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 In 1928, Walter Chrysler found a new brand-de Soto to compete with Oldsmobile, Nash and Pontiac. Everything was all right since the cars were good and cheap.  After the war there was a  great demand for cars. The producers of cars struggled to meet it.

     Slowly but surely the market began to be saturated. So the problems for De Soto started.  Only 129 963 cars were sold in 1953. Next year the number fell to 69,844. Because of that the managing direc­tor of De Soto was replaced by ‘Tex’ Colbert. The new director got a budget of $250 million and gaveVirgil Exner the order to design a marketable car. Exner got  a completely new model which design was absolutely new.  It was spoken of as the ‘Forward Look’ .

     The models were presented to the broader public in November,1954. The cars of model year 1955 called the Firedome and the Fireflite were powered by a 291 cu. in.V8 engine.Thanks to the mounting of a four-barrel carburetor, Firelite was able to provide 203 hp. Both cars had a wheel-base of 10.5 ft and were painted in gaudy colors, especially the Fireflite.The clients  turned to De Soto again.  129 767 cars were sold very quickly in 1955. De Soto had a short success for about 3 years. Only 19 411 cars were sold in 1960. After that the production was stopped.

 Some of the most beautiful, but also often the most strange cars were built after the Second World War. Specialists at Saoutschik, Figoni et Falaschi and Guillore built many of their amazing models on the chassis of a Delahaye 135 M or MS. In 1935, the Delahaye 135 had been designed  and  called the 135 S. This sports car had a six-cylinder engine possessing a capacity of 3 liters and an output of 119 hp. In 1936, the valve-in-head engine was drilled to 3.6 liters and the model was called the 135 MS. The MS reached a fabulous speed at that time-a top speed of 93.2 mph.  The front wheels had independent suspension and were switched by an electromagnetic Cotal box while the clutch pedal was used only when moving from a stationary position In 1946, Delahaye brought the 135 M onto the market again. In the normal version, the 217 cu. in. engine gave 95 hp/3800 rpm, but this output could increase to 110 hp when, for instance, three carburetors were installed. The 135 MS was normally equipped with three Solex carburetors, a higher compression ratio (8 instead of 7.1:1), and an output of 130 hp. The MS consumed lots of  fuel so the gasoline tank had to be enlarged (100 instead of 90 liters). The 135 M could be delivered with a four-speed gearbox including an electromag­netic Cotal box. The standard MS was equipped with the Cotal box. Most clients ordered their Delahaye as a rolling chassis.

People are less religious than most others, but religion is now, as it has always been, an important factor in the life of the people. There is complete religious freedom, and anyone may belong to any religious faith that he chooses or none at all. Most believers in the town of Bourgas belong to the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church.
    There are several Orthodox Churches in the town: the Cathedral “St.St. Ciril and Metodii” the second largest Church in the town “the Holy Virgin”; “the Holy Ghost”; “St. Ivan Rilski” Church; “St.Atanasii” Church; “the Holy Trinity”Church. Typically for the all these churches is the icon painting.
    An icon is a painting depicting the image of Christ, the Holy Virgin, the saints or any other religious theme and is particularly worshipped in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The icon does not fulfill decorative functions only. It is created as an evidence of God`s omnipotence and plays an important role in religious worship as a means of communication between people and God.
    The Cathedral “St.St.Ciril and Metodii”  is the first Bulgarian church and school in the town. It raises near the marketplace, at the very center of the town. The Cathedral was built in 1894-1905 with donations from promionent citizens of Bourgas. Both brothers Ciril and Metodii are depicted in an impressive stained glass work at the main entrance to the cathedral.
    There are two Catholic Churches in the town: the Roman Catholic Church “Virgin Mary” and the East Catholic Church.
    The Protestant Churches are presented by: the Evangelical Pentecost Church and the Armenian Church.
The Armenia Church is a very impressive sight located close to Bulgaria Hotel. It was built in 1855 by the local Armenian minority supported by Bulgarians. The Evangelical Church was established in 1920 by the missionar Dionisii Zaplashkii from Ukraine.
    One of the new established churches in the town is the Oasis Church which was found in 1990. Until 2003 it was known as Good News Christian Church. The first members were a group of Christians who started practical teaching from the Word of God and a new way of worshipping God. Approximately 500 people of all ages and occupations and diverse family and social status currently attend Sunday services.

The famous Bachkovo Monastery, nestling among the green hills of the Rhodope Mountains is situated some 28 km south of the town of Plovdiv and about 20 km from the town of Assenovgrad.

        The Monastery was built in 1083, when Bulgaria was under Byzantine domination. The Byzantine commander Grigorii Bakouriani, a Georgian by birth who held high office during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus, and his brother Apasii had decided to build up a monastery to express their gratitude to God, who had blessed their arms. The Monastery was proclaimed to be a self-governing body, and very soon after its foundation it became a wealthy landowner whose properties stretched as far as Thessaloniki.

       The oldest building preserved to this day is the church ossuary, which is nearly 500 m away from the monastery. Besides even today it is the most impressive building in the monastery ensemble with its fine architecture and valuable murals. It is influenced by Syrian and Armenian-Georgian architecture.

       When the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloyan (1207-1211) conquered the Rhodopes, the Bachkovo Monastery was included into the Bulgarian state. In 1344, when the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Alexander regained the Rhodope Mountains, the monastery was enlarged and populated with Bulgarians.

       In 1396-1397 Bulgaria finally succumbed to the ottoman troops, but the monastery remained intact. It became the shelter of the last Bulgarian Patriarch Euthymius, who was exiled here. The monastery preserved the Bulgarian national spirit and that was why a century later, during a wave of Mohammedanization, the buildings were set on fire and a period of decline followed. The only building that survived was the Church of the Holy Trinity, which contains some murals of great value, known as the ossuary.

      In 1604 the Church of the Assumption was built in the place of the monastery`s oldest church, destroyed by the Turks. The building has survived to this day in its original structure of a three-aisled basilica with a large narthex and a dome.

      The Church of the Archangels is next to the Church of the Assumption. Its narthex and arcade were painted by Zakhari Zograf, a Bulgarian master-painter of the National Revival period, who was an original artist and innovator and one of the pioneers of Bulgarian pictorial art.

       The Church of Saint Nicholas is the newest built in a side yard of the monastery in 1837. Zakhary Zograf`s painting of the Last Judgement is very interesting because of the depicted faces of living rich men and women.

       The monastery`s history is eventful. Old manuscripts and books written here, a rich collection of church objects could be seen in the monastery museum. Everything here makes it a holy place that has treasured the Bulgarian culture, spirit and national consciousness.

There was an example of  close collaboration between the firms: Dodge and the Japanese Mitsubishi. This was the Dodge Stealth sports car, built in the same factory as the Mitsubishi 3000 GT. The two cars left the same plant and were built in Japan and in America. Typically for Dodge is the non-panoram­ic rear window and the positioning of the wing, immediately behind the rear window.

   Technically  seen, the Dodge Stealth was very interesting. The car was powered by a V6 placed askew in the front part of the car. With one upper camshaft per cylinder row, the 3.0 liter engine gave 166 hp; with four axles and four valves per cylinder, 225 hp. When two turbos were added, the output increased to 324 hp.
    Because of that reason, the car was called the Dodge Stealth R/T. It had permanent four-wheel drive and an electronically controlled sus­pension. At a speed of more than 31 mph, there was an automatical support of the steering by the rear wheels. The Stealth R/T could reach a top speed of more than 155 mph. The car was very suitable for city driving. At a speed of 31 mph in the fifth gear, the engine made only 1,000 revolutions per minute. The car was very comfortable and was equipped with ABS breaks, steering servo, two air bags and automatic air-conditioning as well as electronically powered windows and leather finishing.

In 1941, Chrysler surprised the automobile works with its Town & Country, a genuine Woody with an engine hood, mudguards and roof made of steel. This was not exactly a station wagon, although the car had all the advantages of such a vehicle. It was very large- offered places for seven people, but the rear end was curved like a normal passenger car.

    In July 1941,  the production of passenger cars was stopped and not even a thousand Town & Countries had been sold.  In1946, Chrysler could not deliver any wooden station wagons yet, but instead other Woodys appeared in the showrooms. So, theWoody cabriolet and a four-door sedan appeared. This time, the cars were built on the chassis of the NewYorker, Chrysler’s top-of-the-line model. The new models were powered by the eight-cylinder in-line engine from the NewYorker, and were not cheap. A Woody cabriolet cost $2,725, nearly $600 more than the NewYorker with its steel cabriolet body. In 1947, the fourth Woody could also be ordered from Chrysler.This model no longer stood on the chassis of a New Yorker, but on that of a Windsor.The four-doorWoody was powered by a six-cylinder side-valve engine. The price of the model was $ 2 366 -too expensiveeven for that time. It was important  for the cars to have a new layer of clear lacquer each year. But even this maintenance could not prevent the body from letting wind through and eventually rotting. The cars were pretty and  the first clients came from California.      

       In 1948, a coupe variant of theWoody-the first hardtop coupe in the world-was added to the range. There were some orders  but Chrysler built only seven.The first station wagon from Chrysler since 1942, a Woody, appeared on the chassis of the cheap Royal in 1949. The last genuine Woodys left the factory in 1950. Later models had bodies made completely of steel, on which the wood was screwed as decoration. The maintenance of these cars was, of course, much cheaper. 

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