Nicknamed “la aspirina” by Cubans, this teeny-tiny car manufactured in Soviet-controlled Poland was more formally called El Polki. Stick shift and extremely fuel efficient, Tiki’s Polki had been a reward granted to my grandmother, Aurora Almirall, in 1963 on the occasion of her retirement as a rural school teacher after 43 years of public service. JANURARY AND MAY 1997.
