Lada Niva

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Lada Niva is an off-road vehicle built by Soviet/Russian automaker AvtoVAZ. The car is very popular in its home country. It is also popular in Canada (though withdrawn from sale in 1998 it still has a cult following, since it was the last Lada model to be sold in Canada, although the Samara stopped Canadian sales after the 1997 model year), South America, Europe, and other regions where the terrain requires a robust and tough car for a reasonable price. In Australia, popularity is limited as the vehicle is manufactured for a very different climate and as such items such as air conditioning were omitted from the specifications, limiting its appeal. It was one of the first mass production off-road vehicles to feature a unibody architecture, independent front suspension and coil suspension, and is a predecessor to current crossover SUVs which nearly all follow this format. Before it was introduced to the UK, it was referred to by some in the motoring press as the ''Russian Range Rover''.