{"id":86423,"date":"2017-02-19T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oncubamagazine.com\/?p=86423"},"modified":"2017-02-14T11:04:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T16:04:55","slug":"american-cars-in-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/economy\/cuban-economy\/american-cars-in-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"American cars in Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of American cars from the 50s and 60s run daily through Havana, with a public transportation license for Cubans or as a tour service in CUC for foreigners. Most of them have grafts from other cars, especially oil engines in order to lower the price of the fuel they use to move.<\/p>\n

For Cubans, “almendrones” hardly compensate the insufficiencies of public transport, while tourists enjoy museum objects circulating on an Island that seems to be stopped in time. For them, non-Cubans, strolling in the well preserved convertibles is a party that costs around 30 CUC per route (more than 30 dollars).<\/p>\n

Chevrolets, Fords and the Buicks are the most circulating in Cuba, although Cadillacs, Mercurys and Pontiacs can be found in a lesser extent. All of them are considered pieces of cultural heritage by the Cuban State; hence they have no legal permission to leave the country.<\/p>\n