The latest attempt at a Microsoft car

[Christopher Browne]

On 3/2/06, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> You forgot to mention they also licenced the design to the Russians, for
> the Lada, which is an even worse car than the Fiat!

If I understand what happened there correctly, the Lada "Riva" was
produced using a former Fiat factory that was sold to the Russians and
shipped to them.  Thus, it wasn't merely a similar design, but just a
shifting of the increasingly obsolete factory.

Alas, I can't verify that :-(.
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