Salyut / Gyurza (Салют / Гюрза)

The Salyut, also known by its builder as the Gyurza, was a five-seat coupé built in 1985 by the house painter Viktor Filonenko of Donetsk, in Ukraine. Its distinctive feature was wide doors that opened upward, so that access was easy to the rear seats as well as the front. Despite their size they rose without effort and closed smoothly, and the left door carried a radio lock that opened…