Visitors of Cuba find themselves at a place stuck in the past, where old school cars are driven by everyone as daily drivers. Most cars on the streets of Cuba are huge luxury sedans in the 50s, many of which have distinctive tail fins that were an imitation of spaceships in the space race obsession of American’s at the time. With Miami Florida being only 90 miles away, Cuba was a popular vacationing destination for the Americans in the 1950s. Under the Dictator Fulgencio Batista Cuba imported approximately 125,000 Detroit made cars, which were abandoned after the takeover of Fidel Castor in 1959. Although there are 60,000 cars in Cuba car ownership is still relatively low considering there are 11 million Cubans. It may also seem strange that American classic car lovers pay tens of thousands of dollars for these classic cars and then seeing America’s most luxurious classics driving around the rundown streets of Cuba. It may seem even stranger considering that the average salary in Cuba is $22 a Day. …show more content…
While on the surface a restoration may seem possible and Cuba appears to be a treasure chesses filled with American classics, the condition of most of these vehicles is very poor. Although their owners have great fondness for their cars, the vehicles are not able to be maintained as a vintage car may require instead they have been run on a daily basis for decades, receiving only the needed repairs. This is because the parts for these cars are unavailable to the Cubans so the cars are often pieced together with whatever can be