Tightening emissions and safety legislation meant that AvtoVAZ withdrew from most Western markets by the late 1997; often, there were also problems with spare parts. I
n the USA they were never sold due to the cold war, but they were available in Canada (where the Niva was quite popular). The rise in popularity of Far Eastern imports from newly established manufacturers such as Daewoo, Proton, Kia and Hyundai contributed to Lada's demise in the West. s.
Though the original Lada, and as of the early part of the new millennium, the Samara, have now been withdrawn,
the Lada 110 and the Niva are still sold in certain Western European markets, as are the more modern models. The Lada is widely available in many Central and South American countries as well as in Africa, the Middle East and in all of the former Soviet Union and Communist Bloc nations.
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Ukraine automobile manufacturers
astably produces 100–200 thousand per year now and includes ZAZ, LuAZ, Bogdan, KrAZ, KrASZ, BAZ, ChAZ, Eurocar, Etalon-Avto, HalAZ, Anto-Rus and LAZ. While domestic trucks, buses and trolleybuses continues to be made, production of self-designed cars (such as Tavriya) decreased and now Ukraine assembles mainly US Chevrolets, and Russian- and Korean-developed cars.
Belarus had third by volume part of automotive industry of the Soviet Union with near 40,000 annual production. Since that times Belarus specilizes on production of own designed superheavy, heavy and middle trucks mainly plus post-Soviet developed buses, trolleybuses and trams. Auto manufacturers in Belarus include MAZ, BelAZ and Neman.
In 2005 plans were revealed for production of BelAZ-75600 w
ith 320 tonne (352,600 kg, or 352.6 tons) capacity, ordered by Kuzbass mining.
In fall of 2006 the first delivery of BelAz-75600 [1]
In April 2012, BelAZ announced it would hold an IPO - the first in Belarus. [2]