Has anyone ever seen a Lada in the USA?
The Soviets wound up copying a lot (Concorde, space shuttle, B-29, etc) and this was no different. It was copied from a Fiat. Lada also made a small, crude SUV (Niva) if you were the rugged type.
I lived in Scandinavia for 5 years and saw them running around. That was in the 1980’s. Visited the Soviet Union before it fell and they were everywhere! Kinda like Beetles (original ones) in Brazil and Mexico.
The Yugo was another Communist built car made in Yugoslavia. Also quite primitive and not reliable.