I drove a Lada for five years. It was fourteen years old when I got it and was still going just fine when I gave it away last month. They were built off the plans of old Fiats.
dd -----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Doss Sent: 13 August 2004 07:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Economics and law David: >Cop out. In my experience, there was one example of a >socialist inspired car in the capitalist market: the Yugo. >Case closed. --- This is totally untrue. The USSR exported automobiles to Latin America and elsewhere. Russia and Belarus export tractors to Australia to this day, where Ladas, I am told, have a cult following. Those vehicles break down a lot, but then again they are easy to repair. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail