Renault Buys Lada

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:19 pm

Same over here in Northern Ireland. What's that? Is it a 4x4? (The snorkels, MT's and the ground clearance are obviously lost on some people!).

It's a Lada Niva.

What? That's a Lada?

Yes.

F*ck!

Lada & Korean Parts · Post by **Lada & Korean Parts** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:48 am

not only is it a 4x4,it's the best 4wd ever built.....
a REAL 4wd

crb247 · Post by **crb247** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:25 am

rossjools wrote: All this talk about Lada quality going out the window under partial Renault control. Doesn't Renault fully own Nissan? I know they fully own Mack trucks. Don't see any quality control issues with either of those brands.

Cheers,
Ross.

I drive a Mack... Over here Mack is in partnership with Volvo.. the '07's (and possibly '06's) that are kicking around have Volvo engineered Frames and suspensions.... All the Dealerships are now Mack/Volvo dealers..... Is Volvo under Renault's wing as well?

baxter · Post by **baxter** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:09 am

rossjools wrote:Doesn't Renault fully own Nissan? I know they fully own Mack trucks.

No, Nissan and Renault own some of each other. But yes, Renault is the dominant partner.

And just to confuse things, yes Volvo Trucks also own Renault Trucks and Nissan Trucks (and Mack). However, Volvo Trucks is nothing to do with Volvo Cars (Volvo Cars are owned by Ford), and Renault/Nissan Trucks are also nothing to do with the car brands either.
So nothing to do with Renault or Lada/VAZ afaik.

nitro_warrior · Post by **nitro_warrior** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:15 pm

Was on the bbc news site yesterday

BBC news

some interesting stats. "By the end of next year, Russia will have overtaken Germany to become the biggest car market in Europe"

crb247 · Post by **crb247** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:25 pm

Reading down farther in the article it looks like Russian is poised to become a Car Manufacturing version of India (with it's vast tech-support callcentres and telemarketing) A go-all for nearly every manufacturer and brand. The next greatest auto CEO catch phrase "We'll outsource final assembly to St. Petersburg and save 1.9million in costs after shipping.... I vote to give myself a 2.5million dollar raise

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baxter · Post by **baxter** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:31 am

BBC wrote:Renault and Nissan will accelerate the rejuvenation of the Lada brand in Russia, rather than using their new partner as a launch-pad for their own product

crb247 · Post by **crb247** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:39 am

I almost forgot.. I posted this on ladausa's forum a while ago Some of you might have read it already... It has to do with a Canadian company. It might still be partially relevant to the gist of this thread.
http://www.ladausa.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=202