LADA NIVA

A Lewis · Post by **A Lewis** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:24 pm

Hi Guys n Gals

Im new to the forum so forgive me if the following question has already been answered several times before....

I understand that you can still buy new Lada Nivas - are there any UK agents importing them?

If so can you get RHD versions - Wikipedia claims that you can as some are still made for African RHD markets ??? ( I know wikipedia isnt exactly the most reliable of sources)

Any info gratefully received - I want to buy a Niva.

Ill either go for an older Niva for less than £1000 and keep my existing car or flog my car and buy a newer Niva with the cash raised

Cheers

Adam

Hoodoo · Post by **Hoodoo** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:08 pm

Contact Alan Bird (site owner, number at top of page). As far as I'm aware, it's LHD only for the new ones, but driving over here doesn't represent any real problems (presuming you're UK?). Places to be careful are slip roads onto motorways and dual carriageways, and acute angled junctions.
Regards,

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:30 pm

RHD aren't available. As Hoodoo has already mentioned Alan, the esteemed host of this site, imports them and will supply UK registered.

crb247 · Post by **crb247** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:29 pm

Hoodoo can vouch for the integrity and good service provided when Importing one with Alan

A Lewis · Post by **A Lewis** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:44 pm

Cheers for that

Feel a total plonker to find out Alan who owns this website sells new Nivas!!! What a total muppet I am!

Oh well least I know now though thanks for your help

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:46 pm

Don't feel like a plonker. That's what the site is for - asking questions.

No flaming here.

lilscottie · Post by **lilscottie** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:27 am

I'd just like to point out that The Southa African's Lada Niva's in RHD, It was where I was looking at Importing from due to Aussie restrictions car's newer than 30 years gotta be converted within a year of ownership.

Looking roughly at 2000 - 3000 GBP with 50-120,000kms on the clock.

Found a few nice little examples below for ya mate, Gumtree has a few listed at the moment, some are dealers, which may be looking into?:

2003 Model, 73,0000kms on the clock, a bargain at Roughly 1500GBP.

http://capetown.gumtree.co.za/c-Cars-fo ... dZ99794215

2001 "Sidekick" model, 79,000kms on the clock, Momo bucket seats, 4 spare tires, Price neg. Roughly 2000GBP

http://capetown.gumtree.co.za/c-Cars-fo ... Z117699559

Goodluck to you mate, let us know how ya go.

Luv-my-niva · Post by **Luv-my-niva** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:54 pm

Hello Adam and welcome to the forum. I live in Sweden and have taken many a LHD vehicle to the UK. Infact when I lived in the UK I had 2 LHD vehicles. AS Hoodoo said there are no real prob's with LHD just takes a little bit more concentration in the begining, especially to make sure you are not drifting to near to the center of the road. It can be a pain in the ??? when entering car parks and collecting a ticket from the dam ticket machine.
I bought a 2007 niva and it has been 2 years of trouble free motoring. I bought mine in Germany and got good service etc. I believe Alan asks abount £7000 if previous posts are correct (sure they are) and that seems to me to be a great price! Do let us know how you get on!!

A Lewis · Post by **A Lewis** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:50 pm

Once again many many thanks for your kind replies

A friend advised me that its probably best to buy a second RHD model first, see how I get on, and if I get the Niva bug to then buy a brand new LHD model.

In the meantime im still looking out a decent Niva. Am lead to believe several african countries have RHD Rivas exported to them direct from Lada.ru - im waiting for official clarification on this (though that said if anyone would know Im sure Alan who owns this site would have found out by now) but will keep you posted just in case.

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:04 pm

I'd be very surprised because you can't get any of the RHD specific parts anymore.

Africian Nivas are carb models and you wouldn't have a snowballs chance in hell of getting it to pass an emissions test.

baxter · Post by **baxter** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:23 pm

The other one he lists (the 2003) is an injected 1.7. But I believe they stopped importing them to SA, so no longer available new. Could be a good, if expensive, source of a later rhd Niva - but the drive home would be one hell of an adventure...

Lucky Eight · Post by **Lucky Eight** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:08 am

I would urge every member on this forum to petition AvtoVaz, by letter or E-mail, to seriously consider re-introducing a R.H.D. version of the Niva. I`ve already done it - but they need to here the voice in numbers. There is a huge market out there - plenty of countries that still drive on the left hand side of the road. With good promotion, and an inexpensive price tag, I believe the Niva would sell remarkably well - especially at a time when the whole world is going through a prolonged economic recession. Get busy, lads.

Lada & Korean Parts · Post by **Lada & Korean Parts** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:19 am

finding someone to take on importation & warranty headaches is the problem........

i was hoping when holden were looking for a small 4wd couple of years back they might have taken on the chevy.......but no........bugga

lilscottie · Post by **lilscottie** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:31 am

Lada & Korean Parts wrote:finding someone to take on importation & warranty headaches is the problem........

I vote Andy. Now go see the bank, Tell em your plan, your taking over the Aussie 4WD Market with a low cost, economic, go anywhere, easy to fix Mean machine, problems that the old ones had fixed (As you will fly there and speak to the russian's and tell them exactly what we want and need in our country, Of course they'll have to keep QC up to the highest level for the new export market, there trying to impress.)

Get em to send, 2 door's, 4 Door's and a few utes with a decent load capacity in the back (For the tradies on a budget, which is nearly all of em now, due to lack of work).

Our market would want flash looking wheels (like th BWA's) and decent sized and branded tyres.

Lada & Korean Parts · Post by **Lada & Korean Parts** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:35 am

would've too,till a few years ago,over it now.
getting the momentum would be the hard part.....