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A far east Pheonix courtesy Renault/Nissan - Falkirk Bairn
BBC reports Lada being rescued by Russian Govt & Renault/Nissan

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8383206.stm

Coming our way? Probably not

A far east Pheonix courtesy Renault/Nissan - Rattle
I wonder if they might even be able to produce as modern cars as the Nissan Silvia and Renault 5?

A far east Pheonix courtesy Renault/Nissan - Kiwi Gary
The "new" Lada of 2002 actually looked quite respectable, although I can't speak about its underpinnings. Visually, it looked to have a lot of Daewoo influence although I am told that it was Avtogaz's own design. I gather that it is their "upmarket" model; and the old Fiat clone is still available.

During my travels in that part of the world, I read an interesting article on motorcycles that could reasonably be applied to their cars as well. The advice given was, if you are going outside the main cities, buy a Russian motorcycle, take it home, strip it right down, rebuild it with the correct clearances, nut torques, etc, and you will heve a reliable machine that will go anywhere in Russia. If repairs are needed, spares and technical knowledge are available everywhere, whereas, for "foreign" machines the support is available only in the main cities.