Cmar
Well-Known Member
Ha Ha, they sold them here for a while in the mid 1980's through to the late 90's. They only stopped importing them because the Russians stopped building RHD ones. They had a loyal if small following here, The were built like tanks and offered full time 4wd on hard surfaces something only Range Rovers offered at the time they were released. They also had a coat of paint that was seemingly thicker than the panel steel on a modern car, and thus rust was uncommon.
They were surprisingly good little four wheel drives, but suffered from terrible assembly and component QC - as you might expect. If you were lucky you got a good one. Mostly you got an average one. They had a high parts compatibility with various Fiat models, and the importers would give you a parts number comparison catalogue so your could swap in Fiat parts if needed. The Fiat parts were generally considered to be of higher quality - that should tell you something. There are still a few running around here to this day. If you got a good one they tended to go forever.
Selling a Russian vehicle might be a bit of a hard sell at the moment though.
They were surprisingly good little four wheel drives, but suffered from terrible assembly and component QC - as you might expect. If you were lucky you got a good one. Mostly you got an average one. They had a high parts compatibility with various Fiat models, and the importers would give you a parts number comparison catalogue so your could swap in Fiat parts if needed. The Fiat parts were generally considered to be of higher quality - that should tell you something. There are still a few running around here to this day. If you got a good one they tended to go forever.
Selling a Russian vehicle might be a bit of a hard sell at the moment though.
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