Lada

Cars that started an industry

This is a selection of cars created to build a car industry. This was once quite a common practice, where proven designs would be built under licence to help establish a presence for local markets and eventual export. One of the first cars to achieve global coverage was the Soviet-era Lada, which was based on […]

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Early ’80s budget estate cars

In terms of new car sales sectors, the budget estate car has become a rarity today. This may be partly due to the styling of the modern hatchback being considered good enough to cope with most scenarios where a small load-lugger is required, with the boxy utilitarian nature of a no thrills estate car being

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