Ruska (car)
Ruska was a car manufacturer based in the Netherlands from 1968 to 1981 that manufacturered several open-seater fibreglass-bodied cars and beach buggies. The cars bodies were built on Volkswagen chassis. Ruska are now an automobile repair garage in Amsterdam. Origin The company was founded by Arie Ruska after World War Two and initially focused on car restoration. A friend of Ruska's approached him in the late 1960s and asked him to make him a beach buggy. This resulted in Ruska being approached to make more and his manufacturing business commenced with the beach buggy, the Ruska B1 Buggy. By the 1970s production had reached 250-300 units per annum. Ruska Buggies were among the most successful buggy builders in the Netherlands. Ruska initially offered the buggies for about 4500 guilders, just over 2000 euros), which made them relatively cheap. Over time the buggies were redesigned but the Beetle chassis and the polyester body remained key components. Ruska designed a number o ...
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Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River that was dammed to control flooding; the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. Originally a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam is the leading center for finance and trade, as well as a hub of production of secular art. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded and many new neighborhoods and ...
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