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Lada Niva. The Immortal Russian

It belongs to a special category of cars, which were basically built in almost unchanged form for several decades. Rather, Togliatti is still building it. The cuddly all-terrain Russian has become a legend and is very popular as a classic. We got it…

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Lada 1200, more than a Fiat 124

There is nothing romantic about the origins of Lada. The Fiat 124 won the Car of the Year title in 1967. Meanwhile, the Soviets were looking for a family car that could be mass-produced locally in a yet-to-be-established city, and then sold at a reasonable price, even in foreign markets. This car also had to be durable enough to handle Soviet road conditions. And those Soviet conditions were... Well: picturesque.

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Lada and garage Stam from Maarssen - column

There were quite a few reactions to the Moskvitch text. And so you think about your first 'Russian' experiences. And for that I didn't even have to go to one of the former Soviet republics.

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Get classics in Russia

In the pleasant conversation with Steven Bosdijk about Yugos and Zastavas (and Urals and Dneprs) the difference between 'Moscow' and 'the rest of the world' came up. Steven knows what he's talking about. Moscow is a steaming metropolis where the newest, the largest and the fastest cars play their rodeo game.

History

Zastava and Yugo. Undervalued and endearing

Once upon a time there was a lot of catching up behind the Iron Curtain. This was carried out in the former Yugoslavia, in the part that is now called Serbia, by building 'western' cars under license. By building Fiats under license. And that all happened with Zastava.

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Back in the USSR: Russian classics

You will find 'Russian' classic dealers when you search under, for example, 'Классический автомобиль на продажу'. This mainly lists many classics that come from Germany and the Netherlands. But also Russian classics such as Moskvich, GAZ, ZIL, ZAZ, Scaldia, Zazphorojet, Lada and Pobjeba. For the…

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Moskvitch Aleko, and the Lada Tavria

Aleko or Simca? It should have been an easy case of copy/paste. The Government had decided that a new, modern Russian car was needed. And decided that the Simca 1307 had to be duplicated. Because there happened to be a minister who…

Dolf Peeters
11 March, 2019
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Lada Niva. He just did it

To be bought. Stay whole. Holding his own in the field. He did it all without fuss. And especially without luxury. Luxury? Njet Because there was no need for that. Luxury was a pernicious pleasure for thoroughly spoiled Westerners…

Lars Bais
September 11
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Honkvast

Column: No matter how in love I am with my big American sledges ... there are some non-American cars that I have a total weakness for. That is again due to the memories attached to it, I think.