Ford-Vairogs (earlier called "Fenikss") was the name of a car factory in Riga

Riga

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, Latvia

Latvia

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, that produced license built Ford

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...

 cars between September 1937 and 1940 when it was expropriated as the property of the Soviet government. Not including the war department orders, Ford-Vairogs made 200 buses, 1000 trucks and 332 automobiles.

The cars made were

• Ford-Vairogs V8 Standard, a copy of 1939 American Ford-V8 92A
• Ford-Vairogs V8 De Luxe, a copy of 1939 American Ford-V8 91A
  Ford Model 91
  The Ford Model 91 was a car made by the British Ford in 1939 only and was the last of the British pre war V-8 range that had started with the V8 18 in 1932. In total 1878 were made. For the British market it was available as a two door convertible, a two door, five seat estate and a 4 door, 4 seat...
  
  
• Ford-Vairogs Taunus, a copy of 1939 German Ford Taunus
  Ford Taunus
  The Ford Taunus is a family car sold by Ford in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the United Kingdom...
  
  
• Ford-Vairogs Junior, a 1937 British Ford 10 Prefect
  Ford Prefect (car)
  The Ford Prefect is a line of British cars produced by the UK section of the Ford Motor Company, and a more upmarket version of its direct siblings the Ford Popular and Ford Anglia. It was introduced in October 1938 and remained in production until 1941; returning to the market in 1945, it was...
  
  . It was also made in a military version.

External links

• Images and technical specifications of Ford-Vairogs automobiles at Oldtimer Gallery