Ah yes, the Niva! The original crossover - world's first unibody full-time AWD passenger vehicle! It was genuinely groundbreaking back when it came out in the late 70s, and it wouldn't be until the first RAV4 in the mid-90s, I think, that another manufacturer made something that was both good enough for bad roads, AND handled like a passenger car (for the standards of its time).
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Originally Posted by James Rothwell
Shame there was a bigger version, same size as a Pajero 5 door for example.
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There absolutely was and still is a five-door Niva, the VAZ 2131. You can buy one brand new off the showroom floor today, in Russia, for under 6k EUR.
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Originally Posted by gren_t
would i buy another? hell yes if it was diesel.
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That would be the VAZ 21215. Featuring a Peugeot 1.9 turbodiesel. Always intended as an export model, never became very popular - the fuel efficiency was not THAT much better, and it was a lot more expensive and difficult to keep running.
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