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==== Poland ==== [[File:MWP Kubus 3.JPG|thumb|right|upright|[[Kubuś]] – insurgent armored car in [[Warsaw Uprising]] on the chassis of a civilian Chevrolet 157 truck]] During World War II in Poland, the [[Home Army]] of the Polish resistance movement built an improvised [[Armored car (military)|armoured car]] – [[Kubuś]] which was based on the chassis of a civilian [[Chevrolet 157]] truck, license-built in pre-war Poland by the [[Lilpop, Rau i Loewenstein]] company. The car was used against the German army in [[Warsaw]] during the [[Warsaw Uprising]] in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.achtungpanzer.com/polish-armor-1939-improvised-armored-car-kubus.htm |title=Polish Armor 1939 – Improvised Armored Car Kubus |publisher=Achtungpanzer.com |date=January 27, 2009 |access-date=March 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226150620/http://www.achtungpanzer.com/polish-armor-1939-improvised-armored-car-kubus.htm |archive-date=February 26, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The damaged Kubuś survived the war and in 1945 was towed to the [[Polish Army Museum]] where it is currently on exhibition.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} A full-scale operational replica was created in 2004 by [[Juliusz Siudziński]] and is, as of 2009, on exhibition at the [[Warsaw Uprising Museum]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Between the autumn of 2007 and the beginning of 2011, the [[Chevrolet Aveo]] was produced at the [[Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych|FSO]] plant in [[Warsaw]], in collaboration with the Ukrainian company [[UkrAVTO]], in both hatchback and sedan body styles.<ref>{{cite web|title=GM and UkrAVTO begin Chevrolet production in Poland|url=http://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_520/docId_41009_pr.html|publisher=Chevrolet Europe|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=November 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306121017/https://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_520/docId_41009_pr.html|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2014 GM sold some 60,000 cars under Chevrolet brand that represented 0.5–1% market share compere to Opel's 7% market share each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auto-swiat.pl/wiadomosci/aktualnosci/chevrolet-wyrzucony-z-europy-opel-ma-dosc-wewnetrznej-konkurencji/yb6h5jp|title=Chevrolet wyrzucony z Europy. Opel ma dość wewnętrznej konkurencji?|date=December 6, 2013|website=www.auto-swiat.pl}}</ref>
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