Why Cuba’s Streets Are Filled With Classic Cars

About 60,000 classic cars fill the streets of Cuba, and a trip isn't complete without a ride. Cubans have used their ingenuity to keep these decades-old cars on the streets.
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Why Cuba’s Streets Are Filled With Classic Cars

[@wolfox712]

"Baby blue cadillac" *shows a light blue '54 chevy 210*

[@phantomcorsair8476]

It was a 53 210 4 door. The grille is different from the 54. My daily is a red 53 210 4 door so I can tell you with absolute certainty that the car you saw was a 1953 model.

[@stumerkaiba6431]

Women moment

[@GhostOfDamned]

My teacher from modern studies said “Who would buy a outdated car that is falling apart?It has no worth” I told her there’s a lot of people that would give a lot for a car like that

[@franzknight8763]

and if you see a car you're not looking at brand or the worth you'll see it like a human a companion a friend

[@GhostOfDamned]

@@franzknight8763 as a gearhead i can confirm that For example seeing a car rusting in a barn and then starting it up is like bringing a dead body to life

[@bloozy7350]

Your teacher dumb af I want to drive a classic car and would pay whatever

[@aimxdy8680]

People like her probably own a Prius. the most expensive car is a 60s shelby Cobra which is 20 million dollars, so I don’t know about worth.

[@checkoutmyyoutubepage]

@@GhostOfDamned GEARS ARE PEOPLE TOO!

[@selfactualizer2099]

I would invest in a cuban car company if one sprouted up, they would release modern cars with classic styles

[@superlaw66]

Its almost impossible to make new cars like old ones. Classic cars are super unsafe compared to new cars and a big part of that is the chassi. New cars are also more aerodynamic which helps increase kilometers per liters and such.

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@superlaw66 oh ya cause we need to travel like we are on the Indianapolis 500. also, do you possibly know at all this information, or did you get it spoonfed to you like all the other 500,000 people I've spoken sense into that have all admitted that their information is from a biased source.

[@superlaw66]

@@artdecotimes2942 just google it bro its not that advanced

[@artdecotimes2942]

@@superlaw66 haha, oh how pathetic, just google it? google it? how idiotic are you to think that is a credible source.

[@artdecotimes2942]

@Nunya Business what are you saying you premature pebble.

[@melaninqueen2413]

I love the way cars looked from the 50's; hopefully one day I can ride in one!

[@BobMcCoy]

*But why does ISIS have so many Toyotas?!*

[@Whatiscamber]

_Bob McCoy I believe most of those yotas were stolen in mass from dealerships in the middle east

[@nishitsoni3297]

I think vice made a video about it....

[@rockabillyrebel2937]

You can drive them forever, never breaks down.

[@pilotpaul658]

Does Isis have a Prius

[@mehjabeenshaikh1185]

@@kifter4254 u r right

[@benson2873]

i would love to go here just to drive around in the 50s cars

[@stumerkaiba6431]

Ok benson.Go and fire mordecai and rigby

[@-Brandon]

@@stumerkaiba6431 cringe bud

[@themeat2806]

@@-Brandon cringe is cringe

[@maxrebo8196]

@@stumerkaiba6431 shut up WEEB

[@vibri_]

Even knowing that the reason they still have these cars is due to necessity and the block on imports, i still think it's truly amazing not only how they kept this style of car alive over there, but also how they managed to keep these same 50's cars running to this very day. It's truly a testament to how planned obsolescence wasn't a thing yet.

[@rebarguy4051]

Them cars were built with pride not like now adays

[@Remix2366]

​@@rebarguy4051 more just,less capitalism influence

[@miguelhollis812]

Honestly bro it’s not hard to keep those old cars running

[@tankmchavocproductions6907]

Built to last.

[@wiiu7640]

​@@Remix2366If it wasn't for capitalism, those cars wouldn't have existed at all.

[@hu9323]

I went to Cuba during summer and boy was it a blast! The convertibles are amazing to drive in.

[@BadgerCheese94]

I last went to Cuba in November of 2005. Was not a blast. I had the authentic Cuban experience.

[@briannab4037]

@@BadgerCheese94 You had the ~authentic~ experience? Lol.

[@BadgerCheese94]

@@briannab4037 Yes. I stayed with family

[@briannab4037]

@@BadgerCheese94 Back in 2005. For how long did you stay?

[@BadgerCheese94]

@@briannab4037 2 weeks. We spent Thanksgiving there. First week was great. Food poisoning on week two. Nothing can come close to the misery of communism thou

[@RAZREXE]

Those were some cars back in the day, really love classic American rides❤️

[@favor8264]

100% GTA San Andreas filled with classic cars in Los Santos

[@CJ-xx5ms]

@Claiton Marv gta vice city has newer cars

[@EduardoSalamanca1960]

Yeah the streets of Los Santos have a lot of low riders from the 60’s and 70’s

[@artdecotimes2942]

nothing like Cubas deal. it's like a terrible off brand version of the "1950s" with bright blinding highlighter automobiles with bland awful tires and rims.

[@markquiswest6607]

It's a Classic Car Show everyday, in Cuba!

the sad fact is that back in 1959 was the last year Cubans were able to afford a brand new car...

[@briannab4037]

@@Woodesies There weren't any slaveholders in 1959.

[@briannab4037]

Cubans can still afford brand new cars, but they're exclusively European/Asian brands, typically Russian or Chinese.

[@andypagakis]

Bet a lot of these cars would sell great all over the US, lol

[@pedrofernandez8729]

no, cause they're all Frankenstein cars. No value in the classic car world.

[@willythegman5509]

They definitely would

[@quigpig455]

Classic is better

[@marcusruiz6318]

No doubt about it

[@bigmanmegee]

Indeed

[@jv1990]

You can literally fix them with like 5 tools and stands lol.

[@mr.zapiekanka8462]

Someone must still produce classic cars i mean what it costs to buy licence for a mini cooper or datsun 100a peapole will love it New cars are just ugly for me

[@phantomcorsair8476]

Only Classics for me! Love my 53 Chevy!

[@chriscar1527]

Man, it’s like the 50s all over again down in Cuba. One day I’m getting a ticket and heading down there to rock around the clock in a Belvedere or Impala

[@Willrc57]

70 years, and in great shape. I want one.

[@mntsam1930]

Damn now I wanna go to Cuba because of the classic cars...

[@cesarcanete3402]

Lol bad idea dude. I love classic cars a whole lot, but not enough to visit a communist country.

[@briannab4037]

@@cesarcanete3402 Why not? It's safe and you're not supporting communism directly.

[@Kingofthepeople]

Cuba is so cool!🇨🇺

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

0:47 Kia Picanto in the wrong Neighborhood

[@basitfixes6]

i realised it too

[@theextremeanimator4721]

My mom had a coffee brown one of that same model.

[@skywalker6327]

Shampoo brake fluid??? How

[@xxore]

@@deshawn2326 me 2

[@thyssenheinel6507]

@@deshawn2326 actually it's a mixture. let's say 60% shampoo 40 % oils

[@deshawn2326]

@@thyssenheinel6507 That can't stop as well, I would imagne.

[@mrdanforth3744]

Brake fluid used to be made of glycerine before synthetics came along. Is shampoo made of glycerine?

[@mrjacob1000]

A true classic never goes out of style

[@bearlogg7974]

Modern cars might be handy but they sure as hell dont have style

[@anggahartoto]

0:48, that Kia is lost

[@dioseplazarito2218]

Delivery

[@kostaslouros2628]

Lol

[@tillysmith6563]

Lmao been there 3 times ,it’s beautiful

[@sanmarino8605]

When u go behind the tourist aspect of it, it's not so pretty

[@KageFighter]

Most importantly how are they still running

[@TheResi42]

Because those drivers probably put a lot of effort into maintaining them. If you treat it well you can easily make car last forever. Heard someone hase driven the same car for 89 years, and the car (rolls royce) was still runninf like a charm. Plus old cars we built to last, not like the new ones unfortunately.

[@briannab4037]

Because the insides are replaced with new parts.

[@briannab4037]

@@TheResi42 No, those cars last less than the cars we have today. Stop lying.

[@TheResi42]

@@briannab4037 Because they've replaced with new parts which last less and they didn't care of the fromer parts well enough. I'm not lying, it's exactly the same thing for anything elses, electronics, appliances, etc...

[@briannab4037]

@@TheResi42 What are you talking about? There are no classic cars in Cuba that run on the original parts because those parts can't last over 50 years. They're not built to last that way and not all electronics or appliances are analogous.

[@pixelcrunch300]

Although Cuba’s essentially running out of money and food, the fact these people still keep their cars looking like they were freshly made and sold way back in the 50’s and 60’s astounds and amazes me!

[@Geforce2187]

"Ah, this must be the new Packard we've been hearing about"

[@livvyh7738]

Hey, random person scrolling down the comments... You're awesome! Have a great day

[@SARYM911]

Don't tell me what to do!

[@alistergoh9744]

Begone beggar

[@stigma4122]

screw you, buddy. Don't tell me what to do.

[@SumanRoy.official]

Yes I will

[@Jsjeuducjejwjsif]

like beggar, gfy

[@Lucknow472]

Let’s leave it like this, it adds more class.

[@jalel_z2867]

Nah dude, they have a lung cancer vaccine, which we would have too if we ended the embargo, they get new cars, we get a lung cancer vaccine

[@briannab4037]

Leave what like what?

[@kvcutebear4981]

@@briannab4037 give it a rest😂😂

[@briannab4037]

@@kvcutebear4981 Give what a rest?

[@bravo9899]

They are gorgeous!! Look at those gems!!

[@andreistirbu2733]

An amazing heritage! Should be protected by Unesco

[@lizarrington3636]

I love classic cars. My uncle has 3 classic cars. He has three Toyotas, 2 from the 50s and 1 from the 60s. My neighbor has two cars from the 50s and 70s. Also my grandfather has a car from the 60s that he would drive often. Its a nice teal color car and one time he drove me to school in that car and everyone was looking at it.

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

Amazing... it’s like a 50s timewarp

[@scottibugatti7122]

0:13 omg a Plymouth fury

[@CycolacFan]

It's a 1957 Plymouth but not a Fury.

[@retrotechandmore8899]

Its blue Christine

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

@@retrotechandmore8899 FIdel Christine

[@user-lg8rp4fq9f]

Эти машинки и куба идеальное сочетание!

[@Stephanie-cr6yg]

Cuban drivers make more than Cuban doctors in a month! That’s insane

[@ramonsmediablog]

Love those classic cars!!

[@derrickforeal]

Looks so fun

[@OffTheJacks]

Looks to be an amazing place for real cars. Thanks!

[@briannab4037]

What is a real car?

[@Remix2366]

Yeah,what is a real car?

[@james_reyes5332]

0:29 chevrolet 1959

[@joshuahelgeland814]

James_Reyes the actual trade embargo didn’t begin until October 1960, it began as an arms embargo, then an oil embargo, then a trade embargo.

[@USDM_Jesus]

Where I grew up and still remember my grandfather's 1958 ford fairlane sedan or my dad's 1939 olds mobile or my grandma's chevy Belair

[@TheRealSpeedWolf]

Cuba didn't put the Embargo on themselves that was the United State that includes no ability to import foreign cars that are new. let alone spare parts. I should know I live in Cuba for 3 months back in 2000. There was a big opportunity to tell something historical that was completely ignored in this video, such as the Batista regime with the full support of the United State as well as the Italian-American Mafia hence why so many luxury American Car are there in the first place. what a pity could have been a very interesting video.

[@gabrielmuniz3266]

Mainstream media in a Nutshell

[@TheRealSpeedWolf]

@leicanoct What politics got to do with history? her title literally say "Why Cuba’s Streets Are Filled With Classic Cars" while completely ignoring the subject that she's talking about to the question that she's asking. all I said it could had been a very interesting video if the aforementioned been said in the video in my original post.

[@TheRealSpeedWolf]

@Viscous Force If that was the purpose of this video mission accomplished as it certainly do not add nor subtract to anything apart of giving the impression that Fidel Castro is responsible for the ban of foreign vehicle in his country when it was the United States embargo that resulted in the Shortage of spare part and lack of new vehicle in Cuba.

[@gabrielmuniz3266]

@@TheRealSpeedWolf exactly, the reason they have this cars are because America forced the country for a commercial exclusivity, this is very common on colonial economy (probably just a coincidence).

[@TheRealSpeedWolf]

@leicanoct From my recollection there was many brand not just Cadillac and the majority of the American car have Lada Niva and UAZ engine in them that was imported from Russia do to the aforementioned embargo that the American impose on Cuba. like I said a lot of missed opportunities in this video could had been very interesting.

[@englishman9020]

Went to Cuba in 2019 and was driven around in a 1950s brick regal

[@PU8698]

The Buick Regal was introduced in 1973

[@varunpujari8710]

After watching this video my heart definitely goes to Havana

[@retrogurus174]

Classic Cars are the best. Sadly they don't built cars as beautiful as these. Nice video

[@Zeppelin901]

“A driver can make more in an hour than a doctor makes in a month”. If that doesn’t tell you there’s something terribly wrong in that country, nothing will.

[@briannab4037]

The struggles of a dual currency economy.

[@isaict1995]

@@briannab4037 the struggle of living in a failed economic system.

[@briannab4037]

@@isaict1995 Yes, that's what I said.

[@sokhnaa.2969]

They’re doing just fine lol

[@gordonmurray5962]

They are amazing. If you get close, you might see some patches of bondo. Over years the chrome is eroded. I saw a few actually running on small diesels. They don't really have 'collector' value, but overall they are amazing to see. I've never seen an Edsel before, but I saw one in Cuba. Shampoo for brake fluid? Way to go Cuba !

[@gogutzy]

0:29 - god bless that man.

[@rickycalerway5271]

What was that? It looked amazing

[@axmat3436]

Agreed

[@jackprince4695]

Wish Cuba stays like this

[@briannab4037]

Why?

[@kvcutebear4981]

@@briannab4037 why not

[@briannab4037]

@@kvcutebear4981 What are you replying to me for?

[@kvcutebear4981]

@@briannab4037 um lol?

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@briannab4037 Are you saying it shouldn't?

[@Krrrimmi]

Time just stopped in Cuba. & classic cars are THE KING. B-)

[@jayaseto]

If Cuban drivers make $25 - $40 per hour, and the commentator says they can make more in an hour than a Cuban doctor makes a month. That means Cuban doctors make less than $40 a month? How’s that even possible?

[@briannab4037]

Cuban doctors make $25 to $50 dollars a month, it's the state-mandated salary. Cuban drivers are entrepreneurs, so their salaries are not dependent on the government.

[@madrasbossvenkatesh189]

Love classic car

[@Hannah-sy9ct]

Awesome

[@hayian.e.3601]

I did visit there and i saw so many soviet Russian classic cars. You should mention that too.

[@davidtosh7200]

At 2:38, a 1953 Ford 4 door convertible phaeton sedan. I thought convertible only came with 2 doors on the 1953 Ford.

[@mrdanforth3744]

If it is a 4 door somebody made it by cutting the top off a 4 door sedan. They do various things with their cars in Cuba.

[@joechachoe]

Nice vid

[@orangeytrain8878]

That seems fun

[@42luke93]

They’re so sold that some of them are 3 on the tree manuals!

[@42luke93]

1:10 See, it’s actually not an automatic. The column shifter is manual on some cars.

[@42luke93]

1:31 3:29

[@vito_keys]

Seeing cars in Cuba feels like the gang neighborhood in GTA

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

Cuba, very innovative with their Classic American cars.

[@sabyasachi6710]

Very niCe

[@a-wanderingcloud0-014]

It’s beautiful 💖

[@consertosmarcosmestre]

2:56 MARCOS MESTRE OBRIGADO A VOCÊ

[@don.elias.]

0:54 i knew it

[@krisalvarez5815]

Good classic car 🇨🇺🇬🇹🇨🇱🇭🇳🇵🇪🇵🇦🇳🇮🇵🇷🇦🇷🇻🇪🇨🇴🇪🇨🇪🇦🇩🇴🇧🇿☮❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🤍💯👍 good and clean

[@MichaelBryce1125]

It feels like the 40's and 50s!

[@theoddball7]

Oooooh........Pretty!

[@giocido]

0:29 that car is nice...

[@_en.core.]

I think i need to live there

[@Mac-nw3uc]

hahahha no

[@jonasf1275]

Have fun. These pictures are for tourists. The peope there starve

[@anggahartoto]

And there is barely internet, combine with a $50/month salary

[@briannab4037]

You can just buy a classic car, dude.

[@carlton2361]

I love it.

[@melonkat4703]

I would like to buy or rent in Cuba someday

[@valeria-ud1fb]

Wow😧

[@bredinacanbusses]

i wanna go to cuba because i have good taste in cars

[@typeviic1]

I like those old Ford and Dodge cars!

[@eldiablo4616]

Dear car manufacturers, please bring back the classic cars

[@pbscars6320]

It wouldn’t work the same. This era as well as the late 60s early 70s era is something that can never come back because they were products of the time. The 50s were a period of post-war happiness and prosperity that saw great interest and innovation in technology and styling, and an avid interest in space. The muscle era was symbolic of a more carefree lifestyle embraced by many at the time. This was due in part to the Vietnam war, but also Boomers wanting to be free and rebellious. An attempt was made to bring back retro styling in the 2000s, but that eventually because outdated and no longer the trend.

[@beach2986]

Caught in time

[@loganmartel4233]

Fuel exhausted through the streets of Havana how nice..

[@cianleonizoabad]

ok. moving to cuba.

[@tarushsingh9181]

The voice is lit though

[@theresevanderputt5533]

Nice

[@SongoFilms]

Classic is GOOD

[@markalfredvillanueva5902]

Same in the Philippines. But with more caddilacs and buicks than Mercedes

[@TickleSalty]

Havana is the world’s largest antique car show.

[@Atipat12]

COOL

[@kingfortnitedonttryme8830]

I'm looking to buy a car like them

[@smug8567]

How anybody could possibly lose a 1964 Chevy Impala SS, is beyond me. How the fk could that happen? Its just beyond me.

[@santicheeks1106]

I wanna go to Cuba to buy one of the cars and bring it back to america

[@apdsouza]

Crusin down the street in my 64

[@nuzathchowdhury2766]

came here after watching colorful cars on Havana road in first episode of Korean drama "Encounter".

[@abodymody7641]

Driver 2 Havana city

[@pacoramon9468]

Looks like Los Santos Car industry.

[@kenesufernandez1281]

♥️

[@TheHiredGun187]

I dated a Cuban woman (Mirna V.~aka Mi Amore) in Miami,FL. I went with her to visit Cuba years ago on a vacation (she wanted to go home to visit and we used immigration rules to our advantage). I spent 3 week in the town/village of Bayamo. Great people there... As a car guy..I wanted to hire a cargo ship and buy every car on the island

[@mrdanforth3744]

Frankly you can find the same cars, in better condition, for less money in the US.

[@Knightmare919]

There like the jeepney's of the Philippines.

[@tonyp8808]

That 65 Chevy has a motor from a 85 Ford escort

[@itzmeggy0074]

My god now i wanna live in cuba. I would love to get my hands on a 1947 ford super deluxe there

[@sayita03]

Trust me, you don't want to live in Cuba

[@theextremeanimator4721]

Just go for tourism. Living there sucks.

[@mrdanforth3744]

You don't have to go to Cuba there are plenty of 47 Fords in the US. I know where there is one rotting in a field about 2 miles from me.

[@enz0368]

@@theextremeanimator4721 this right here! I'm Cuban but moved to the US back in 2012 when I was about 7 and it was as bad as you can imagine, only reason I still visit is because I still have family over there but if it wasn't for them I wouldn't step another foot in that country, nothing but sadness floods into my head whenever I think about where id be if I had not had the chance to come here. I guess its neat for others for tourism and such but ask anybody else that was born there if Theye'd ever go back

[@cowboys7207]

Wish I lived in cuba

[@enz0368]

no tf you dont lmao

[@cowboys7207]

@@enz0368 1 year ago bruh

[@enz0368]

@@cowboys7207 i had figured you learned by now that its the worst idea ever but just in case

[@cowboys7207]

@@enz0368 It’s okay i would have done the same thing.

[@imagoof14]

I saw this video in an ikea

[@bentcn8511]

Hope they're fuel efficient.

[@jesusdontlikethatimgaybuts9493]

they typically swap mercedes diesel inline 6 engines into them which are much more fuel efficient than the giant american v8’s they had before

[@andraztrobec3930]

🎵Havana o na na🎵