Lada Niva

Let's go off roading...

Advantages: Real off roader, cheap to buy and run, easy DIY
Disadvantages: Tired design, poor build quality

Niva means "field" in Russian. These guys mean what they say with that word... I drove one of these for about a year during my duty as a construction site chief controller. (No I am not an architect or construction engineer; I am an engineer but not those ...

MuratM 29.04.2004 · Read full review
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Niva objective

Advantages: Excellent off-road ability, easy to maintain
Disadvantages: Refinement, power

...As a committee member of the Lada 4x4 Owners Club of Southern Africa I feel that I know enough to write an objective review of this product. If you’re looking for refinement, sporty handling, a soft ride and scorching acceleration times read no f ...

LadaRSA 24.12.2002 · Read full review
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If russia made civillain tanks

Advantages: point it at somewhere and it will go there, in a crash. things break, it dosent. a hell of a lot of fun to drive
Disadvantages: MPG a bit on the high side, classic cold war russian plastic interior, not great on motorway driving, gearbox can be iffy

i have had the joy of being in the company of these nivas, and i must say they are a load of fun! originally was bought (from new no less ) by chance when we had a test drive for a laugh. how it got past EU crash saftey laws i dont know, but it dosent rea ...

KushanFarsight 26.05.2005 · Read full review
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