The Lada Granta Has No Airbags or Radios: Russian Car Safety
The Lada Granta resumed production this month after a break, but the sedan no longer has airbags, a radio, or anti-lock brakes.
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Can You Buy a Lada Niva in the USA?
Recently, the Russian Lada Niva received a much-needed update. For the first time since the 1970s, the Niva SUV was significantly changed to help it handle modern life. But, the old Niva is still being sold under the name Lada Niva Legend. Because the Niva is such an old nameplate in the Lada brand, some …
The Infamously Terrible Lada Riva Is Also One of The Best-Selling Cars of All Time
The Lada Riva, and most Russian cars, are seen as cheap and terrible. But these infamously bad cars have an amazing story to share.
Lada Made an Electric Car and Boy Was It Ugly
Every so often, you stop and wonder exactly how you got here. That's what I'm doing right now as I look a this mind boggling Lada Rapan electric car concept.
Be Glad You Don’t Live In Russia: 2021 Lada Is Really 22 Years Old
These are early images of the “new” 2021 Lada Niva. Well, it’s kinda new. It looks new but it’s really a re-bodied Lada Niva II which debuted in 1998. And even it was based on some Niva 4×4 bits which first saw production in 1977. Basically, this is a 22-year-old Niva with a new RAV4-like …
The Lada Niva: Russia’s Forgotten Off-Road SUV
There are quite a few rugged off-road SUVs that never made it to the US. Like the Nissan Patrol, for example, or the Mitsubishi Pajero and Jeep. Nowadays, with the 25-year import rule, it’s possible for Americans to discover what they’ve been missing out on. But there’s one SUV that usually gets forgotten, even by …
