 After World War II, Russian cars, especially Pobeda and Volga, dominated the taxi market in Finland for several years.In the late 1950s the import restriction on cars was lifted for taxi operators, which made it feasible to import western cars in larger numbers.By the end of 1960s Mercedes-Benz in particular had gained a dominant position, accounting for up to half the taxi stock, and the Finnish distributor of Mercedes, VEHO, even has a separate taxi sales department.