Vechi si nou la Hotel Parc / Old and new at Hotel Parc

Doua vederi, prima din 1975, a doua din 1977. Cea din '75 arata o Pobeda, masina deja demodata si pe cale de disparitie in anii 70 datorita consumul ridicat si faptul ca erau pe piata masini mult mai moderne, dupa importurile din anii 60 si intrarea in productie a Dacilor 1100 si 1300. Cine stie ce o fi cautand la un hotel "de lux". (Ca fapt divers, inca circula una in nordul tarii, proprietatea unui domn in varsta care o scoate din garaj de cateva ori pe an, neavand alta masina.)

Intr-a doua vedere modernitatea cladirii e reflectata in superbul Fiat X1/9 din prim plan. 99% ere masina unui strain in vizita la Bucuresti ; totusi, chiar in vremea comunismului, erau asa masini in tara, una apartinand pilotului de raliu Eugen Ionescu-Cristea.


Two postcards from 1975 and 1977 respectively. The first shows a Pobeda, an unusual car to be parked in such a smart hotel. By 1975 the antiquated Pobeda was fast disappearing off the roads. It drank too much and far more modern cars were relatively easily available. (Although one example is still in use today as a regular (though rare) driver, in the north of the country.)

In the second picture the modern lines of the builing are echoed by the angulat Fiat X1/9 in the foreground. Almost defintiely, it belonged to a foreigner passing through Bucharest; however, even in Communism, such cars did exist in Romania, one belonging to celebrated rally driver Eugen Ionescu-Cristea.