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Can You Buy a Lada Niva in the USA?

Recently, the Russian Lada Niva received a much-needed update. For the first time since the 1970s, the Niva SUV was significantly changed to help it handle modern life. But, the old Niva is still being sold under the name Lada Niva Legend. Because the Niva is such an old nameplate in the Lada brand, some models are eligible to be imported to the United States. Although, there is not currently a company that is working to import new Lada models stateside. 

Is the Lada Niva legal in the US?

The Lada Niva is not legal in the United States to buy new, and that is probably new for many reasons. We can’t imagine that the new Niva has great emissions or meets US safety standards. That is not to say that the Niva would not be successful if it were sold here. This Russian 4×4 SUV is seriously affordable. Especially when compared to things like the Jeep Wrangler that are sold in America. 

The new Lada Niva has a starting price of under $25,000. And for the utility and simplicity that it offers, that is an affordable price. On the global market, the Niva competes with models like the Suzuki Jimny and other small off-road vehicles. 

Can you buy a Lada Niva?

Although you cannot buy a new Niva in the United States, you can purchase one that adheres to the 25-year standard for imports. According to Motor1 , the Niva was sold in Canada for a bit. And, there are likely some Russian car enthusiasts who work to import these vehicles. So your best bet is probably to keep an eye on classic auction sites in order to find a Lada Niva. 

We probably would not recommend buying the Lada Niva for a daily driver. But for a weekend off-roader or something for cars and coffee, it’s certainly an interesting vehicle. Plus, because it has remained unchanged for so long, tracking down parts from places this vehicle was sold may not be all too difficult. 

What is a Lada Niva?

The Niva is a tried and tested off-road vehicle designed to handle life in rural Russia. But, it has done much more than that. As a four-wheel-drive truck, it was the first wheeled vehicle to spend over a decade in Antarctica. If that is not proven capability, we do not know what is. 

With the Lada Niva Legend , buyers in available markets can get an old-school vehicle for a fairly cheap price. This model was first built in 1977, and the Legend model is essentially the same vehicle that was made in the former Soviet Union, now known as Russia. 

One notable fact about the Niva is that it was the first mass-produced off-road vehicle with unibody construction. A throughline could be drawn to show that the capability of this Lada led to the popularity of the modern unibody SUV and truck. So, while you cannot buy a new one in the United States, it may be worth looking for a used option. If you do, you are unlikely to see another one on area roads.

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Eric Boman joined MotorBiscuit as an Autos Writer in 2022. He brings with him experience writing for companies such as Cox Automotive and HotCars. Eric’s enthusiasm for 4×4 vehicles, off-roading, and novelty exotics began at an early age and, after earning a B.A. in English from Pittsburg State University, Eric set out to merge his love for both writing and cars into a successful career as an automotive journalist. He is also working toward an MBA from Colorado State University.

In order to keep up with our dynamic industry and in a constant effort to stay current when it comes to automotive news, Eric follows the work of publications like Car and Driver and MotorTrend. A passion for world travel also gives voice to some of his unique coverage of European 4x4s. Though much of Eric’s inspiration comes from a drive to be outside in nature and embarking on off-road adventures, he also dreams of one day owning a classic car like the Trabant.

Eric is also Google Analytics Certified. Additionally, Eric is currently an active member of the Kansas City Social Symphony.

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The Lada Niva 4×4 from Russia has received considerable coverage on this site, including of rare variants such as the pickup truck and cabriolet .  Never sold in the U.S., the Niva has been highly popular in its native Russia and even achieved considerable export sales, the result of its low price and widely respected off-road capability.  Already knowing this background did not reduce the shock of actually seeing a Niva for sale by the side of a rural road in Brazil, apparently well used but also well kept.

The presence of this and thousands of other Nivas in Brazil came about from a coincidence of Soviet economics and Brazilian trade policies.  The Soviet auto industry introduced the Niva in 1977 as a simple and cheap but highly capable off-road vehicle, with the engine of the Fiat 124-based Lada sedan and a new two door wagon unit body, four wheel drive system with high/low range gears and center differential lock, and coil spring suspension front and rear, independent in front and with a solid axle in the rear.  Brazil up to 1990 protected its domestic auto industry by keeping out all foreign cars, but that year it began to allow imports, still with heavy tariff protection.

Lada jumped into this opening quickly and became the first foreign auto manufacturer to enter the Brazilian market.  The Niva had off-road capability superior to Brazilian equivalents and undersold them even with import taxes added, so it immediately became a sales success.  Lada sold the Niva in Brazil until it left the Brazilian market in 1997.

Already equipped with a bull bar, driving lights, roof rack, and plenty of sponsor decals, this Niva is a tiny yet still rugged looking vehicle.  With the earliest 1990 imports approaching the 25 year threshold that makes foreign vehicles exempt from most Department of Transportation regulations and easier to import into the United States, it may be a tempting relic of the Cold War to import into the U.S. as a useful and characterful antique SUV.

If you are interested, here is the telephone number of the seller.  With claims of only 77,000 kilometers and all proper title and registration documents — the latter apparently not always present for vehicles in rural Brazil — it appears to be a far better than average survivor.

Anyone excited by the idea of buying a Niva and bringing it to the U.S. may want to wait a few years, though, because the Niva story has not ended yet.  It took a new form unimaginable when the Niva was new in 1977 with the introduction in 1998 of the Chevrolet Niva, a further development of the basic Niva design by a joint venture between GM and AvtoVAZ.  It took the Niva’s original engine, transmission and chassis and put a new four door body and interior over them.  It has continued in production into 2014 for the domestic market in Russia, modernized with ABS, dual airbags and other features.  So in 2023, you should be able to import an antique Niva made by General Motors and wearing a Chevrolet bowtie.  Whether you prefer the Soviet original or its Russian-American successor as your modest yet exotic Eastern European import is up to you.

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Once a popular and honest 4×4, I especially remember the ones with the 1.9 liter PSA diesel.

In Germany you can still buy a brand new old-school Lada Niva: the Lada Taiga 4×4. Specifications: http://lada.de/niva_4x4_technische_daten0.html

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From the same German Lada website, ready for the next Siberian winter !

I’ve been interested in the Lada Niva forever. It’s unforgivable that it was never sold here in the USA. Even with tensions between the USA and the Soviet Union, I would think that the vehicle would sell well. I would’ve bought one if it were available. i would change the name from Lada to something more American, and provide user instructions in English to make it easier to use. But the car itself should be good.

That’s awesome, I’ve always liked the looks and the idea of these. I have never seen one in the flesh though. Is it about the size of the original Rabbit or is it larger or smaller?

Sizewize it’s about on a par with a Golf / Rabbit, possibly slightly larger.

Had one of these back in the mid-’90s – if memory serves it was an ’87, and was the upmarket (such as you can be with a Lada) UK-spec Cossack model, complete with bull bars, spotlights on the front bumper, and *very* late-’80s stripes and ‘Cossack’ graphics on the sides.

From reading the article, ‘honest’ is an excellent description of these vehicles. Power nothing, no A/C (though I understand some South African models got that, but had oiling problems due to the drag of the A/C compressor when engaged), noisy cabins (especially over 50mph), and acceleration that was best aided by travelling in the direction of the earth’s rotation were the norm. That said, it’s one of the best vehicles I’ve ever owned having been reliable, unstoppable in the dirt, and dead simple to work on.

Never had a diesel so can’t speak to them; mine was the carburetted 1600cc petrol model, and as far as I know that engine was unique (as was the later 1.7i based on the 1600) to the Niva; none of the saloon cars received it. That said, the spec on Lada’s export models was quite different to what was offered on the home market (and was sometimes partly-decided by the individual importers in each country), so it’s possible that my experience with the UK & Irish markets doesn’t completely align with what was going on in the rest of the world.

Also from memory: the 1600 was derived from the 1200 / 1300 / 1500 engines in the Riva saloons, but was far-enough removed from their Fiat origins that there wasn’t a huge amount of cross-compatibility. As a result, there have been Lampredi conversions on Nivas (and years before Top Gear did their swap on the Riva), but it’s not a straight drop-in. And while I’ve never driven one with that engine installed, I do question the utility of an off-road vehicle that has a relatively narrow torque band higher up in the rev range. The original 1600cc engine put out something in the neighbourhood of 75bhp, so low gearing was used to get it off of the line; mating that to a Fiat twin-cam would make for an interesting driving experience both on-road and off-.

If you’re in North America and looking for one, there are 25-year-eligible cars available in Canada (where they were sold from the early-/mid-’80s up into the ’90s), but rust is the enemy on those vehicles. If you do snag one, though, pretty much all parts are available if your Russian is up to par or you’re willing to go through one or two places in Canada to get them.

Fantastic vehicles, and in my opinion very much overlooked in lists of the world’s greatest cars. Definitely a product of the time and place in which they were designed and built, but quite radical for the time in some ways and just utterly durable.

I’ve owned a few. They are marginally bigger than the Suzuki Sidekick and Chevrolet/Geo/GMC Tracker.

Check out those gas prices!! That’s per Litre folks!!!

Wouldn’t it just be easier to import one from Canada? They sold them here for a few years. They used to be quite common, since they were cheap and relatively capable. I see one every now and then, but they are getting thin on the ground. I think they all rusted out.

Here’s one for sale in Nova Scotia, and since it’s a ’88, you can import it into the US right now.

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/cape-breton/1988-lada-niva/605595916?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

From the mid-90s to the mid-00s, whenever I went to Canada, whether it was just across for poutine at one of the restos on Quebec Route 133 or a long weekend in Ottawa, I would see one Lada. No more, no less, and never the same one. Percentagewise I’d say 40-40-20 Samara-Niva-Fiat based RWD car.

As long as you got a good one they were ok many were scrapped new for parts as driveline vibration could no be eliminated, I looked at buying one several years ago it had a jammed centre diff, I went and saw a mechanic I knew had worked for the Tasmanian importer he explained what needed to be done to fix it and the special tools required to reassemble it and I didnt bother buying it wasnt the diy friendly project I was hoping for.

IIRC, Russia also had a modern version of the Fiat based Lada Niva. They call it the Chevrolet Niva just like the photo that I have posted here.

A true world car

These were quite attractive cars and good off road too. I was in Moscow in 1984 and it seemed you had made it if you were driving a Niva, Russia’s answer to the Range Rover.

Once a common sight here, along with the Lada Samara and Polish FSM Niki. Australia received an influx of cheap Eastern Bloc cars in the late 80’s to early 90’s. I haven’t seen any of these cars for many years, but I’m sure there’s a few kicking around out there somewhere. I’ve heard the Niva is a surprisingly capable off roader.

They were paying for the Ladas with wheat (as opposed to currency) at one stage!

I don’t mind these but I think I would have to be a lot keener on offroading to own one.

I have friends who had or have the original variants of Lada Niva’s. Another one a former student friend mine who apparently lives in one of the republics of the former USSR has the new Chevrolet Niva. All of them are satisfied. Reliable is the main opinion. Lots of so called special editions appeared on the market of different export markets like the long wheelbase hardtop, pick-up for 5 passengers and the long wheelbase CIT car versions. Some original Lada Nivas appeared with fancy plastic trims, nudge on the front paired with foglights and smooth body decorations.

I was working for a week or so in Vina del Mar, Chile in 1990 and hailed a taxi at a restaurant for the short trip back to my hotel. My draw – a Lada four door sedan that seemed to be some old Fiat tooling. With my bad attitude about both the USSR and subsequently Russia, I refused to get in that car. Next car was a ’68 Oldsmobile Cutlass four door sedan and I was perfectly happy to ride back to the hotel in that.

Thus ends my only Lada knowledge/experience.

I’ve had two of them.

They are not refined in any way, but somehow, when you have had one…, it just stay’s in your soul and is allways missed like an old friend.

Some day, again…

Being an Alfa Romeo man, it’s hard to understand myself 🙂

I wish I could get this , I prefer lighter colors anyway .

I understand the attraction of these 100 % ~ old tech design ,not fancy but as mentioned gets into your heart easily .

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Rare in the USA: 1990 Lada Niva 4×4

This 1990 Lada Niva 4×4 (chassis XTABA210XL0772083) is one of  less than 50 in the USA by our estimate, and is claimed to have been abandoned by a Canadian owner and then titled in New Jersey. Parts are plentiful in Europe and this one has some rust but looks presentable. Find it here on eBay  in Newburgh, New York for $6500. Special thanks to BaT reader Christopher H. for this submission!

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