Russian Cars

We all remember the Soviets and their stereotypical poor engineering, embodied in the infamous Yugo, but now a new modern style car born out of the post Russo-Balt company is turning heads:
http://carbl.com/2007/03/12/russo-balt.html















Priced around $1,500,000 it isn't exactly expected to become a Model T, but there are many other successful manufacturers in Russia today:
http://kamaz.net/en/
http://eng.gazgroup.ru/
http://www.lada-auto.ru/
http://www.amo-zil.ru/