@@sagradamoly4234 Well, you have to be drunk to own one.😊 I must admit I do like these cars & the price is great compared to here in Toronto Canada. I would get the Vesta sport if it were an Auto trans, but none of them had auto, I wonder if it's even available?
Missed the opportunity to continue "Soon the western companies will be pumping out clones like crazy and then they will take over the market, muahahahaa!" 😃
He said exactly the same thing when questioned by a member of staff while visiting and filming a UAZ car dealer (video of 5 days ago). LOL! Imust agree this guy IS funny!!
It cracked you up because the most inept person they could send to steal Russian car tech would be Ivan, or is it just laughable that the CIA would want to steal the design of a vehicle that could have been designed in the same year as the first Russian Revolution in 1918?
Great interest rate too! What interest the most is the interest. Not the engine lmao. Interested in what percentage of buyers finance a 10K death trap @ 20% interest? Things are going well in Lada land /s
I would love one of those Lada Nivas , simple built with 5 speed manual transmission. Bet it can outlast any modern western car nowadays. full of electronics and computer chips . Those ladas are made for snowy roads in Russia .
Greetings from Wales. I loved my Ladas and had a Niva and a 1500 Riva estate that was a poor person's Volvo. One local taxi firmhad a fleet of them and swore by them (not at them! lol), with many having very high mileages on them. My friend purchased one off the taxi frim that had almost 300,000 miles on the clock and was still a fairly good car, until a tree fell on it partially crushing the roof when he was driving it. Despite the Riva being a write off, he reckoned the strength of the car saved his life. Mind you, no cars had air bags back then and a modern car with them will help hugely if you do crash and want to survive. .
I had two and loved them. Half the price of a Ford Fiesta in 1977. If they would update them to be safe for UK roads I would have another tomorrow. Oh I would still want the cranking handle to start the car on cold mornings. Do like most car manufacturers and sling the spare. The weight reduction will make it go faster. Might get to 91 mph then.
I should add, my friend in University had a Lada back in the eighties, and sometimes I'd hitch a ride with her. The floor of the car was rusted out so bad (in Ontario in Canada, they put salt on the roads), that I would watch the pavement rush by under my feet, and she had duct tape to hold the bumpers on. But that sucker still ran, even though she rode the clutch way too much. She also couldn't afford decent snow tires in winter, and her summer tires were bald...so, that was fun.
When Ladas were first sold here around 1976, they seemed impressive. The salesman kicked the door to show how heavy the metal was, it had a driveshaft like a five-ton truck, a serious tool kit, and even a crank. Seemed like a tough practical little car. Then I drove it and found out it was really a tractor.
They used to be built like tanks, quality went down the drain many years ago. I bought a 2019, and it's appalling how bad it is. Yet still lovable, somehow. I'm calling mine Schrödinger due to the duality of feelings I have for it.
My cousin back home in Slovakia still has 34 years old Lada in red with metal trims and bumpers. Still runs great. I make fun of him but secretly like it.
@@darkwooddark8348не вводи людей в заблуждение,объем продаж не падает, стали меньше покупать европейских и японских авто, зато продажи китайских взлетели вверх,хотя они дороже российских!😮
For those Russians that don't know, many United States citizens have been conned into buying very expensive automobiles that they couldn't afford. It was a wide spread con job. Many United States citizens would kill to get out of their never ending sky high monthly payments and into an affordable reliable car!
I bought a manual Jeep Gladiator in 2020 for $32K. Even windows manual. Has air/heat, a radio, reverse camera. Bought mine in Louisville, Kentucky. But I agree the Lady Legend for $10K looked fine for basic transportation.
As opposed to someone sizing you up for denunciation to the FSB/KGB as a foreign agent lined up for life in Siberia , or, more likely these days, death in Ukraine.
@@normandduern2413I noticed the staff guy on his mobile phone immediately after Ivan spoke to him... was waiting for just that .. a couple of F-S-B guys to appear and arrest Ivan as a 'foreign agent'..😁
Here in Germany the Niva is mostly used by hunters, foresters, farmers and other people that need a light and small all wheel drive car for the forest or farmland. It's basically a secondary car to keep the primary car clean. Over the last years the Suzuki Jimny has become quite popular for this purpose.
Twenty years ago I owned a Lada Niva. The bloody thing could go anywhere, with the exception of swamp. It would sink down to its chassis and float. Apart from that, it was almost unstoppable. The Niva's biggest problems were the over-engineering (5 universal joins and a torsion donut. Separate 4WD transfer box to its gearbox) and really, really shit metallurgy. Everything was mild steel, with aluminum worked away in it. Bolts snapped, the floor cracked and had to be strengthened and welded, and universal joints, torsion donut and wheel bearings had to be replaced every 3 months. Even the Niva tires were shit and didn't last long! Had to use expensive Pirellis or Michellin. It was very expensive to maintain. The rule of thumb was, don't ever use genuine Niva parts. The cheaper knockoffs lasted longer and worked much better.
I once saw a niva that was hit by a Chevy Trailblazer on the back none of the children survived that were not on the back seats. That is why the niva is only used on non public roads in the forest where the crash speed is only 25 kmh or less..
Yeah, but now they have totally disappeared. Russians and Estonians have bought them all. I remember that at some point in the 70's it was the most sold car in Finland. Also the cheapest.
@@TheKentaurion Even if LADA was the most popular brand at one time, it was still only something like 20% of the total market, and the rest were Western brands (well maybe there were some Skodas as well). LADA was a poor man's car, and not particularly good even at that. It's like buying a $14.000 car from India today. Meh. (Not that you can, but if you could.)
Legendary Lada Niva, the only Russian car that was modern and competitive by its introduction (1977). I remember a test in a German car magazine (Auto, Motor und Sport) around 1980 with Mercedes G-class, Land Rover, VW Iltis and Toyota Land Cruiser. It reaches 3th place. The Niva was a big commercial success worldwide in the 80’s. Car was also sold in Canada, Australia and Japan.
@@marjieestivill very different. yogo was very small, front wheel drive, super simple and super-unreliable. lada niva was much more sturdy, 4 wheel drive.
I drive a truck from 1997 here in America and it's very basic. Very easy to fix, cheap parts, and the luxuries I have are air condition, power steering, and the radio. That's all I need. $10000 is cheap, you can't even get a halfway decent used car for that price here.
It's nice to look back. My parents actually drove a Schiguli 1200, later a Lada 1300 for 12 years, my brother drove it for another 2, then it was mine, sold it to two Russian soldiers for 2000 DM. I was telling them "you can geht a Volkswagen Golf for 500 DM, why the Lada?" They said that it looked phantastic for its age, almost no rust (my father was conserving the car since day 1) it's solid and they can get parts for it in Russia. Made sense. So I didn't really drive it myself, But that's history, it seems.
You crack me up, Ivan. I'm glad that you're able to make these videos and I hope that you don't get in too much trouble over them. My parents owned Ziguli when I was a 3 year old kid in socialist Czechoslovakia back in 1972. Amusing to see that these cars haven't changed all that much since then.
Interesting that you say how Lada stayed the same, when you consider how other parts of eastern Europe have catched up. The newest generation of Dacia cars for example look so much better than the Ladas shown here and I could get a new Dacia Sandero for just 11.000€ in Germany...
Ivan has perfected a new flavour of sarcasm that is so unique and addictive: came to this channel to laugh at Tucker - stayed because I just love Ivan The Magnificent & Evelina The Beautiful.
I think this every time I watch one of these videos - lots of suspicious eyes watching everywhere he goes; happily speaking English in the open. Big brother is everywhere.
He's relatively safe if he's in Moscow. Most of the cannon fodder comes from the poorer parts of Russia (basically anywhere that's not Moscow or St. Petersberg).
A few years ago in Canada, they sold tickets for a brand new Lada. It was parked on a lot beside a crane, and the winner of the lottery got to pull the lever that dropped a wrecking ball on it. True story.
Who would have thought Canadians were that rich? I met few of them on vacation in Croatia, most rude, stingy, always complaining and never satisfied not to mention never either fulfilled food wise costumers. Canadians are type of costumers that would take a chair to the Swedish table (buffet-style table) and then complain why everyone is molesting them and trying to eat their food.
I got in a taxi in Jamaica in 1989, driven by a fantastic Rastafarian called Homer, it was like getting in a taxi with Bob Marley. It was a Lada, he was so proud of it. I wonder if he is still driving it now. I had never seen anything like it in my life.
Thank you Ivan, that was fun and informative, I was considering whether to buy a Lada and you just cleared all my doubts 😂 cheers to Evelina and please don't get in trouble
Your command of the English language, intellect and character is stunning. A tragedy that people with your capability and good nature are trapped in the growing repression.
The greatest repression is in the West. I arrived in Russia in November 2020 after getting permission to leave Australia during the covid epidemic. That’s right, Australians weren’t allowed to leave. I have previously lived in many countries ( UK, China, Vietnam ). Russia isn’t oppressive by any means. Sorry to dispel the myths/ propaganda. I’ve lived in Russia for 4 years.
I had a lada night back in the 80's it was the nicest lada they had and something I could afford. It was great in winter it always started and never got stuck! Thanks
Had a yellow Lada way back in the 80s. I've never driven a car with a better heater. We didn't need airbags back then either. Everything could be fixed with a crow bar, a big hammer and the cars own toolkit. The hammer was used often especially to get the starter motor to unstick. That worked for years. I'd still have it now if a scrap yard hadn't made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I still have the hammer.
@@poopyfakeprophetmohammedra4337 ...wtf where are you, in dream land. 0.1 % of the populations owns 8 cylinder engined cars. Excessive for 100 % of applications.
Fantastic video! The sarcasm makes me giggle. It reminds me of going to see new cars in Western Europe and the US back in the late 1990's. The Ladas look the same, inside and out!
lol. That guy cracked me up he sounded afraid. Insane this is 2024. Love how you handled that situation. had a good laugh! CIA! I love the 1st LADA you showed the Blue one.
Thank you Ivan for this visit to Lada! Here in France, I would love to have a Lada Niva because I like its rudimentary side as well as the total absence of electronics.
Living in Montreal, there were quite a few Lada cars on the road from the late seventies to around 1990. A new 1980 Lada would set you back about $3500. Lada had to pull out of Canada because airbags had become mandatory for passenger cars, and Lada wasn't at that level of technology yet. My brother had purchased a new Niva 4x4 about 2 years before Lada had left Canada, and that thing was like a tractor with its lowest gear ratio selected for trails. It's off-road abilities would put Jeeps to shame accept for it spending a third of its life at the dealership undergoing repairs under warranty. My brother was extremely happy that he had purchased the extended warranty. Lol, and while it was still under warranty, he traded it in on a new Chevy Cobalt, which turned out to be an even bigger piece of crap.
a lada saved my life 40 years ago when i was a teenager because in those days the Lada steel was twice as thick as Europe cars (side swiped a lightpost at 70km even the windows were still ok but the right side looked like a steel accordeon if i was in any other car i would have been at least serious hurt i had nothing
I had a lada niva 2121 in 1980 in Colombia they have changed finally. They were slow but it never left me stranded. Very basic but going off road was great! I was 16 years old . It has been upgraded but it looks the same very basic which is good. Too bad it does not meet us entry. If they sold them here for 15000 I would buy one
better quality than the last week of car videos I've watched! I like the niva. LOVED the video though. you are a brave and excellent content creator. incredible
Ivan . I'm not telling you what to do but i think you are pressing your luck. . Please stay safe and get the heck out of there while you can . take care ivan
Keep in mind that the rest of russia gets between 250 to 500 dollars a month and a pension for retired people are 120 dollars and 200 dollars for those who reached 80 years old. So no cars for those, they dig dumpsters for food. It is all over youtube
Hello from the US Ivan. I have recently subscribed and enjoy your content very much. Love your sense of humor. I’m not so sure your government is crazy about it though. Anyway, I live in Vermont just 85 kilometers from the Canadian border. I would love to own a Lada 4 wheel drive with low range and manual transmission! Years ago I owned a 1984 Subaru/Daihatsu Justy 4 wheel drive with low range. It was a very small three door hatch powered by an inline 3 cylinder front mounted motor. I loved the car as it was so light that you could actually drive it on snowmobile trails in the wilderness. Or in very loose sand at the beach.
You should walk in a car dealer with dark glasses, a black trench coat and black fedora hat...that'll screw with their brains for sure. BTW, been watching your older videos going all the way back and getting caught up with all you've done. You've gone thru a lot my friend from what I've seen so far. You're run-for-the-boarder to get to Turkey a year ago was crazy. Stay safe, and keep sharing Russian life best you can safely. Highly recommend any new subscribers go and watch all Ivan's videos from the Oldest forward to see some great videos and click Like on them as you go, good stuff Boyz!
USA has a fucked up laws. Just like the one having to stop for a school bus. The little bastards must be really stupid,if they don't know that they don't supposed to cross the road when a car is coming. Only in the USA. 😂😂😂
I'm from the USA. I really enjoyed seeing the cars you have. I laughed a lot when he said the comment about the driver going down with the car like a captain goes down with his ship! Really really funny stuff!!! I enjoy seeing how the Russian people live and what they have available to them and what daily life looks like.
There are still around 200 early Lada Nivas,( Turists, Cossacks and Taigas) registered in New Zealand, (sold here in the 1980s and 1990s) and a good one can still sell for NZD $14,000. Still a good little off roader, and have a good following. Body based on a Fiat 127 originally (hoods still have the upper headlight cutout where the Niva indicators are now. We also had the Samara and 2105s, (1600cc) - Lada agent was the NZ Dairy Board who were paid for fertilizer, meat and dairy exports to Russia in the 80s, mainly with Ladas, vodka and Belarus tractors.!
I think the Niva was mechanically a Fiat 124/Ziguli (modified by VAZ in a 4x4) as you can see in the video: longitudinal engine. The frame was derived from neither 124 or 127 but specifically developed by VAZ. It was the first unibody 4x4 car to enter mass production. Other mechanical parts and the initial 1.5 engines were sourced from Fiat 125, a slightly bigger and heavier car than the 124. Notice that 125s manufactured in East Europe had the much older 1.5 Fiat engine, not the fancy DOHC powerful units that moved 125 (Italian production) , 132 and other Fiat cars later. Styling was clearly influenced by Fiat 127. My boss had a Niva in '98 (used it to travel around his land in the Alps) and I clearly remember it was fun and noisy. Also the car was not designed with fuel economy in mind, but surely it could climb.
Hi Sandro, I owned a Fiat i27, and to me , some of the body parts were identical, such as the bonnet, front screen, door tops, back top 1/4 panels and tailgate, (like the 127 hatch) but most with extensions added on to lengthen or deepen them. If you put a 127 and a Niva side by side, you will see what I mean. I always thought that they had obtained old moulds from Fiat and modified them to suit the Niva design , but with a new frame for the longitudinal engine layout. Also the forward opening bonnet and spare wheel placement was the same. They looked too close to be a coincidence. If you look up the Vaz -1101(which never went into production) you will see that the 127 was then used as a base for the Niva. .@@sandrodunatov485
@@jrbaeronz9840yep I perfectly understand what you mean, 124 - Ziguli were for the time a very conservative 'failsafe' design. Yet the Niva is in all practicalities a 124. Aesthetically, VAZ made all possible effort to differentiate it from the 'established' 124, taking obviously all possible influences/clues from much more fancy 127 but also 128 and others, which were the 'way of the future'. But these obviously had front MacPherson suspensions and independent rear wheels (an instant canon for mid-sized cars, adopted by everybody else, VW Golf first) , but not a wise choice for a rough 4x4 car, and rightfully VAZ had clear and different plans. Under the bonnet and the frame, all cries 124. The gearbox is very similar, the engine almost identical, gear shift lever in same position, also in the drive seat you are clearly in a 124 not in a 127. The 128 and the subsequent 127 (128 came first) famously btw had an asymmetrical driving wheel, Niva's was perfectly straight and centered like the 124 (longitudinal engine, thus no such problem).
Still a popular car here for 4x4 clubs, but hard to find now. Two for sale here at the moment,- one for NZD $6000 (1998 not registered) and another for NZD $50,000 (1999 registered, but a silly price he will never get) has some rust as well@@sandrodunatov485
So COOOL!!! No Joke, that Baby is set up already with a lift kit and ready for beefy wheels and mud tires! Put on a massive front pusher bumper, not too wild, and I love they kept the spare under the hood, out of the way, NO JOKING. the smart manufacturers figured that location years ago!
I had Lada Niva this thing was indestructible you can laugh but years later brought a Range Rover which was a big mistake. Now proud owner of Toyota Hilux. My brother had a Trabant and later on Skoda...happy times.
My sister's ex boyfriend had a Lada here in Canada in the 90's. What I remember was that it would start perfectly in Winter every time, even when it was -35 Celsius. Unfortunately in Summer the engine would catch fire.
Yes indeed, I saw one around 1985 in Edmonton, Alberta downtown, with blackened windows, it had clearly caught fire. That was summer. Edmonton had I think, three dealerships for Lada.
I owned a white Lada 1200 in 1983. A year after I bought it a London double decker bus rear-ended it in the Waterloo Road. There were some minor dents in the rear and on the bumper, but the whole front of the bus beneath the driver's cab and the grill collapsed and fell into the road. It was built like a tank and I loved it.
Every single video I see from your channel, you just amaze me brother…… Sarcasm to the extreme but gently delivered! Freaking amazing…… “get a coffee, while you get a 60 year loan”…. Dude, you’re the best!! How does this channel not in the millions of subs…. Seriously…..😅😅😅😅😅❤
I remember seeing a few Lada Niva’s and a couple Yugo’s in Canada. Even at 10 years old in 1989, I intuitively knew that they weren’t a very quality ride.
I remember almost buying a Niva in 1990 in Canada The price was around $7800.00 bought a new 3/4 ton suburban in 92 cost $26000. Three times the truck three times the price. Those Ladas would sell like hotcakes in Canada at that price.
@@mambicubano7303 sure buddy haha not even russians are driving these craps if they have means to purchase better european or american car... even ivan is driving american chevy if not mistaken
Props to you for being able to keep your composure while that guy stands there with his arms folded next to you, asking you why you're recording in English. I love your response bro, that was hilarious. I probably would've just started swinging on the dude 🤺because that's what we do here in America 😂😂😂
Looks like they are using the Renault/Nissan engines that were produced in Renault's factory on basically everything , 1.6l with 16 valves. If you change the oil regularly it's actually quite a good engine
Нет свои двигатели ВАЗ 8 и 16 клапанные , они более неприхотливые при минимальном обслуживании,чем реновские, и ходят 250.000-450.000 без особых проблем.
Lada's weren't bad cars. They worked rain or shine until they broke down. And then it was easy to fix yourself. You did not need to be an expert mechanic to fix them. So if the point is to get from point A to point B then not a bad choice.
The dry humor is pure gold! 🤣 "In a car crash the spare tire will fly straight into your face with the steering column. Very very nice." 🤣 You've got balls talking smack like that in a dealership! Keep up the good work!
I burst out laughing when you told the car dealer guy, "We're trying to find out who stole the air bags". Hahaha
Same
@@tednugent8200 Putin took the air out of the Russians
Haha wait no that's just stupid
Loved that "no airbags,driver is supposed to go down like ships captains" 😂
Needs airbags and to be crash worthy. For $10,000, doesn't need much else, except reliability.
@@VicariousAdventurer Airbags were designed to save drunk drivers. Normal drivers never need airbags!
@@sagradamoly4234 Well, you have to be drunk to own one.😊
I must admit I do like these cars & the price is great compared to here in Toronto Canada. I would get the Vesta sport if it were an Auto trans, but none of them had auto, I wonder if it's even available?
Its weird they don't buy airbags from China
Airbags don't do anything if you have a seatbelt on. They were meant for idiots not wearing the seatbelt.
Love the humor and sarcasm, very entertaining.
Wasn't quite sure he was presenting or making fun of the cars.
I hope that our friend Vladimir doesn't feel that you're dissing the iconic Russian ride!😊
And in an accident the wheel and the steering wheel are thrown into you, very nice 😂
It is because of his Ukrainian accent...
This guy is absolutely hilarious. He needs his own TV show. Russian top gear
Perhaps you could do something with Low-Buck.
He is clearly Ukrainian
“I’m a spy , we’re stealing technology “ … I’m subscribing lol
"The CIA sent me to steal Ruzzian technologies!"
That cracked me up! 😂😂
Missed the opportunity to continue "Soon the western companies will be pumping out clones like crazy and then they will take over the market, muahahahaa!" 😃
As soon as he said all that, next scene both those dudes were on the phone lol 😮..
He said exactly the same thing when questioned by a member of staff while visiting and filming a UAZ car dealer (video of 5 days ago). LOL!
Imust agree this guy IS funny!!
It cracked you up because the most inept person they could send to steal Russian car tech would be Ivan, or is it just laughable that the CIA would want to steal the design of a vehicle that could have been designed in the same year as the first Russian Revolution in 1918?
Discrediting russian car industry is illegal
You don't need airbags when your spare wheel flies into your face in an accident. The wheel has air.
Ridiculous how the traitor Ivan promotes the degradation of his own country.
Ivan is traitor
@@Alastair_Adanahow is a Traitor?
He lives in a “free” country with “rights”
Ofc he can say what he wants😂
😂😂😂😂👍
Airwheel
I always thought Porsche was my dream car, but after seeing this video, it's definitely a Lada.
LMAO
A Lada Merican beer cans and a Lada crap !
Great interest rate too! What interest the most is the interest. Not the engine lmao. Interested in what percentage of buyers finance a 10K death trap @ 20% interest? Things are going well in Lada land /s
So go get a nice Fiat then
The Lada's fro the 80's were like drivin a porche@@bambinaforever1402
I would love one of those Lada Nivas , simple built with 5 speed manual transmission. Bet it can outlast any modern western car nowadays. full of electronics and computer chips . Those ladas are made for snowy roads in Russia .
Greetings from Wales. I loved my Ladas and had a Niva and a 1500 Riva estate that was a poor person's Volvo. One local taxi firmhad a fleet of them and swore by them (not at them! lol), with many having very high mileages on them. My friend purchased one off the taxi frim that had almost 300,000 miles on the clock and was still a fairly good car, until a tree fell on it partially crushing the roof when he was driving it. Despite the Riva being a write off, he reckoned the strength of the car saved his life. Mind you, no cars had air bags back then and a modern car with them will help hugely if you do crash and want to survive. .
Odometer on old ladas goes up to 100 000 km max. After that they're new again!
Any manufacturer which ignores the technology development are all left behind in long run. Same has happened to Lada
Western market bound Soviet cars used to have more stringent quality control.
This lada niva is bulletproof, it last forever. This car will outlast Ivan himself. In Malaysia, this car is very much respected among 4X4 enthusiasts
I had two and loved them. Half the price of a Ford Fiesta in 1977. If they would update them to be safe for UK roads I would have another tomorrow. Oh I would still want the cranking handle to start the car on cold mornings. Do like most car manufacturers and sling the spare. The weight reduction will make it go faster. Might get to 91 mph then.
Ah, the sarcasm force is strong with this one. Love it, good job!
I should add, my friend in University had a Lada back in the eighties, and sometimes I'd hitch a ride with her. The floor of the car was rusted out so bad (in Ontario in Canada, they put salt on the roads), that I would watch the pavement rush by under my feet, and she had duct tape to hold the bumpers on. But that sucker still ran, even though she rode the clutch way too much. She also couldn't afford decent snow tires in winter, and her summer tires were bald...so, that was fun.
When Ladas were first sold here around 1976, they seemed impressive. The salesman kicked the door to show how heavy the metal was, it had a driveshaft like a five-ton truck, a serious tool kit, and even a crank. Seemed like a tough practical little car. Then I drove it and found out it was really a tractor.
Omg! Right! My grandpa had one on our ranch in Arkansas. I learned to drive it when I was 9! 😂
They used to be built like tanks, quality went down the drain many years ago. I bought a 2019, and it's appalling how bad it is. Yet still lovable, somehow. I'm calling mine Schrödinger due to the duality of feelings I have for it.
I actually bought one for 5000. I managed to hit 120kmh.. she was a gas hog though
Can you bring some to canada😊?
Always answer "Im a spy man what do you think lol"
My cousin back home in Slovakia still has 34 years old Lada in red with metal trims and bumpers. Still runs great. I make fun of him but secretly like it.
So he has modern Lada.
He probably keeps it in garage and never drives it in the rain, otherwise it would be all rusted and falling apart
@bambinaforever1402 He can't have it in the rain, he doesn't have good shoes he can use whilst he pushes in the rain.
Must be nice to use 2024 Lada parts for his 34 year old one.
Pretty soon all of us in the usa will be looking to buy Ladas...itll be all we can afford
Мы в России теперь даже свои машины не модем себе позволить...
@@darkwooddark8348не вводи людей в заблуждение,объем продаж не падает, стали меньше покупать европейских и японских авто, зато продажи китайских взлетели вверх,хотя они дороже российских!😮
Except the new tariffs will increase the price by at least 20%...
For those Russians that don't know, many United States citizens have been conned into buying very expensive automobiles that they couldn't afford. It was a wide spread con job. Many United States citizens would kill to get out of their never ending sky high monthly payments and into an affordable reliable car!
Absolutely not!! These things are junk! We can afford to buy used Tahoes and Suburbans just not the fuel ⛽️ 🇺🇸
I bought a manual Jeep Gladiator in 2020 for $32K. Even windows manual. Has air/heat, a radio, reverse camera. Bought mine in Louisville, Kentucky. But I agree the Lady Legend for $10K looked fine for basic transportation.
That Lada will be going long after the Jeep
@@fuzzbox3912 fiat engine in the lada, both made by stellantis
In the US showroom the sales people would be immediately asking how you want to pay and following you all over the show room.
Land sharks 🦈
Ya there’s no way anyone in the US is pulling anything like this without a talking suit in their face.
As opposed to someone sizing you up for denunciation to the FSB/KGB as a foreign agent lined up for life in Siberia , or, more likely these days, death in Ukraine.
@@normandduern2413I noticed the staff guy on his mobile phone immediately after Ivan spoke to him... was waiting for just that .. a couple of F-S-B guys to appear and arrest Ivan as a 'foreign agent'..😁
@@shooster5884 Worrying.
You're probably the best car salesman I've seen in a long time
Here in Germany the Niva is mostly used by hunters, foresters, farmers and other people that need a light and small all wheel drive car for the forest or farmland. It's basically a secondary car to keep the primary car clean. Over the last years the Suzuki Jimny has become quite popular for this purpose.
Probably dacia duster too
@@aivisabeleYep
Twenty years ago I owned a Lada Niva.
The bloody thing could go anywhere, with the exception of swamp. It would sink down to its chassis and float. Apart from that, it was almost unstoppable.
The Niva's biggest problems were the over-engineering (5 universal joins and a torsion donut. Separate 4WD transfer box to its gearbox) and really, really shit metallurgy.
Everything was mild steel, with aluminum worked away in it.
Bolts snapped, the floor cracked and had to be strengthened and welded, and universal joints, torsion donut and wheel bearings had to be replaced every 3 months.
Even the Niva tires were shit and didn't last long! Had to use expensive Pirellis or Michellin.
It was very expensive to maintain.
The rule of thumb was, don't ever use genuine Niva parts. The cheaper knockoffs lasted longer and worked much better.
Here in Russia the Niva is mostly used by idiots. If you grouwn up dumb - you have to pay.
I once saw a niva that was hit by a Chevy Trailblazer on the back none of the children survived that were not on the back seats. That is why the niva is only used on non public roads in the forest where the crash speed is only 25 kmh or less..
That little Lada four wheel drive for 10k is great. You could sell a ton of them here in the US for that price.
This was one of your best videos. I like the history and your candid statements. Plus you had some funny moments with the Lada personnel.
Greetings from Finland, I've had many Lada's and they do what a cheap car should do, get you from A to place B, warm and cheap to maintain👍🏼
the legend is so cool! for 10K damn!
@@Nyx_88888 Agree 👍🏼
Yeah, but now they have totally disappeared. Russians and Estonians have bought them all. I remember that at some point in the 70's it was the most sold car in Finland. Also the cheapest.
Juu, mullakin oli mosse aikoinaan. Lada oli ylesin etenkin itä-suomessa kun huonot tiet ja helppo hulyaa.
@@TheKentaurion Even if LADA was the most popular brand at one time, it was still only something like 20% of the total market, and the rest were Western brands (well maybe there were some Skodas as well). LADA was a poor man's car, and not particularly good even at that. It's like buying a $14.000 car from India today. Meh. (Not that you can, but if you could.)
Legendary Lada Niva, the only Russian car that was modern and competitive by its introduction (1977). I remember a test in a German car magazine (Auto, Motor und Sport) around 1980 with Mercedes G-class, Land Rover, VW Iltis and Toyota Land Cruiser. It reaches 3th place. The Niva was a big commercial success worldwide in the 80’s. Car was also sold in Canada, Australia and Japan.
😂😂😂 it is still being made. You should get one. The icon really😂😂😂
By the way VW Iltis was especially build for the Bundeswehr...🤓🤣🤣🤣
The basic Lada Niva reminds me of the Yugo I had so long ago.
@@marjieestivill very different. yogo was very small, front wheel drive, super simple and super-unreliable. lada niva was much more sturdy, 4 wheel drive.
"Big commercial success" in this context means, that you *could* sell it. The market shares in the mentioned countries were like nothing...
Great video. It's funny and informative at the same time. Keep it up
I drive a truck from 1997 here in America and it's very basic. Very easy to fix, cheap parts, and the luxuries I have are air condition, power steering, and the radio. That's all I need. $10000 is cheap, you can't even get a halfway decent used car for that price here.
This video was awesome, I loved the sarcasm and could not stop laughing!!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I love you Eastern Europeans lol you guys have a sense of humor not many american understand lol
Owner asks his mechanic: "Can I get a windscreen-wiper for my Lada?" The mechanic replies: "That sounds like a fair swap.".
why do Ladas have heated rear window? To keep your hands warm when pushing them.
what do you call a Lada with a sunroof? a rubbish skip......
That’s a yugo joke lol
Cool history!
Thanks!
It's nice to look back.
My parents actually drove a Schiguli 1200, later a Lada 1300 for 12 years, my brother drove it for another 2, then it was mine, sold it to two Russian soldiers for 2000 DM. I was telling them "you can geht a Volkswagen Golf for 500 DM, why the Lada?" They said that it looked phantastic for its age, almost no rust (my father was conserving the car since day 1) it's solid and they can get parts for it in Russia. Made sense. So I didn't really drive it myself,
But that's history, it seems.
6:20 The CIA thanks you for this top secret information about Lada cars!
I hope that one day the decadent and corrupt West will be able to produce such an advanced vehicle.
@@adamsnook9542 They even had to steal "Tesla" name from brotherly Serbs!
You crack me up, Ivan. I'm glad that you're able to make these videos and I hope that you don't get in too much trouble over them. My parents owned Ziguli when I was a 3 year old kid in socialist Czechoslovakia back in 1972. Amusing to see that these cars haven't changed all that much since then.
Neither has the Jawa 350 two stroke!
i remember making friends with another ten year old who escaped Czechoslovakia around 1979
Interesting that you say how Lada stayed the same, when you consider how other parts of eastern Europe have catched up. The newest generation of Dacia cars for example look so much better than the Ladas shown here and I could get a new Dacia Sandero for just 11.000€ in Germany...
IVAN I FIGURED IT OUT YOU ARE THE RUSSIAN JAY LENO YOUR A LEGEND
Dude,I almost lost my coffee thru my nose when you told that guy you were a spy stealing technologies! Love the sarcasm..
Ivan has perfected a new flavour of sarcasm that is so unique and addictive: came to this channel to laugh at Tucker - stayed because I just love Ivan The Magnificent & Evelina The Beautiful.
Careful, don't get conscripted...
Who says that?
I think this every time I watch one of these videos - lots of suspicious eyes watching everywhere he goes; happily speaking English in the open. Big brother is everywhere.
You could do a great car show…you have a real passion for it?😊
Think you best stop. At some point its not funny😮
He's relatively safe if he's in Moscow. Most of the cannon fodder comes from the poorer parts of Russia (basically anywhere that's not Moscow or St. Petersberg).
A few years ago in Canada, they sold tickets for a brand new Lada. It was parked on a lot beside a crane, and the winner of the lottery got to pull the lever that dropped a wrecking ball on it. True story.
thats just hilarious
😂 👍🇨🇦
Yaroslav Hunka pulled the lever!
Who would have thought Canadians were that rich? I met few of them on vacation in Croatia, most rude, stingy, always complaining and never satisfied not to mention never either fulfilled food wise costumers. Canadians are type of costumers that would take a chair to the Swedish table (buffet-style table) and then complain why everyone is molesting them and trying to eat their food.
Did the wrecking ball break? Or did the LADA go up in a puff of smoke(like the T series tanks?
Tucker Carlson would love this. Especially historical reference.
Depends on donation received by Trucker.
If a Lada had a little penis, Tucker would suck it on camera and be like, "we don't have anything like this in america!"
Tucker loves everything Russian, especially Putin's pickle. He lives under his desk, too.
Alternatively, across the border it’s 10% for the big guy.
Ha ha, your exchange with that man at the Lada dealership, "I'm a CIA spy", you've won my subscription! You are gutsy!
,me too!
I got in a taxi in Jamaica in 1989, driven by a fantastic Rastafarian called Homer, it was like getting in a taxi with Bob Marley. It was a Lada, he was so proud of it. I wonder if he is still driving it now. I had never seen anything like it in my life.
I have a soft spot in my heart for Ladas since seeing the TV show Top Gear
Thank you Ivan, that was fun and informative, I was considering whether to buy a Lada and you just cleared all my doubts 😂 cheers to Evelina and please don't get in trouble
Your command of the English language, intellect and character is stunning. A tragedy that people with your capability and good nature are trapped in the growing repression.
If Kamala wins, Ivan will be way more free than us in the US.
The greatest repression is in the West. I arrived in Russia in November 2020 after getting permission to leave Australia during the covid epidemic. That’s right, Australians weren’t allowed to leave. I have previously lived in many countries ( UK, China, Vietnam ). Russia isn’t oppressive by any means. Sorry to dispel the myths/ propaganda. I’ve lived in Russia for 4 years.
20% interest rate is crazy
They've had to increase interest rates to control inflation because of the sanctions. The economy is hanging by a thread.
For no airbags. Holy shit lol.
I get upset about the 7.99% I’m paying now! 😲
It is a direct reflection of the currency health. Imagine Argentina currency and what interest rate would be
why do you need an interest rate if the price of a new car is equal to the average salary for 8-10 months?
I had a lada night back in the 80's it was the nicest lada they had and something I could afford. It was great in winter it always started and never got stuck! Thanks
Nivas were big in the UK in the 80s/90s. It's brilliant that Lada still make 'em. If it wasn't for the current issues, they'd sell over here.
Older guys like me can appreciate the LADA. Thanks for the video
Had a yellow Lada way back in the 80s. I've never driven a car with a better heater. We didn't need airbags back then either. Everything could be fixed with a crow bar, a big hammer and the cars own toolkit. The hammer was used often especially to get the starter motor to unstick. That worked for years. I'd still have it now if a scrap yard hadn't made me an offer I couldn't refuse. I still have the hammer.
I worked valet and any v8 has a amazing heater the bigger the engine the better the heater
@@poopyfakeprophetmohammedra4337 ??????
@@poopyfakeprophetmohammedra4337 V8's were not available to the general population in the USSR. Lada's heater was made for Russian winters.
@@poopyfakeprophetmohammedra4337 ...wtf where are you, in dream land. 0.1 % of the populations owns 8 cylinder engined cars. Excessive for 100 % of applications.
Pure bullshit. We had Lada 06 model and it was a pos - we got Grand Cheerokee in 1995 and difference was capitalism and communism lol
Fantastic video! The sarcasm makes me giggle. It reminds me of going to see new cars in Western Europe and the US back in the late 1990's. The Ladas look the same, inside and out!
You're great. I loved the comedy! 😂
The video is epic! Trolling Lada right in the dealership! Brilliant!
45 years ago in Canada, we had a few Lada dealer. A coworker had one and it looked identical to the white one. LOL
The original Niva had horizontal taillights. It actually looked better. But limited trunk access.
I test drove a Lada Niva in Kamloops about 35 years ago. The dealer didn't last long. The stick shift was so far away from the seat!!!!
QUOTE OF THE DAY!😂 10:41 Who needs airbags... You go down with your car like the ship with its captain 😂😂
Love ❤️ your channel! You are such a smartaz! Love ❤️ from Texas!
That's got to be the best car commentary I've heard in quite a while.
The black lada looks like a mix of jeep liberty in the rear and Toyota tab 4 in the front. Pretty cool. 😎
lol. That guy cracked me up he sounded afraid. Insane this is 2024. Love how you handled that situation. had a good laugh! CIA! I love the 1st LADA you showed the Blue one.
Entertaining thanks Ivan, yes we here in New Zealand use to get Ladas and Belarus tractors for exchange for our dairy products.
I remember that. They couldn't afford our produce so they gave us Ladas. There are very few still around. Two of my friends had them.
Thank you Ivan for this visit to Lada! Here in France, I would love to have a Lada Niva because I like its rudimentary side as well as the total absence of electronics.
Why not an old Renault - much cheaper and 1000 more reliable.
A Lada would probably still totally function after a nuclear-bomb caused EMP. And then fail for completely other reasons.
y’en a plein sur leboncoin
This dude sense of humor is freaking awesome!
I love this guy. I laughed at the comment about the gloves, to push the Lada in the winter.
I want a Lada Niva, probably not to drive on a highway but to cruise to the store and chat up the old timers and see if they recognize the car haha.
Living in Montreal, there were quite a few Lada cars on the road from the late seventies to around 1990. A new 1980 Lada would set you back about $3500. Lada had to pull out of Canada because airbags had become mandatory for passenger cars, and Lada wasn't at that level of technology yet. My brother had purchased a new Niva 4x4 about 2 years before Lada had left Canada, and that thing was like a tractor with its lowest gear ratio selected for trails. It's off-road abilities would put Jeeps to shame accept for it spending a third of its life at the dealership undergoing repairs under warranty. My brother was extremely happy that he had purchased the extended warranty. Lol, and while it was still under warranty, he traded it in on a new Chevy Cobalt, which turned out to be an even bigger piece of crap.
@@suzannetisseur2872and its a typical deerhunter car in europe !
a lada saved my life 40 years ago when i was a teenager because in those days the Lada steel was twice as thick as Europe cars (side swiped a lightpost at 70km even the windows were still ok but the right side looked like a steel accordeon if i was in any other car i would have been at least serious hurt i had nothing
My favorite part was the logo sticker popping off. Quality!
I had a lada niva 2121 in 1980 in Colombia they have changed finally. They were slow but it never left me stranded. Very basic but going off road was great! I was 16 years old . It has been upgraded but it looks the same very basic which is good. Too bad it does not meet us entry. If they sold them here for 15000 I would buy one
better quality than the last week of car videos I've watched! I like the niva. LOVED the video though. you are a brave and excellent content creator.
incredible
Ivan . I'm not telling you what to do but i think you are pressing your luck. . Please stay safe and get the heck out of there while you can . take care ivan
Uninformed comment. Russians love to take the piss out of Ladas. My Russian wife won’t be seen dead in one and she voted for you know who))
Fascinating to learn what Russian citizens consider "affordable".
Keep in mind that the rest of russia gets between 250 to 500 dollars a month and a pension for retired people are 120 dollars and 200 dollars for those who reached 80 years old. So no cars for those, they dig dumpsters for food. It is all over youtube
@@bambinaforever1402yes. But prices are 50-100% lower than in the west.
@@zeljkomikulicic4378 and you dont get airbags.
"100% lower than in the west." So these cars are free? Learn mathematics.
@@nigelsenchez my car doesn't have airbag. Actually have but doesn't work. Same thing.
Hello from the US Ivan. I have recently subscribed and enjoy your content very much. Love your sense of humor. I’m not so sure your government is crazy about it though. Anyway, I live in Vermont just 85 kilometers from the Canadian border. I would love to own a Lada 4 wheel drive with low range and manual transmission! Years ago I owned a 1984 Subaru/Daihatsu Justy 4 wheel drive with low range. It was a very small three door hatch powered by an inline 3 cylinder front mounted motor. I loved the car as it was so light that you could actually drive it on snowmobile trails in the wilderness. Or in very loose sand at the beach.
You should walk in a car dealer with dark glasses, a black trench coat and black fedora hat...that'll screw with their brains for sure. BTW, been watching your older videos going all the way back and getting caught up with all you've done. You've gone thru a lot my friend from what I've seen so far. You're run-for-the-boarder to get to Turkey a year ago was crazy. Stay safe, and keep sharing Russian life best you can safely. Highly recommend any new subscribers go and watch all Ivan's videos from the Oldest forward to see some great videos and click Like on them as you go, good stuff Boyz!
Well done, Ivan. Thanks so much for showing us around a Lada showroom.
Your sense of humor keeps you safe. Stay charged!
In America, I don't think manufacturers can even sell a car without an airbag for the driver.
I think it is the law in North America
USA has a fucked up laws. Just like the one having to stop for a school bus. The little bastards must be really stupid,if they don't know that they don't supposed to cross the road when a car is coming. Only in the USA. 😂😂😂
@@J-1410 And everywhere in W. Europe.
Airbags are required by law to protect drunk drivers who refuse to use seat-belts. That's why they're called "Supplemental" restraints.
@@sagradamoly4234That is not the reason
I'm from the USA. I really enjoyed seeing the cars you have. I laughed a lot when he said the comment about the driver going down with the car like a captain goes down with his ship! Really really funny stuff!!! I enjoy seeing how the Russian people live and what they have available to them and what daily life looks like.
move from the USA to Russia. there you will quickly take off your rose-colored glasses
U Rusiji možeš vidjeti više Ford ova Mustang, Chevroleta Camaro
Greetings from Gahanna, Ohio in The U.S. Seeing your videos for the very first time. Love it. And absolutely hilarious. Now a new subscriber.
Fantastic Video Brother. Really well presented. . . so funny
So many people watching. Please press the like button.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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Ivan, you did a great job with this video. Sarcasm all over, relaxed, you're right up there with Jeremy Clarkson in my mind.
There are still around 200 early Lada Nivas,( Turists, Cossacks and Taigas) registered in New Zealand, (sold here in the 1980s and 1990s) and a good one can still sell for NZD $14,000. Still a good little off roader, and have a good following. Body based on a Fiat 127 originally (hoods still have the upper headlight cutout where the Niva indicators are now. We also had the Samara and 2105s, (1600cc) - Lada agent was the NZ Dairy Board who were paid for fertilizer, meat and dairy exports to Russia in the 80s, mainly with Ladas, vodka and Belarus tractors.!
I think the Niva was mechanically a Fiat 124/Ziguli (modified by VAZ in a 4x4) as you can see in the video: longitudinal engine. The frame was derived from neither 124 or 127 but specifically developed by VAZ. It was the first unibody 4x4 car to enter mass production. Other mechanical parts and the initial 1.5 engines were sourced from Fiat 125, a slightly bigger and heavier car than the 124. Notice that 125s manufactured in East Europe had the much older 1.5 Fiat engine, not the fancy DOHC powerful units that moved 125 (Italian production) , 132 and other Fiat cars later. Styling was clearly influenced by Fiat 127. My boss had a Niva in '98 (used it to travel around his land in the Alps) and I clearly remember it was fun and noisy. Also the car was not designed with fuel economy in mind, but surely it could climb.
Hi Sandro, I owned a Fiat i27, and to me , some of the body parts were identical, such as the bonnet, front screen, door tops, back top 1/4 panels and tailgate, (like the 127 hatch) but most with extensions added on to lengthen or deepen them. If you put a 127 and a Niva side by side, you will see what I mean. I always thought that they had obtained old moulds from Fiat and modified them to suit the Niva design , but with a new frame for the longitudinal engine layout. Also the forward opening bonnet and spare wheel placement was the same. They looked too close to be a coincidence. If you look up the Vaz -1101(which never went into production) you will see that the 127 was then used as a base for the Niva. .@@sandrodunatov485
@@jrbaeronz9840yep I perfectly understand what you mean, 124 - Ziguli were for the time a very conservative 'failsafe' design. Yet the Niva is in all practicalities a 124. Aesthetically, VAZ made all possible effort to differentiate it from the 'established' 124, taking obviously all possible influences/clues from much more fancy 127 but also 128 and others, which were the 'way of the future'. But these obviously had front MacPherson suspensions and independent rear wheels (an instant canon for mid-sized cars, adopted by everybody else, VW Golf first) , but not a wise choice for a rough 4x4 car, and rightfully VAZ had clear and different plans. Under the bonnet and the frame, all cries 124. The gearbox is very similar, the engine almost identical, gear shift lever in same position, also in the drive seat you are clearly in a 124 not in a 127. The 128 and the subsequent 127 (128 came first) famously btw had an asymmetrical driving wheel, Niva's was perfectly straight and centered like the 124 (longitudinal engine, thus no such problem).
Still a popular car here for 4x4 clubs, but hard to find now. Two for sale here at the moment,- one for NZD $6000 (1998 not registered) and another for NZD $50,000 (1999 registered, but a silly price he will never get) has some rust as well@@sandrodunatov485
My uncle bought a brand new Lada years ago, i love the look of them
So COOOL!!! No Joke, that Baby is set up already with a lift kit and ready for beefy wheels and mud tires! Put on a massive front pusher bumper, not too wild, and I love they kept the spare under the hood, out of the way, NO JOKING. the smart manufacturers figured that location years ago!
I had Lada Niva this thing was indestructible you can laugh but years later brought a Range Rover which was a big mistake. Now proud owner of Toyota Hilux.
My brother had a Trabant and later on Skoda...happy times.
for someone who has worked at multiple dealers in the us this dealer looks very nice especially for being Lada
My sister's ex boyfriend had a Lada here in Canada in the 90's. What I remember was that it would start perfectly in Winter every time, even when it was -35 Celsius.
Unfortunately in Summer the engine would catch fire.
Yes indeed, I saw one around 1985 in Edmonton, Alberta downtown, with blackened windows, it had clearly caught fire. That was summer. Edmonton had I think, three dealerships for Lada.
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I owned a white Lada 1200 in 1983. A year after I bought it a London double decker bus rear-ended it in the Waterloo Road. There were some minor dents in the rear and on the bumper, but the whole front of the bus beneath the driver's cab and the grill collapsed and fell into the road. It was built like a tank and I loved it.
Every single video I see from your channel, you just amaze me brother…… Sarcasm to the extreme but gently delivered! Freaking amazing…… “get a coffee, while you get a 60 year loan”…. Dude, you’re the best!! How does this channel not in the millions of subs…. Seriously…..😅😅😅😅😅❤
I remember seeing a few Lada Niva’s and a couple Yugo’s in Canada. Even at 10 years old in 1989, I intuitively knew that they weren’t a very quality ride.
"Trying to find out who stole the air bags" 😂😂😂
I remember almost buying a Niva in 1990 in Canada The price was around $7800.00 bought a new 3/4 ton suburban in 92 cost $26000. Three times the truck three times the price. Those Ladas would sell like hotcakes in Canada at that price.
I would buy one in the US. Would be great for the desert.
First time on you're channel, Fairly funny for a Russian
Dude, these are the best cars you will find, in Cuba today they still travel the roads like the first day and we adore them.
If it is reliable, why not!
@@awpetersen5909eh airbags sound nice.
you adore them because you got nothing better lol
@@depletedisotopeNo no my friend, it's not like that, in Cuba you find whatever you want, but we feel identified with the Ladas, UAZ and others.
@@mambicubano7303 sure buddy haha
not even russians are driving these craps if they have means to purchase better european or american car... even ivan is driving american chevy if not mistaken
Props to you for being able to keep your composure while that guy stands there with his arms folded next to you, asking you why you're recording in English. I love your response bro, that was hilarious. I probably would've just started swinging on the dude 🤺because that's what we do here in America 😂😂😂
Looks like they are using the Renault/Nissan engines that were produced in Renault's factory on basically everything , 1.6l with 16 valves. If you change the oil regularly it's actually quite a good engine
Нет свои двигатели ВАЗ 8 и 16 клапанные , они более неприхотливые при минимальном обслуживании,чем реновские, и ходят 250.000-450.000 без особых проблем.
This is very interesting video. Thanks watching from Washington, D.C.
This is great man !…. Best episode! So funny ! Humor level 1000🎉
I liked how you told that guy you were a spy lol
lol wasn't lying
@@SanctionedIvan CIA confirmed
I did not realize you were still in Russia. Big balls on you brother..
Lada's weren't bad cars. They worked rain or shine until they broke down. And then it was easy to fix yourself. You did not need to be an expert mechanic to fix them. So if the point is to get from point A to point B then not a bad choice.
The dry humor is pure gold! 🤣 "In a car crash the spare tire will fly straight into your face with the steering column. Very very nice." 🤣 You've got balls talking smack like that in a dealership! Keep up the good work!
Loved your video! Also cool was the KIA dealership next door. That's the car that I currently drive. -Carey from Michigan
Oh shit you are on fire in this one! Go down with your car made me spit up beer!