> forgotten the Lada car and yes, a clone of the Fiat 124.
I'm pretty sure there was a FWD one also, a FIAT 128 made under license. I
think I saw them in the movie GORKY PARK. I am told that the Ladas were build
with cheap steel that was thicker than the high-strength steel used in the FIAT
originals. Also, the Ladas had drum brakes because it was thought that Soviet
mechanics would be unfamiliar with disk brakes.
I do not know which ones were fitted with Wankel engines for police cars
because the Militiamen could not catch civilians when their Ladas were no
faster than the civilians' Ladas. The Wankel-equipped Ladas were quite a bit
faster than the standard ones. I imagine they were pretty scary. The engines
apparently were not Mazda engines, but were built under license from Wankel.
A different FIAT was produced as the Yugo and unfortunately sold in the USA.
--
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
1994 Miata C package
pethier [at] comcast [dot] net http://forum.mnautox.com/forums/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pethier
I decry the textmessagization of the American-English language.
_______________________________________________
Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
This list supported in part by the Vintage Triumph Register
http://www.vtr.org
http://www.team.net/donate.html
Triumphs@autox.team.net
http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs
|