For Sale: Lada Niva V6 that Paris-Dakar reed

Posted on 13-04-2016 at 17:55 by Dizono – 15 Comments”

You should just have to finish it.

Last week presented Lada its most powerful production model ever: the Kalina NFR with 136 hp. With such values kick you in the car of course, not so far, not on the tarmac and not in the desert. That got also Team Lada Pastis 51, which in 1985 with a trio of Lada Niva’s at the start were of the Paris-Dakar. Under the hood, not the 1.7 Lada, but twice the PRV V6. You know, that block that PSA, Renault and Volvo developed and in a whole slew of cars from France and Sweden spooned. Volvo 780 to Renault 25, but also in exotics as the Alpine A610, MVS Venturi and the DMC Delorean. Besides, there is also ever a Niva built with a Ferrari V8 in the back, but that is for next time.

The Niva is the PRV-block good for 270 horsepower, sufficient to drive the Lada’s with a rotgang through the desert to hunt. Unfortunately, none of the three cars to the finish of the rally at that time, if possible, even heavier than today. Of the 361 started, the cars were only 81 in Dakar…

What the Niva in her life after Dakar, and the other texts I do not know, but very clever, she stood there, apparently not. The previous owner started a restoration, but came to halfway. On the only three photos in the French ad, we see a seemingly neat chassis with a fresh-looking engine. The body can still a lot of work and especially a spuitbeurt to use, and also to the interior will still work. For 15,000 you can buy a brand new Niva, but that’s of course not as cool as this.