Updated Lada Riva

[Jeenyus161]

Am I crazy or is it making more and more sense as a genuinely capable cheap off road car that has some charm and wont make people loathe you??

Yes you can better spec'd, faster, more composed cars. But this or a 3rd hand discovery? No competition for me.

[rix]

You mean a niva surely? They have a charm but must be sub (old) defender and sub (old) jimny in every possible way!

[Jeenyus161]

Well that's embarrassing...

Yes, yes I do mean niva.

I like that it is unpretentious and has stayed simple. It seems like a genuine tool, rather than a cynical marketing/branding exercise.

[emperorburger]

Very capable off-road and as you say, unpretentious.

Base price of a 3 door is around £3,200.00 in Moscow, so they really are excellent value.

[Jeenyus161]

I mean that's incredible!

Dont get me wrong, I'm not expecting hilux reliability or Rolls Royce comfort, but 3 grand???

[emperorburger]

Alas, once you take in to account import duty and VAT they don't appear to be such a great bargain if you try to bring one back in to the UK.

I would love to bring a UAZ 452 back to the UK, however the other half would kill me.

[Mikebentley]

How much would the import duty and VAT be? Could this be reduced by importing into Germany or Holland?

[emperorburger]

I think import duty is 10% of the purchase price and then 20% VAT is due on the purchase price plus the import duty.

[Mikebentley]

That’s still a bargain!

[cailean]

There is a dealer in Germany - >12k eurros for a Taiga version

[Jeenyus161]

I still reckon that's cracking value. Hassle to import, but I just like that they exist

[cailean]

I agree, and might be easier to get one than a Jimny...

[Mikebentley]

I like the new Jimny but reckon one of these might drive better.

[p4cks]

There used to be a dealer who would import and register one for you for £13K or so (actually here's the details: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-2... but as the article says... you can get a 4x4 Dacia for less