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Lada Niva
3.6 stars
Average rating for this product is: 3.6 out of 5

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Average Ratings for Lada Niva

  • Performance3.8 stars
  • Practicality4.1 stars
  • Reliability3.3 stars
  • Value for Money4.5 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.3 stars
  • Overall Rating3.6 stars

 

10 Reviews For Lada Niva

  • Guest 26th Apr 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Good Points: Nothing better standard for an offroad vehicle.


    Bad Points: lack of highway power, but not bought for that reason so who cares...


    General comments: This is one of the most capable off road vehicles I have ever driven, with the nobbly tyres and long suspension travel. The light weight, and short wheelbase make it a strong rival to any landcruiser or Land Rover.

  • andrewfarhat 18th Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I do own a Lada Niva jeep myself! and won't think of getting other jeep for offroading! I'm happy with it results! I did some changes so it looks better from the outside! and changes it seats so it's getting better from the inside! As for the noise I solved this problem by adding a good audio car system!

  • Kiwi Kid 12th Aug 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    Best value for money 4x4.

  • nivaowner 30th Apr 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    I own a Lada Niva ute style side it's great
    I've put extractors, Weber Carbee, Bosskit, BWA mags, Sports Air filter, 2inch lift kit, bullbar and a paint job.
    It goes a lot better now.

  • zixxerboy 25th Aug 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I bought two Lada Niva's real cheap and fixed one. Including the small winch I mounted it was cheaper than a set of tires and rims for most anything else. I had a hoot bashing through the bush going places bigger truck couldn't get to.

    Unfortunately they are of Unibody construction and a "consumable" rather than a collectable in our salty winter climate. Mine rotted through where the trailing arm for the rear axle mates to the body.

  • AussieEagle 5th Feb 2005

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I bought the Lada Niva 4x4 from an elderly man who used it to comute between suburbs. It still had the original "snow tyres" on - excellent in the sand of western australia. The carby needed some TLC at first but it runs well now. It drives in the sand dunes without a whimper. I've had many and various cars, utilities, wagons etc. but this Niva I really enjoy. It is probably the most underrated 4 x 4 around today. All the modern 4 x 4's around today need a university degree in electronics/ ...

  • mHaynes Rank: Sergeant 24th Sep 2004

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    Bought the Lada Niva 4x4 car as an early (pre Cossack) left hander. Looked in great nick but really wasn't. In the six months I owned it I spent the purchase price on it and then some. Saying that it was lots of fun until it finally died when the front axel fell off, ripping the bolts out of the alloy cast gearbox.

  • Doug Smoke 19th Aug 2004

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I love this Lada Niva 4x4. I cooked my first engine on the way home from picking it up, bought another for £50 sterling, beats my dads Landrover 3.5 V8 in a straight tug of war in a plowed field. Mind you, I was wearing goodyear Wranglers, & he had the wheels & tyres off a disco. Traction beats power.
    Gearbox slow, but solid. Low ratio is like tractor. Claims to have a fith gear, but I can't find it. Buy one for next to nothing, take it to off road hill climbs, & laugh at folks in TD5 def ...

  • WayneSlabbert 12th May 2004

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    I've just got my Lada Niva a week now (12 May 2004) - got it last week "5th" - and already had it up the mountains in Stellenbosch area in South Africa - Western Cape area. Took a couple of pictures.

    Had too use 0 stars for reliability, as no issues to report yet.

  • willy. Rank: Lance Corporal 22nd Apr 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    After having had a 2 Nissan Patrols and a Landrover Discovery, I traded down to a Lada Niva while working in the middle east. It was amazing offroad, impossible to stop in sand even towing a trailer and with 4 beefy fishermen on board. We towed out a GMC Jimmy with a bust trannie that had failed to be recovered by another Jimmy. On the road it was awful, noisy and slow, it cooked the transfer box having dumped the fluid and the electrics were a nightmare.