Later on in my career I was sent by Time Magazine to the region during the time after the fall of the Berlin Wall when all of these nations were gaining independence - travelling south from Trieste Italy and then north from Thessaloniki Greece through Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Yugoslavia (and all it diverse parts), then Czechoslovakia, back in to Poland where I met my friend again in Zakopane after traveling through the Tatra Mountains. Still there were not many western cars around.
Great Model from DeAgostini Romania that was manufactured by IST of Macau
Vw Passat B2 Coupe