Weren't the early Ladas the ones with the infamous key scandal? They exported a boatload of them to Poland and when they unloaded them the inspector found that every key fit every lock.

I understand they're great little cars.. let me look for a clip I have of a Lada running the quarter in 11 seconds... hang on I'll find it.


Here's the newest Lada... check this baby out:



I'm still looking for the race footage...

Here's a quick one... Lada vs Mazda RX3... I think the Lada loses but not by much, and they are MOVING.

http://www.maxituning.ch/images/download/rocky2.mpg

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