Why does Lada have a bad rep in the us?

[Colt45]

as title. ^^^^

I'm going to get a Niva one of these days, because they are invincible.. just for fun and mud/snow/rocks/cold

niva

They are sort of like AK-47. rugged and cheap. heh heh

 

[Scouzer]

What kind of question is that??

They are a product of the Soviet Union. That is still not very far behind us.

When an opinion is formed, it is difficult to be broken.

That and they are ugly as sin.

 

[notfred]

If Lada is a car company as that photo implies, they don't have a bad reputation in the US. They have NO reputation at all in the US. How many Americans have ever even heard of a Lada vehicle? Maybe 3%?

 

[dug777]

cos they are awful compared to anything else out there new

 

[So]

Because they're fugly and all soviet block machines that don't have a and k or m,i, and g in them have a reputation in the US for being crap.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: notfred
If Lada is a car company as that photo implies, they don't have a bad reputation in the US. They have NO reputation at all in the US. How many Americans have ever even heard of a Lada vehicle? Maybe 3%?

Probably closer to .03%

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: notfred
If Lada is a car company as that photo implies, they don't have a bad reputation in the US. They have NO reputation at all in the US. How many Americans have ever even heard of a Lada vehicle? Maybe 3%?

Probably closer to .03%

Well I'm Canadian and I've seen those Nivas driving around on numerous occasions.

Admittedly, I'm pretty car-concious. So who knows how many normally notice...

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: notfred
If Lada is a car company as that photo implies, they don't have a bad reputation in the US. They have NO reputation at all in the US. How many Americans have ever even heard of a Lada vehicle? Maybe 3%?

Probably closer to .03%

Well I'm Canadian and I've seen those Nivas driving around on numerous occasions.

Admittedly, I'm pretty car-concious. So who knows how many normally notice...

Well, call me pompous, but I tend to consider myself to be pretty observant and fairly aware of things like US car brands, and I have never seen. nor heard of a lada before this post. I have lived on both coasts of the US.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: notfred
If Lada is a car company as that photo implies, they don't have a bad reputation in the US. They have NO reputation at all in the US. How many Americans have ever even heard of a Lada vehicle? Maybe 3%?

Probably closer to .03%

Well I'm Canadian and I've seen those Nivas driving around on numerous occasions.

Admittedly, I'm pretty car-concious. So who knows how many normally notice...

Canda is the US now? Just because they're in Canada doesn't mean they're in the US. Were they ever even imported into the US?

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: notfred
If Lada is a car company as that photo implies, they don't have a bad reputation in the US. They have NO reputation at all in the US. How many Americans have ever even heard of a Lada vehicle? Maybe 3%?

Probably closer to .03%

Well I'm Canadian and I've seen those Nivas driving around on numerous occasions.

Admittedly, I'm pretty car-concious. So who knows how many normally notice...

Canda is the US now? Just because they're in Canada doesn't mean they're in the US. Were they ever even imported into the US?

no.. US had embargo on sssr

anyways i said US, but i meant the west in general. Since most AT'ers are yanks I just put 'us'.

 

[datalink7]

Never heard of them.

 

[BillyBatson]

i have never heard of Lada or Niva
buy american you commie :|

 

[Czar]

Well because they are just not that good
and I thought that one was called Lada Sport, oh well


and here is a different version
http://easy.go.is/jeppasport/lada44.jpg

 

[bandana163]

They made some of the best cars available in Eastern Europe in the 1970-80s'.
The Niva is still used by some police/army forces in Europe. It's cheap and relatively durable.
Their new models look very different:

Lada Revolution
Lada Roadster

Even today, lots of Lada tuning/ricing groups exist, Lada still has a sizeable fanbase here.

 

[biostud]

In Soviet Union Lada bad rep you!

 

[Robor]

Never heard of the car or seen one and I'm 37. From the photo it looks like a 4WD Chevette!

 

[Analog]

I've heard of them, and I'd consider one. From what I remember, they even come with a manual crank, so that you can start them on a dead battery without a jump, or push.

 

[Stumps]

they don't just have a bad rep in the US..they suck real bad in Australia too

 

[piroroadkill]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
I've heard of them, and I'd consider one. From what I remember, they even come with a manual crank, so that you can start them on a dead battery without a jump, or push.

Now that's good engineering.

 

[Siddhartha]

Lada had to compete against Honda and Toyoda. It was not good enough to win,

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: biostud
In Soviet Union Lada bad rep you!

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[CrackRabbit]

After the Yugo fiasco here Americans generaly associate eastern European cars with utter crap.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
I've heard of them, and I'd consider one. From what I remember, they even come with a manual crank, so that you can start them on a dead battery without a jump, or push.

yeah, IIRC a lot of the (eariler.. they discontinued it) Lada's came with a manual fuel pump and crank, so you could start the car under failure mode

 

[The Boston Dangler]

you really think a russian car is street legal in the US? maybe in the south where registration is a lot easier. maybe. good luck insuring it. "the vehicle is a what? lada? it's not on my list."