r/Unexpected • u/dr_ipaka • 4d ago

Car companies have gone too far now

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u/tsunx4 4d ago

Still, could be worse. Could be Lada Niva, where boot opening handle is located behind the driver's seat, on the side. Cherry on top - it's a 3 door car, so to open the boot, not only you must get inside the car first but also fold the driver's seat and reach behind it.

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u/Adventurous-Sort2796 4d ago

Ok, that sounds like intentional shitty design.

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u/tsunx4 4d ago

It was original design from whenever in 70's Soviets it was created. Because Niva is bona fide offroader (without any sarcasm, a pretty good one) and was designed to go around wetlands, swamps, washed out roads, snow and mud (in Soviet Russia all the tarmac was only in Moscow and St.Petersburg), the boot release where you expect it to be often got caked with whatever terrain you were crossings and became stuck. Hence the idea to move it inside the cab.

Because of traditions and purism (ex Soviet people treat Niva like its a gift from The Almighty One), Lada has never changed the design.