SK1980s Lada [I think] with Ukrainian plates, County Wicklow (March 2026)
Mike 🇬🇧 🇪🇺@sk76
It could be a Lada Samara - I could be wrong but I think only the 4 door version was exported.
It could be a Lada Samara - I could be wrong but I think only the 4 door version was exported.
KBYes, it's a Lada Samara. One of my mates had one. Oh, how we laughed.
https://www.aronline.co.uk/ar-cars/not-their-finest-hour-lada-samara/
after reading that, it's a wonder this one has survived so long!
@decembr14 @sk76
We had 3 Rivas and one Samara.
While that link is unfair and over the top, I'd certainly agree it wasn't in the same league as the earlier cars. We had no problems with the Samara and only got rid of it when our local dealer - along with a lot of other Lada dealers - went to Proton and offered us a ridiculous deal.
Now Protons ... they weren't exactly great either but for different reasons!
We had 3 Rivas and one Samara.
While that link is unfair and over the top, I'd certainly agree it wasn't in the same league as the earlier cars. We had no problems with the Samara and only got rid of it when our local dealer - along with a lot of other Lada dealers - went to Proton and offered us a ridiculous deal.
Now Protons ... they weren't exactly great either but for different reasons!
Kierunkowy74@sk76 it's actually a ZAZ Tavria, another 1980s Soviet hatchback, but made in Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Jonathan EmmesediGoogle Images thinks it is a ZAZ-1102 Tavria, a subcompact hatchback produced by the Ukrainian manufacturer ZAZ from1987 to 2007.
@jemmesedi @sk76 Thanks - that makes more sense than it being a two door Samara.
I assumed the two doors were why it looked a bit 'off'.
Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷@sk76 Good grief. I can remember when the roads seemed to be full of them. More than one Driving School had them.