Lada
With the Cold War still in full bloom in the U.S., Russian automaker AvtoVAZ began selling its Fiat sedan knockoffs in Canada under the name Lada from 1979 until 1998, well after the Soviet Union had crumbled. Two Ladas, the 2006 sedan and the Niva compact SUV, were popular in rallying and had a reputation for being overbuilt.


