Oh, what a great picture. A piece of s#!t soviet car in front of a piece of s#!t soviet boat.
Not great cars, but basic and easy to work on. I think they were based on the Fiat 124.
A buddy of mine bought a used 4-door Lada for $600.00 in the early ‘80s. It came with a large set of tools, such that you could do all the repairs you would ever need to do on it. He drove it 40 miles each way, 4 times a week for several years. Aside from 60 pounds of Bondo applied over during that time, he had little maintenance to do on the car. After 4 years, he kept the tool kit and sold it for $600.00. For him, it was a ‘Lada’ car for very little money!