced the ZIM generation model GAZ-12. Starting with this model, this (large) class of cars becomes privileged: their mass production stops and they are not allowed to be used by anyone except for certain level leaders, Soviet ambassadors (diplomats) and foreign citizens. In this regard, the palette of possible body colors is also limited. In 1977, the next generation model, the Chaika GAZ-14, came to replace it. Soviet car Chaika.

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[TVN-nsgg]

Full honesty, and this is not just because I have Northwest Russian heritage, but this looks a lot better than the Packard patrician that it is based on.

[jeffking]

I grew up in St.Louis Missouri, USA.
I was with 2 of my friends, and we were walking to a shopping center. There was a car, one friend said it was a Lincoln, and my other friend, a Cadillac.
Even as a teenager, I was pretty good a cars. I told them they were both wrong. It was a Russian car. I told them, and they said I was nuts.
Although I called it a ZIL, I was right in that it was Russian.
The writing was definitely Russian, it was a Chaika‼️
Exactly what this car was doing in St.Louis County, Missouri, USA, remains a mystery.
But, there it was .
And a beautiful car, too.
🚗😁

[glenmiller]

Beautiful car, looks similar to a mid '50s Packard.

[galil_]

I have no idea how or when did I find out about this car's existence, all I know is that I'm obsessed with it 😂

[carterzhao]

Nice video. You deserve more subscribers!

[Мирич-зе]

3:21 It's 18.4 feet long, 6ft7 wide and the wheelbase is 10.7 feet.

[johnpotter]

One of the funniest pieces of automotive writing was in Car and Driver around 1985, Bruce McCall's "Socialist Luxobarge Summit Showdown Compare" where he tested the ZIL and the Chinese Hong Chi/ "Red Flag" limousines. It is worth looking it up. McCall describes the cars in great detail, including "suicide doors", presumably "for carrying out harsh sentences en route". Read it, and you will never laugh as hard again.

[PaulineLockshaw]

Soviet copy of Packard Patrician still class though

[johnpotter]

Of course, the car is modeled on the 1956 Packard. No problem with that- Packard made fantastic cars.

[Lincolntowncoupe]

It should be illegal to drive this car without being wearing a big furry hat

[SBrown-ovlz]

Looks like a cross between Rambler and Checker with a hint of Packard!

[seandoole]

The Chaika looks like a Checker Marathon and a Packard Patrician had a baby. Can't say I dislike the marriage; the Chaika is a car I'd love to own but never will. At least I have the Marathon, an icon in of itself.

[DanielRamos-dgqe]

I want this car even if it is out of my price range 😢

[HIDHIFDB]

i love how communism had a weird way to make everything equal but some people are more "equal" that others the normal citizen was only forced to drive trabants or Ladas.

[eddieschwab]

With an X frame reminiscent of 58 through 64 Chevrolet, does it have body connections not just at the front and rear end but also presumably along the driveshaft tunnel? Certainly very fascinating and I know the title says Russian Packard definitely reminiscent of a Packard Patrician from 55 through 56 or a Plymouth Belvedere from 57 or 58, especially that Vibe between the grille and the tail fins. Also wondered since it always seemed like they don't do anything that's not practical in their designs where you were hurting to the bullets in the bumper is the car horn located inside there? Certainly would make sense if it was.

[lesklower]

Needs white wall tyres that would really set of this car

[jeffking]

Pure PACKARD❗️
But a great looking car.
🚗🙂

[mrdaykurutakuchannel]

Becky's luxoboat, as seen in Spy x Family.

[neildickson]

Not copied from "American Cars" plural...copied from one American Car...PACKARD! Right down to the push button drive.

[samlombardo]

I came here after Sydney Sheldon's Doomsday conspiracy