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After taking a controlling stake in Russia's automotive firm AvtoVAZ, better known as Lada, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has opened the doors to a brave new world of re-badged models. Read more »
- Datsun On-do Production Begins In Russia, Priced From $9,580
Nissan has started production of the Datsun on-DO, the new family sedan developed specifically for Russia. The four-door, five-seat compact model is built at the Togliatti plant as part of a partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Avtovaz....
- …and This Is Why There Are So Many Jokes About Ladas
"Do you know why Lada drivers [insert whichever part of the car you like here]" is, or at least, it was a popular series of jokes back in the days when Lada was actually active in markets outside of Russia. Nowadays, the Viking sailing ship-badged...
- Russia's Avtovaz To Build New Lada Sedan Based On A Renault Platform
AvtoVAZ, Russia's biggest automaker and the manufacturer of the Lada, will begin production of a new compact sedan based on the running gear of an as of yet unspecified Renault model. According to Bloomberg news, AvtoVAZ CEO Igor Komarov said that...
- This Ain't A Joke: Russia's Lada To Sponsor Renault F1 Racing Team
Remember all the classic Lada jokes of the 80s and 90s of the sort that one could crank out endlessly because the patterns are so reliable? Jokes like these: "What do you call a classic Skoda? A Lada" and "What do you call the shock absorbers...
- Russian Renault
At one point will Lada just be a Russian Renault? Who knows.... but there is now a chance that AvtoVAZ's most infamous brand could be on the up-and-up. Renault just took hold of a 25% stake in the Russian group. Why the interest from the French? Russia...
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Spied: Mi-Do Hatchback, Well, Not Me, but Datsun
After taking a controlling stake in Russia's automotive firm AvtoVAZ, better known as Lada, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has opened the doors to a brave new world of re-badged models. Read more »
- Datsun On-do Production Begins In Russia, Priced From $9,580
Nissan has started production of the Datsun on-DO, the new family sedan developed specifically for Russia. The four-door, five-seat compact model is built at the Togliatti plant as part of a partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Avtovaz....
- …and This Is Why There Are So Many Jokes About Ladas
"Do you know why Lada drivers [insert whichever part of the car you like here]" is, or at least, it was a popular series of jokes back in the days when Lada was actually active in markets outside of Russia. Nowadays, the Viking sailing ship-badged...
- Russia's Avtovaz To Build New Lada Sedan Based On A Renault Platform
AvtoVAZ, Russia's biggest automaker and the manufacturer of the Lada, will begin production of a new compact sedan based on the running gear of an as of yet unspecified Renault model. According to Bloomberg news, AvtoVAZ CEO Igor Komarov said that...
- This Ain't A Joke: Russia's Lada To Sponsor Renault F1 Racing Team
Remember all the classic Lada jokes of the 80s and 90s of the sort that one could crank out endlessly because the patterns are so reliable? Jokes like these: "What do you call a classic Skoda? A Lada" and "What do you call the shock absorbers...
- Russian Renault
At one point will Lada just be a Russian Renault? Who knows.... but there is now a chance that AvtoVAZ's most infamous brand could be on the up-and-up. Renault just took hold of a 25% stake in the Russian group. Why the interest from the French? Russia...