# Russia Invents Morris Marina **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invents-morris-marina/820983 "2018-09-07T23:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invents-morris-marina/820983/1 "2018-09-07T23:36:32Z")
[Behold the Kalashnikov CV-1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BUby6QegpE), a prototype Russian EV which apparently shares design DNA with the legendarily shitty and unloved [Morris Marina](http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/media/austin-morris-marina-estate-1974.202/full?d=0) of the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invents-morris-marina/820983/2 "2018-09-08T01:01:43Z")
Ye gods and little fishes, that’s a bud tugly car. I want one. Kalashnikov? Is that the same company that makes those assault rifles? Are they some kind of conglomerate, or is this supposed to be an accessory, a car designed for drive-by shootings? It looks like a cross between a hatchback and a sedan. It looks like it’s made out of plastic. Is that a model or the real thing? That big black round knob thing in the rear bumper, is that the gas fillup? Where is one supposed to put one’s license plate? I still want one. It’s camp. As for any resemblance to the Morris Marina, I don’t see it, except for the color. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invents-morris-marina/820983/3 "2018-09-08T01:22:37Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Ye gods and little fishes, that’s a bud tugly car. I want one. > > Kalashnikov? Is that the same company that makes those assault rifles? Are they some kind of conglomerate, or is this supposed to be an accessory, a car designed for drive-by shootings? The design firm has expanded and diversified in the postcommunist era. I mean, sure, there is this one particular thing that they’ve done superbly but they’ve been 70 years at that, it has been both licensed \*and \*bootlegged with impunity around the planet, and probably the newer heads are thinking they gotta do \*something \*else some day. Who knows, maybe Mikhail Timofeyevitch could posthumously get his lawnmower to be remembered by… But this is a Concept Car – a production one would look more boring once they got things going but I can see how for the Concept they might have felt like playing to the brand image and go for Soviet Chic. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invents-morris-marina/820983/4 "2018-09-08T15:29:31Z")
\*\*Russia Invents Morris Marina \*\* They invented a harbor for a picky cat? (Apologies to those not of a certain age.) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invents-morris-marina/820983/5 "2018-09-08T16:52:12Z")
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