Verve 1st Gear December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 Wonder why no one brought in the ladas THey may be dated, but solidly built cars with simple engines, may have been a good proposition for a cheap opc with minimal maintenance IMHO still better than the china cars The Lada Nivas were well commended for its robustness and off road ability - able to withstand punishment I also find that the ladas have a some what muscular appeal to their design - poor man's range rover defender perhaps Also remembered a friend having a lada samara, the gears required brute force to shift but the engine note , and the way the car moves - feels like a chunk of brute force being propelled against the road, quite a nice feeling ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipe 3rd Gear December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 er...i tot ladas are todays skodas??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verve 1st Gear December 1, 2006 Author Share December 1, 2006 skoda if i am not wrong is another co - lts like kia and hyundai before they merged under the same owner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhihao 1st Gear December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 the samara was one tough russian tank...and a drinker as well...7-8/km... its a car designed to be bashed around...but i dun agree wif minimal maintenance...very wrong! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normal_aspirated Clutched December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 Lada is Russian........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhihao 1st Gear December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 err...no no bro... skoda and lada diff... they launch in s'pore abt the same time and abt the same price...the skoda favorit(nt too sure if spelt correctly) always come in white color one and also lada samara and niva... but somehow or rather...sinkies prefer the lada more than the skoda...slowly skoda die off and kena eat by VW and now make great cars... if i nt wrong, lada still alive..."golden eye"(james bond) all the police car are lada... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeniz Turbocharged December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 >Also remembered a friend having a lada samara, the gears required brute force to shift >but the engine note , and the way the car moves - feels like a chunk of brute force >being propelled against the road, quite a nice feeling. A PTI used to drive a Lada Samara many years back. The car was noisy. It sounded like sitting in a helicopter. Sellers used to get rid of the Lada Samara at a price lower than its paper value. Buyers probably have to top up cash for repair. Nobody renewed the COE for Samara after its first 10 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogeo Neutral Newbie December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 My dad used to owned one. Damned stable car. I still remember how stable it is when speeding at almost 140Km/h on expressway before I spotted TP coming fast behind me. But too late then. I was clocked 112Km/h on a 80Km/h limit. That was also my first speeding ticket within my PDL . Luckily speed not exceeded 40Km/h, if not sure kenna court case. Moreover I was a NSF then, borrowed my dad's car to book in camp for CO parade as I was very late. Uncle TP don't want to give me chance after explaining my situation. Then, I was in my smart No.4. Thought got chance, but nope, no way. Anyway, that was more than 10 yrs ago. Sorry guys, for most of the non-thread related story. It just that seeing this thread on Lada Samara reminds me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verve 1st Gear December 1, 2006 Author Share December 1, 2006 yup it sounds like a tractor engine but when you rev it combined with the feel of " a chunk of mass" being hurled forward, you feel like you're a little " invincible" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfc 5th Gear December 2, 2006 Share December 2, 2006 This thread brought back nice memories. The Lada Samara was the first car i drive more than 10 yrs ago. It may be a controvesial car but it has served well for more than 10 yrs in my family as a spare car then. No doubt some pple would be embarassed to be driving or sitting in one, I would still cherish that feeling till today. Its somewhat different. Yes, the major mechanical fault it had then was overheating but was quite easliy dealt with when we installed a second bigger renault radiator fan to it. Its really a basic car with many parts interchangeable with other makes (we also change to a toyota carburetor). Its even cheaper than a daihatsu charade at that time. Its no longer brought in after some time as it could not compile with our emmision standards (no cat converter). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vit4wd 1st Gear December 2, 2006 Share December 2, 2006 The Skoda Rapid (not Skoda Favorit) was launched at the same time as the Lada Samara. The favorit was lanuched later to replace the Rapid. Skoda Rapid http://images.google.com.sg/images?q=skoda...images&ct=title Skoda Favorit http://images.google.com.sg/images?q=skoda...images&ct=title Lada Samara http://images.google.com.sg/images?svnum=1...=&q=Lada+Samara Lada Niva SUV http://images.google.com.sg/images?svnum=1...lr=&q=Lada+Niva Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanjkp Clutched December 2, 2006 Share December 2, 2006 Cheap must come with nice look nowaday. With dated design and eng, they become obselete fast and CMI. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades Neutral Newbie December 2, 2006 Share December 2, 2006 Yea! Tats the only car that can challenge Volvo head-on man ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhihao 1st Gear December 2, 2006 Share December 2, 2006 opps...thanks for the correction! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Clutched December 2, 2006 Share December 2, 2006 I remembered that when Lada was here in late 80s, it was the cheapest car around even cheaper than the Hyundai Excel. It was 1991 when my dad replace his Stellar with an Elantra which cost him $49k then and my dad's friend looking at the Samara which is only $29k only. The cheapest other than Hyundai then were the cars from the Eastern Block. Lada (Russia) - Based on old Fiats and best selling Eastern Europe car then in Singapore. The new Lada I saw in Greece wasn't really a beauty but still more original than Chinese cars who copy other makers. Skoda (Ex-Czechoslovakia) - Skoda Rapid was the cheapest "Coupe" then. Remember another cars sold then was the Favorit. Think Skoda based on Fiat then also. Yugo (Ex-Yugoslavia) - Remember there was a Yugo Sana ($39k then) and a Yugo Tempo (based on a Fiat Panda). Looks better than Skoda and Lada but sold the least number of cars, think almost none, don't know why. No news of this maker, maybe die off already. Dacia (Romania) - Never made it to Singapore. Old Dacia based on a Renault 12. New one is the Dacia Logan, some markets batch as a Renault Logan. FSO Polonez (Poland) - Never made it to Singapore. It is huge as a hatchback, also available as saloon and stationwagon. Looks better than Skoda, Lada then. Seat (Spain) - I know it's not from Eastern Europe but the quality of the Seat then was as good as an East European car. Cars all based on old Fiats then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie47 1st Gear December 4, 2006 Share December 4, 2006 The only good Lada is the Niva. It will compete directly with the Landrovers. The Landrover is more domesticated while the Niva is more rugged. You don't scratch a Landrover but you decorate a Niva with scratches, dents and punctured holes from elephant tusks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vit4wd 1st Gear December 4, 2006 Share December 4, 2006 (edited) Yugo Sana at S$39K and Elantra at $49K in 1991? That makes the brand new Lancers and Sunnys at <$50K & Wiras, Savvys, Picantos and other 1l cars like Picanto, Getz, Spark, Kelisa etc. at Kudos to the govt for bringing down the ARF (Additional Registration Fee - a form of tax)) & making cars more affordable for all Singaporeans! Edited December 4, 2006 by Vit4wd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibto Neutral Newbie December 4, 2006 Share December 4, 2006 (edited) in 1991 $49k could buy a 3 room flat.. which appreciate to $150k today.. i know because my mom bought her flat then!.. hee imagine if someone is choosing between a Elantra and a 3 room flat then?...hee. Edited December 4, 2006 by Gibto ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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