Often associated with big, brawny and brutal SUVs and pick-ups, off-road driving is often better served with a small package. Light, nimble and manoeuvrable over loose surfaces and along narrow inhospitable trails, small SUVs like the Lada Niva, Suzuki Jimny and Mahindra Thar can often go, and better manoeuvre, where larger and more powerful machines better adept for desert
Often associated with big, brawny and brutal SUVs and pick-ups, off-road driving is often better served with a small package. Light, nimble and manoeuvrable over loose surfaces and along narrow inhospitable trails, small SUVs like the Lada Niva, Suzuki Jimny and Mahindra Thar can often go, and better manoeuvre, where larger and more powerful machines better adept for desert
Amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Russia has restarted the Lada Niva production line at the brand’s Togliatti factory, 1000km south-east of Moscow.
Unless you live in Russia, or some parts of Eastern Europe at least, chances are you don’t give a flying hoot about the new Lada Niva Bronto. And we cannot blame you for that, because there are far more exciting off-roaders out there, yet most of them do cost a small fortune.