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Automotive Products and Components

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This chapter is an assessment of the quality level of the Soviet motor industry, using data available from both Soviet and Western published sources, and Soviet state standards. Particular attention is paid to three distinctive groups of products manufactured by the industry, namely passenger cars, trucks and engine components.

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  1. Malcolm R. Hill
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Hill, M.R., McKay, R. (1988). Automotive Products and Components. In: Soviet Product Quality. Studies in Soviet History and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09290-1_5

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