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Lada 2101's aren't the same as Fiat 124. Russians bought the designs and rights to manufacture and changed them significantly enough.

* Fiat used either OHV or DOHC, Lada used SOHC * Fiat had rear disk brakes, Lada had drums * Lada suspension was raised and reinforced to better deal with bad roads * Lada suspension was also dumbed down. IIRC Lada did not use trailing upper arms

There are more than 800 differences between these two cars. I am not saying that Italians shouldn't be praised, but in reality the Lada is a completely different car.