End of the road for loved and loathed Lada

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For some, the end of production of the Lada, symbolic of Soviet-era utilitarianism, means an end to an icon of the middle class. For others, the Lada is being put out of its misery.First built in the 1970s, and rarely modified, the Lada quickly became the subject of many jokes in Russia. As with many cultural icons once considered passe and uncool, the Lada is seeing renewed fervour among some of Russia's urban youth, who are willing to embrace it precisely for its cheapness.

Al Jazeera's Sue Turton reports from St Petersburg.
Paybacksays...

In the late 70s, my dad went down to an auto wrecker and bought 2 Fiat 128s (a '76 and a '77 or similar), which the Lada always reminds me of. One had a completely obliterated front end, the other a destroyed rear end. He cut both in half, welded the good parts back together, and my mom drove it until the late 80s, when he rebuilt a year-old Ford F350 that my mother only allowed if he bought her a complete, undamaged car. The damn thing is still toodling around town somewhere...

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