Russian Karma Punishes Fleeing Lada Driver
23 Aug 2012, 11:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Doesn’t there seem to be a Lada in every Russian crash video? This Fiat clone was never known for its excellent driving characteristics, and when people stick with old cars for too long, they ...
Lada Uses Active Aerodynamics to Stop
20 Aug 2012, 07:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While cars like the ultra-expensive (and new) Pagani Huayra have only just gotten active aerodynamics, to both improve handling and stopping power, Russian engineers seem to have cracked it long ago...
Russian Driver Narrowly Avoids Getting Robbed at Gun Point
10 Aug 2012, 09:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that Russian drivers use not only their cars and fists as weapons in traffic, but also real weapons - a revolver in this case. The driver of the car with the dash-mounted camera seems to be...
Understeer Causes Massive Head-On Crash in Russia
7 Aug 2012, 16:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ladas are not renowned for the complexity of their chassis, or their excellent road holding. Throw in a little splash of rain and every Lada is an accident waiting to happen, especially in wide bend...
Soothing Ballet On Russian Highway
7 Aug 2012, 07:35 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / One of the stereotypes involving Russian people (from the category which doesn't involve vodka or drinking of any kind), is the fact that they really seem to enjoy ballet, figure skating and &l...
Russian Man Attempts to Board Moving Lada - Fails and Loses His Hat!
4 Aug 2012, 10:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Some videos we understand, while others remain a mystery even after watching them repeatedly. Take the driver of this Lada who does not stop to pick up a passenger who is forced to get into the clas...
Lada Riva Is Not Very Good at J-Turns
3 Aug 2012, 10:14 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Lada Riva, a car based on a car based on a simplified 1960s Fiat design, is definitely not a wannabe stunt driver’s first choice, primarily because of the huge amount of body roll one enco...
Lada Gets Destroyed in an Instant on Russian Highway
31 Jul 2012, 09:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This video illustrates the danger of having cars of varying body strengths on the road at the same time. The Lada, a car with 1960s technology (not the best trait of the period) gets hit violently n...
Why It’s Important to Always Use Your Indicators!
25 Jul 2012, 10:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / By posting Russian car crash videos, we intend to make everybody who watches them genuinely aware of the dangers of driving in any country - even very developed countries like the Netherlands have t...
Lada Rebadges Dacia MCV as Largus Wagon
23 Jul 2012, 11:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Russians do have a very long and proud automotive history. The problem is that most of it is built on copying other people. They did it with the Fiat-based sedan that has been in production for ...
Great Reactions Save Life!
20 Jul 2012, 09:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We have seen many scenes where drivers have had life-saving reactions, and this example, from Russia, is one of the best. So this red Lada is just driving along, and as it gets near a crosswalk, a m...
Questions Raised Regarding Lada Build Quality!
10 Jul 2012, 08:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This is one of the things you are least likely to see on the road - a car’s bonnet flying clean off the body without as much as a pothole to unsettle the vehicle it came from, as it just simpl...
Car Rolls Down a Hill in Russia - Save Comes at the Last Moment!
7 Jul 2012, 10:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you ever need a workout, but can’t really motivate yourself to go to the gym, just push your own car off the hill, then try and catch it before it hits anything. Being your own car, it will...
What Do You Call a Lada with no Roof? Cabriolada
29 Jun 2012, 10:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Lada cars are known for their mechanical simplicity, lack of any real styling cues and the very thick sheet metal used to fabricate their bodies. The latter definitely gave these teens some problems...
Drag Race: Lada vs Porsche 911 vs Nissan GT-R
27 Jun 2012, 08:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / When is the last time somebody mentioned a Lada and a Porsche 911 Carrera RS in the same sentence. Maybe there was an accident one... who knows. But we’re pretty sure this is the first time in...
Strange Things Happen on the Roads of Russia
21 Jun 2012, 12:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This one is quite new. We hadn’t seen a passenger trying to get out of the car while it’s still moving, until now. Everybody is just minding their own business, driving along in their ca...
Extreme Crash, But Surprisingly No Casualties
1 Jun 2012, 12:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As with most ‘civilized’ countries, we’re pretty sure that Russian roads don’t offer sufficient opportunities to park safely while you’re driving somewhere, and want to...
Meanwhile in Russia: Reversing Fail
30 May 2012, 12:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Seeing a Lada on the road in Russia usually means that you’re dealing with a driver with plenty of... road experience and not a lot of money. The design of this car dates back to a time when n...
Renault to Buy Majority Stake in Autovaz
3 May 2012, 12:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Renault-Nissan Group already owns 25% of Autovaz and they plan to increase their influence by buying a majority stake. Their aim is to start producing 5 new models in Avtovaz’s modernized ...
Lada Riva / 2107 Production Ends
20 Apr 2012, 14:47 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in 1966, Fiat introduced the 124 model, a mid-sized family sedan, a vehicle that entered the history books not for what it did under the Italian carmaker’s badge, but by serving as the ba...