The humble Zaporozhets, which Putin bought as a university student some thirty years ago, will now be displayed on the premises of the Constantine Palace, a presidential residence outside St. Petersburg that was the summit's venue.
"The museum collection is still in the making. But Vladimir Putin's Zaporozhets will be one of its main exhibits," curators said Wednesday.
Putin showed his first automobile, a relic of the cheapest Soviet-era brand, to U.S. President George W. Bush at the Constantine Palace's Lindstrem dacha where the two men met for an informal meeting ahead of talks with other leaders of the industrialized world.
Last year, Putin showed to Bush his restored vintage Volga sedan and even let the American leader take a drive in it.
