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Why do Ladas have heated rear windows? To keep your hands warm when you’re pushing them

What do you call a Lada with a sunroof? A [skip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_(container))

What do you call a Lada at the top of a hill? A miracle

So many of these went around the school playground as a kid. Even the bad ones got a laugh. All could have had Skoda substituted for Lada depending on the day.

In Swedish låda means "box" (as in cardboard box etc), so the jokes pretty much write themselves.

In Czechoslovakia, Ladas and Skodas were basically the best a normal citizen could buy, so it wasn't really a subject of jokes. Even getting such a car was not easy, my grandfather said he had to register on a list to get Skoda 1000 MB, and then had to wait 7 years to be able to buy it (that was in 60s/70s).

Trabant was joked about, though.

Skodas regularly won their class in rallying.

All the time. Fiat 126p ("Maluch") was famously known for being as safe as Mercedes ("in both of them crumple zone ends at engine") and being as sporty and advanced as Porsche ("both have engine in the boot")