![Off-road in this back-to-basics Lada Niva Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lada Niva](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2022-02/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Future%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20%20Lada%20Niva%20%E2%80%93%2014.png?itok=Ins3SFQ6)
It’s now been a while since Land Rover unwrapped the radically reinvented new Defender, but the original car’s loyal fans are no doubt still raging about how far removed this futuristic off-roader is from its bare-bones namesake.
It’s the same story with the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, the Toyota Land Cruiser and even the Suzuki Jimny: where have all the utilitarian and unapologetically functional 4x4s gone?
Our salvation comes from the East.
![This 2021 Lada Niva in profile Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lada Niva](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Future%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20%20Lada%20Niva%20%E2%80%93%2003.png)
![The Lada insignia Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lada Niva](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Future%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20%20Lada%20Niva%20%E2%80%93%2013.png)
![Some might have thought Lada Nivas were no longer built Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lada Niva](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Future%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20%20Lada%20Niva%20%E2%80%93%2008.png)
![The Lada Niva is great off the beaten track Classic & Sports Car – Future classic: Lada Niva](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Future%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20%20Lada%20Niva%20%E2%80%93%2007.png)
The 2021 Lada Niva has an 88mph top speed