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My fondest memory of the Fiat 500 was at a rental agency, I believe in Las Vegas. There was a line, and by the time we got assigned our vehicle, we walked out to the lot and saw the young couple (probably mid-late 20s) who had been just in front of us being shown to their car, which was a Fiat 500. The man looked quietly disappointed, but his gf/wife said loudly, "I am NOT. Driving. THAT!"
Once safely in our Tahoe, I had a solid laugh and then drove away.
This little car is tiny, can probably put it in the trunk of a Tahoe. Lol
I didn't see the driver but maybe it's a good chick car or maybe a young college student maybe.
I've never driven or owned a Fiat so I can't vouche for any kind of quality or reliability.
Looks like a Lada to me, so I'm going to guess USSR?
Edit: Lol, after posting the above I went to the Wiki page for Lada and that exact picture is there. Thank god you just wanted the country of origin, I don't think anyone would have remembered that it was the VAZ-2015.
But, from the headlights I put it somewhere in the 1970's.
I'll give you a hint:
Introduced in 1966 by the original manufacturer, but since then produced in: Soviet/Russia, India, Malaysia, Spain, Bulgaria, Turkey, Korea, Egypt, last ones made 2012 ( in Egypt)
Looks like a Lada to me, so I'm going to guess USSR?
Edit: Lol, after posting the above I went to the Wiki page for Lada and that exact picture is there. Thank god you just wanted the country of origin, I don't think anyone would have remembered that it was the VAZ-2015.
Yes but still youre lacking the country of orgin... its not from Soviet/Russia by birth...
Last edited by BigSwede; Oct 18, 2023 at 08:56 AM.
Yes but still youre lacking the country of orgin... its not from Soviet/Russia from birth...
I've found (and won't share, in the spirit of the thread) the answer I think you're looking for, it's a bit of a stretch, IMO. But very interesting trivia nonetheless.
What about this one then?? Bulit in many countries over the years, but whats its orgin??
Maybe not sold in Us of A but in Canada... there called "Signet"
Russian Lada Riva. Product of a deal brokered in thec70s by FIAT to sell and build Russia a factory to build the FIAT 124, in return for cheap steel. The Russian ruggedised it for their winters and exported it. A neighbour had a Lada dealership and sold loads of these to miners spending their redundancy cheques. You could buy a new one of these for the price of a three or four year old Western car.
I was walking thru the parking lot today and I had my hands full and left my phone in the car when I saw this little shrimp of a car.
The paint was faded and looked horrible but since I couldn't get a pic, I found one just like it to post.
PS- I went fancy and started up Microsoft Paint and air brushed out the badges and logos to make it a little harder for you all, hopefully... lol
What am I?
Great little cars, my wife had three, including two convertibles. In fact, she said the other day she’d have another if we didn’t need a SUV for the dog.
Russian Lada Riva. Product of a deal brokered in thec70s by FIAT to sell and build Russia a factory to build the FIAT 124, in return for cheap steel. The Russian ruggedised it for their winters and exported it. A neighbour had a Lada dealership and sold loads of these to miners spending their redundancy cheques. You could buy a new one of these for the price of a three or four year old Western car.
Spot on! Born as Fiat 124 in 1966
Soviet version has a special story to it:
In 1964, the city of Stavropol was chosen as the location of the new VAZ automobile plant: a joint venture between Fiat and the Soviet government. It was then renamed Tolyatti (after Palmiro Togliatti, the longest-serving secretary of the Italian Communist Party, who had been instrumental in setting up the venture with Fiat). Much of the modern city was constructed in the late 1960s to house the workers of the factory that opened in 1970 and still today is Russias "Detroit"
Soviet version has a special story to it:
In 1964, the city of Stavropol was chosen as the location of the new VAZ automobile plant: a joint venture between Fiat and the Soviet government. It was then renamed Tolyatti (after Palmiro Togliatti, the longest-serving secretary of the Italian Communist Party, who had been instrumental in setting up the venture with Fiat). Much of the modern city was constructed in the late 1960s to house the workers of the factory that opened in 1970 and still today is Russias "Detroit"
