I had a test drive in a Lads Niva & a FSO Polonez back in the seventies/ eighties , luckily I had enough sense not to purchase either of them, even the salesman had to admit that the Ladas brakes were virtually non existent terrible for a brand new car finished up buying a year old LWB Nissan Patrol.
The commies produced some crap back in the day.
2 stroke Wartburg Knight anyone? 
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They certainly did, the only reason I was looking at these cheap & nasty pieces of shite was with two young kids I wanted something reasonably new & cheap, decided that the better option was to hammer the overtime & keep a decent properly constructed vehicle.
My aunt bought two Lada Rivas; the first was to replace the Viva Grandad gave her when her retired and quit driving.
A little while later, she didn't expect my mother to stop for a changing traffic light and hit the back of the similarly new Avenger. Both cars were recovered back to Chatham from Greenwich. That was Saturday lunchtime. Our local garage ordered a new radiator and the broken grille that had punctured it was epoxied back together. Driving by mid-afternoon Tuesday. We got the Avenger back nearly two months later after it had two new quarter panels and a boot floor.
The second one needed a new carburettor after it warped on a trip to the south of France to visit other family. She nursed it back home to Plymouth via Calais, and bought a genuine Weber replacement carb. Which improved drivability, power and fuel economy and paid for itself very quickly.
Both cars had the most uncomfortable seats, which were like sitting on a plank. Apparently the steering was a lot heavier than the Vivas was
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