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New vehicle registrations down y/y in September - Samar

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New passenger car and delivery vehicle registrations in Poland fell by 10.74 percent year on year in September 2021, Samar, an institute monitoring the car market, has said in a report.

Police officers to drive BMW confiscated from drug gang

Police officers in Gdansk can now drive around in a BMW once owned by drug dealers thanks to the provisions of a new Covid law, national prosecutors said.

Driving force! Women hit the road for start of She’s Mercedes rally

Organised by the Classic Mercedes Car Club Poland as part of Mercedes-Benz’s global ‘She’s Mercedes’ initiative aimed at connecting and celebrating women and their successes, the rally will start in Gdynia on Friday the 27th of August and end in Puck on 29th.

Car fan converts old Maluch into classy electric motor with 6,000 PLN makeover

A motoring enthusiast from Lower Silesia has proved the old adage of turning water into wine after converting an old Fiat 126p he bought for 1 PLN into a sparkling modern electric car for 6,000 PLN (1,300 EUR).

Poland registers 34.6 pct y/y more new passenger cars in H1 - report

Poland registered 242,100 new passenger cars in the first half of 2021, 34.6 percent more than in the corresponding period of the previous year, a report by professional services firm KPMG and the Polish Automotive Industry Association (PZPM) showed.

Vroom with a view: FSO Factory opens to showcase its portfolio of legendary classics

For just the third time ever, visitors to the FSO Factory in Żerań are being allowed the chance to covet some of the most beautiful – and curious – motor vehicles produced in Poland.

For your eyes only: Stylish ‘James Bond man cave’ for classic Aston Martins to be built in Warsaw garden

Based in a leafy suburb of the capital, the elegant subterranean space seven metres below ground will have enough space for 10 Aston Martins, eight of which are in a private collection and include a DB2 Drophead, Vantage and DB5.

Zero tolerance for drunk drivers, says Polish PM

The Polish prime has taken to social media to urge drivers to think twice before getting behind the wheel under the influence.

Lubin man recreates communist past with intricate handmade models

Initially inspired by his grandfather’s old Fiat 126 p, Marcin Wasilewski’s models include not only the iconic PRL car but also complex clay copies of tower block apartments and their interiors.

Internet comes to aid of hero who saved woman’s life before being struck down by rare disease

Karol Wesołowski from the village of Skąpe near Poznań, was dubbed a hero by police after jumping in to a lake to save a woman whose car had spun out of control. After being diagnosed with Buerger's disease, a rare disease of veins and arteries, internet users quickly responded to his family’s plea for help.

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Auschwitz museum launches fascinating photo album to coincide with 75th anniversary

Opened on the initiative of former prisoners on 2 July, 1947, the history of the museum has now been documented in the new album divided into six sections and entitled  '75 years of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial'.

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Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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