Lada Niva in the used car test – How To Cars

Used car with guarantee

9,980 €

Lada Niva *MOT new*guarantee, year 2015, petrol

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Gasoline, 9.5 l/100km (comb.), CO2 emissions 216 g/km*

11,550 €

Lada Niva special price 1.4 Taiga 4×4 AHK warranty, year 2018, petrol

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Gasoline, 9.5 l/100km (comb.), CO2 emissions 216 g/km*

14,900 €

Lada Lada Niva 1.7 Taiga 4×4, year 2020, petrol

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16,253 €

Lada Niva Legend 4×4 1.7 83hp spare wheel onboard comp…, year 2021, petrol

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Gasoline, 9.5 l/100km (comb.), CO2 emissions 242 g/km*

16,655 €

Lada Niva conservation 2 years guarantee 61kW (83hp)…, year 2022, petrol

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Petrol, 9.8 l/100km (comb.), CO2 emissions 226 g/km*

16,768 €

Lada Niva Legend 4×4 1.7 83hp spare wheel onboard comp…, year 2021, petrol

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Petrol, 9.9 l/100km (comb.), CO2 emissions 232 g/km*

16,768 €

Lada Niva Legend 4×4 1.7 83hp spare wheel onboard comp…, year 2021, petrol

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Gasoline, 9.5 l/100km (comb.), CO2 emissions 260 g/km*

16,768 €

Lada Niva Legend 4×4 1.7 83hp spare wheel onboard comp…, year 2021, petrol

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Gasoline, 9.5 l/100km (comb.), CO2 emissions 260 g/km*

16,768 €

Lada Niva Legend 4×4 1.7 83hp spare wheel onboard comp…, year 2021, petrol

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Petrol, 9.9 l/100km (comb.), CO2 emissions 232 g/km*

16,780 €

Lada Niva 4×4 Classic *el.window regulator*preservation*, year 2021, petrol

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Petrol, 9.8 l/100km (comb.), CO2 emissions 226 g/km*

Legal Notes

* Further information on the official fuel consumption and the official specific CO2 emissions and, if applicable, the electricity consumption of new cars can be found in the “Guideline on Official Fuel Consumption”, which is available free of charge at all sales outlets and from “Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH” (www .dat.de).

In that year, the manufacturer AvtoVAS in Tolyatti, with its then majority owner General Motors, presented the Chevy Niva. the originalNiva was on the market for 26 years at the time – and is still being built to this day. This is simply due to its popularity: it is undoubtedly a capable, small and, above all, unmatchedly cheap off-road vehicle that can be kept in operation for many years with few tools and, if necessary, sparse specialist knowledge.

Lada Niva used: It also has many fans in Germany

If the new price is hardly more than 10,000 euros, then quite a few believe that they can get a good car with a used car for 6000 euros – not with the Lada!

Maybe something like in the 1960s to 1990s with one Citroën 2CV, aka duck. The Russian four-wheel drive vehicle has a lot in common with the French primitive car. Not the technology, but the simplicity and ingenuity of the construction; in addition, the very lax processing quality. At the Niva This is expressed above all in only rudimentary precautions against corrosion of the self-supporting body. In addition, in the strongly fluctuating accuracy of fit of parts.

Short service life of various components

Everything that has roller bearings (transmissions, differentials, wheel bearings, drive shafts) shows more or less play from one specimen to the next. In the most harmless case, this leads to singing and grinding noises while driving, but normally to an alarmingly short service life for such parts. Transmission overhauls after only 50,000 kilometers are therefore not uncommon; also wobbling wheel bearings, rough-running cardan shafts and dripping lubricant due to the large bearing clearances.

A Niva/4×4 Getting through the main inspection is therefore exciting even for young specimens. And that’s why you should insist on a fresh general inspection sticker when buying a used vehicle. Under Niva-Fans increase the value of the original models before 1995 with wide rear lights, 1.6 carburetor engine and the pretty round instruments. However, the less maintenance-intensive 1.7 injectors are much more practical; especially the versions from 2001 or even 2010 after another fuel system conversion run with fewer problems.

model history

• 1976: Presentation of the AwtoWAS 2121 as Lada Niva with 1.6-liter four-cylinder petrol engine (carburetor, 73 hp) and manual transmission

• 1995: Facelift: deeper tailgate, new taillights, new instruments, new seats, 1.7i (80 hp, injection); 1.9 D (naturally aspirated diesel, 64 hp)

• 2001: New ignition and injection system for the 1.7i petrol engine (82 instead of 80 hp); Elimination of the model name Niva; instead of this 4×4

• 2010: Facelift. New: front turn signals, instruments, seats, fuel system, mirrors; modified chassis, reinforced clutch; 5 euro

• 2015: Additional equipment version Lada Urban with bumper panels made of painted plastic