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The FSO Wars was a prototype of a compact passenger car, developed in 1981–1985 by Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych in Warsaw in order to replace the outdated Polski Fiat 125p/FSO 125p. The Wars was developed as part of the assumptions made by FSO in 1981 regarding the future products of the factory. At that time, people were looking for the possibility of introducing a modern car to the offer, meeting the requirements of the contemporary market. Taking into account the financial and technical limitations of the domestic industry, in parallel to the construction work carried out, a foreign partner was sought who would offer a license to manufacture a car that would meet Polish expectations and provide access to financing sources. FSO Wars was first presented in early 1986 to press representatives at a closed conference. The official presentation took place in Warsaw in October 1986, where two prototypes of this model were presented. The research of the created vehicles was carried out until 1987. Mass production of this ambitious project was to begin in 1995, but it never happened.

Genesis
Cars offered by FSO at the beginning of the 1980s, and in particular, the main product of the factory, which was Polski Fiat 125p produced since 1967 in terms of the design solutions used, they differed significantly from competing models produced in Western Europe. For this reason, in May 1981, assumptions were made for the future products of the factory, including a modern compact passenger car with a front-wheel drive and hatchback body. The new compact car was planned as a successor to Polski Fiat 125p whose further modernization was significantly limited. The production of the Polonez was intended to be continued, however, after the introduction of significant design changes, making the car more attractive, increasing its technical parameters, reducing costs and simplifying the manufacturing processes. Initially, three alternative solutions for the implementation of a new compact car into production were considered. The first idea was to buy a license. The second proposal concerned establishing cooperation with a foreign automotive concern and establishing a joint stock company. According to the third option, it was necessary to develop a new car on its own. Ultimately, the first and third proposals were considered the most favorable, and therefore the search for a foreign licensor and the development of a new project was commenced. According to the adopted assumptions, the new car should have similar performance parameters as the Polski Fiat 125p, but with much lower fuel consumption and a less complex structure, thanks to which it would be possible to reduce production costs by about 30%, which would allow for annual production up to 200,000 examples of the new car.

Design and research work
The assumptions presented in May 1981 were finally approved in July of the same year by the FSO Technical and Economic Council. Work on the silhouette of the car started in November 1981. It was then that the first 1: 5 scale plaster model of the body silhouette with interchangeable elements of the front and rear parts was made, which in April 1982 was tested in wind tunnel Institute of Aviation in Warsaw. Another 1: 5 scale model was presented in May 1983, while a 1: 1 scale model two months later.

Work on the construction of the car was started in 1983 by a team led by Mirosław Górski. The new model was to be constructed mainly by Polish specialists and with the use of domestic components, however, in order to shorten the development time of the car and ensure an appropriate level of quality, some elements of the vehicle were purchased from foreign companies. After the technical documentation for the body was created in May 1985, the first prototype was built, which was made in October 1985,. At the end of the year, another prototype was built in red paint. Later, one more prototype unit painted blue was created. The first cream-colored prototype was presented in January 1986 during a press conference organized at FSO, during which photographing of the car was forbidden. The official presentation of Wars took place on October 24, 1986 during the "Polish Automotive Industry" exhibition at Stadion Dziesięciolecia in Warsaw. The second and third prototype of the car was presented then. The originator of naming the new model as Wars was Edward Pietrzak, the then CEO of FSO. Road tests of the prototypes were carried out until 1987. Despite the positive opinions on the FSO Wars model, due to the lack of sufficient financial resources and the significant advancement of talks with the licensor, further construction works were suspended.

License
In accordance with the assumptions presented in May 1981, apart from the commencement of construction work on a new compact car, a simultaneous search for a foreign partner who would hand over a license for the production of a modern passenger car was commenced. This solution was considered to be particularly advantageous due to the possibility of obtaining loans from abroad. At the beginning of 1982 Pol-Mot Holding approached 14 automotive concerns. After receiving the answer, negotiations started with the companies Daihatsu, FIAT, Renault, and SEAT. After getting acquainted with the offers of four manufacturers, the companies Daihatsu, which offered the Charade model, and FIAT, initially agreeing to produce in Poland a compact car Ritmo, and later a smaller, but more modern Uno, were invited to further more detailed discussions. In the end, the Italian offer was chosen due to the better financing conditions for the new investment and the declaration that Uno production in Italy would be discontinued after its launch in FSO. The license agreement was signed on December 1, 1988, but on the same day Industry Minister Mieczysław Wilczek terminated it.