Cuba to experience the city as tourists. One thing you immediately experience walking the streets of Havana is the overwhelming presence of classic, vintage American cars from the 1940s and 1950s.

The classic cars are a treasured part of Cuba's history, and folks feel that they will be sticking around even after modern vehicles begin to arrive. Only time will tell. [Source: NPR via The ...

Cuba is known as a nation that loves its cars. After the 1959 Cuban Revolution, the government made it nearly impossible to obtain a new vehicle. So Cuban drivers kept their '50s classics on the ...

In Cuba, hitchhiking is a legitimate form of ... which explains why American and Soviet-built cars from the 1950s are abundant in the country. The legislation change more than a decade ago allowed ...

Much of Cuba's industry was owned by US business and its main export, sugar, was controlled by the USA. In 1950s, Cuba was being led under the corrupt and oppressive military dictatorship of ...