the beginning of the end of communism in Cuba - and ironically Cuba's many classic American cars

The announcement of the easing of trade restrictions and the normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba is actually just another step on the way to the end of Cuba's 5 decade old disastrous experiment with communism, as Cuba has reluctantly realised that the communist command economy model just doesn't work and has increasingly allowed small scale private enterprise.  With this though, the days of Cuba’s classic American cars may be coming to an end. Since the imposition of the U.S. trade embargo in 1961, massive fleets of pre-revolution American cars have remained on the road through the ingenuity of the country’s auto mechanics.

If Americans are allowed to import from Cuba again, many of these cars will probably go back to the U.S.

More Cuba car pics here