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Some Eastern Bloc cars that were sold In Canada which the US didnt get.

(LADA) from the USSR, Pictures 1-8.

Lada was sold in Canada for sometime between the 80s and the 90s. With notable models like the:

Lada Niva (pic 1) a small offroader that was also offered as a pickup.

Lada Signet (pic 2, 3, 5, 7) offered in sedan and wagon verisions.

Lada Samara (pic 5 8 and 2) offered in hatchback, sedan and convertible configurations.

(ŠKODA) from Czechoslovakia, Pictures 9-10.

Škoda sold their rear engined sedans throughout
The 80s, and there was also a coupe available.

(DACIA) from Romania, Pictures 11-16

It was available in sedan, wagon, pickup and even coupe.

by Enough-Engineering41

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  1. Enough-Engineering41

    (LADA) from the USSR, Pictures 1-8.

    Lada was sold in Canada for some time between the 80s and the 90s. With notable models like the:

    Lada Niva (pic 1) is a small offroader that was also offered as a pickup.

    Specs: 76 hp

    Lada Signet (pic 2, 3, 5, 7) offered in sedan and wagon verisions.

    Specs: 80 hp

    Lada Samara (pic 5 8 and 2) offered in hatchback, sedan, and convertible configurations.

    Specs: 65 hp

    (ŠKODA) from Czechoslovakia, Pictures 9-10.

    Škoda sold their rear engined sedans throughout
    The 80s, and there was also a coupe available.

    Specs: 58 hp

    (DACIA) from Romania, Pictures 11-16

    It was available in sedan, wagon, pickup, and even coupe.

    Specs 64 hp

  2. CantaloupeCamper

    Europe got those too.

    Apparently for a bit they stopped selling them even in those countries for a period as safety and emissions standards went up.

  5. aaaaaaaa1273

    Man those old Skodas were so shit they’re cool

  6. Big-man-kage

    NEED a Lada pickup, I’ve seen a niva before but I’ve never spotted one of those trucks ever

  7. CasJrCorpus

    Ladas are tough! I’d drive a niva all day lol

  8. sendvo

    lada niva and samara were pretty okayish. the rest was incredibly crappy

  9. whatalongusername

    Brazil got the Lada Niva (and maybe other models?).
    Pretty popular among the off-road community, if I’m not mistaken.

  10. traxxes

    Nivas were the most popular ones you’d see driving around up until the mid to late 90s here in Western Canada, I don’t think I’ve seen one since then though, locally at least.

  11. Joe_Metaphor

    Did anyone in Canada actually buy them though? Been to Canada several times over the last few decades and never saw one myself. And I had an eye out for non-US cars…

  12. xenolon

    Give me a Lada Niva and a Volvo C303 and let me be the weirdo on the block that seems transported from another time and place.

  14. valsalva_manoeuvre

    I remember where the Lada dealership was in Montreal North!

    Not many Skodas or Dacias on the road compared to Ladas but they were all around. My neighbour who raced go carts one got himself a Niva and restored it, like 15 years ago, it was a rare sight to see.

  16. Tricky_Passenger3931

    Buddy of mine and I built an off-roading Niva. Thing was fun and pretty capable. Eventually blew up the t-case and struggled to source parts so we abandoned it and switched to Geo Trackers. Was fun while it lasted though!

  17. Drzhivago138

    The US got one (1) Škoda in the late ’50s during the import boom, and like most of them, it died off after the US companies brought out their own compact cars.

  18. granular-mood4

    My mom drove a Lada in the mid-80s. I was too young to remember it but apparently it spent more time in the shop than on the road.

  19. Driver2900

    My grandpa used to work for Lada in Canada before the Korean Airlines Massacre.

    Then he moved to Hyundai.

  20. idumeudin2009

    You guys got the good stuff, in romania the dacia did not have an electric radiator fan, had thinner bumpers(canadian ones were basically 2 bumpers stacked one inside the other), reinforced chasys, charcoal canisters for emissions and also the fuel tank fill was on the fender( As opposed to it being on the rear) also for safety, plus you got better QC and also a 1.2 variant if I remember correctly

  22. Opposite_Sound

    Modern Skodas and Dacias are very popular here in Ireland. I’m on my 3rd Skoda Octavia.

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