‘Tour de Pologne’

Another campaign to encourage Poles to put their savings into a car of their own was a rally of two Fiat 126s on the Warsaw–Poznań–Szczecin–Gdańsk–Kielce–Kraków–Wrocław–Warsaw route, organised by the editorial staff of ‘Express Wieczorny’ and regional afternoon papers, including ‘Wieczór Wrocławia’, and pompously called the ‘Tour de Pologne’.

Photo 1.

On Saturday 24 March 1973, two small Fiat cars arrived in Wrocław. In Wrocław, the performance of the Fiat 126 was demonstrated in Wolności Square.

Photo by Stanisław Kokurewicz (collections of ‘Remembrance and Future’ Centre )

Photo 2.

The 126 Fiats taking part in the ‘Tour de Pologne’ have just passed the Grunwaldzki Bridge. After the second one, you can see the racing Fiat 125p accompanying the Maluch cars.

Photo by Stanisław Kokurewicz (collections of ‘Remembrance and Future’ Centre )