{"id":41613,"date":"2020-06-29T03:52:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T09:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/?p=41613"},"modified":"2019-10-31T21:38:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T03:38:42","slug":"great-cars-along-the-highway-nysa-passenger-vans-krakow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drfumblefinger.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/great-cars-along-the-highway-nysa-passenger-vans-krakow\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Cars Along the Highway: Nysa Passenger Vans, Krakow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When we visited Poland I noticed a style of passenger van being used in the tourist trade with which I was not familiar.<\/p>\n

A little research revealed that it’s a Polish made van, the \u2018Nysa 522\u2019, a symbol of the Communist era.  It was manufactured in Nysa, Poland from 1958 – 1994.  Nysa built it to be a multifunctional van and it was used for carrying cargo and passengers, less commonly as ambulances.  Nysa vans were also commonly used by the Communist Militia.<\/p>\n

The company did little to improve the van over the years, powering them with relatively gutless 2.2 or 2.5 l engines.  When the Soviet Union collapsed and Democracy re-emerged in Poland, sales of better quality and more popular imported vehicles marked the end of the Nysa’s production within a few years.  Still, more than 380,000 Nysa vans had been made and you’ll very likely see them in circulation if you visit Poland.<\/p>\n

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