There are thousands of "utilised" 10+year-old cars that should have been scrapped but are instead re-sold around here. Needless to say, while a new Lada is no gift from heaven, a used Lada is worse (even though some quick-to-break parts must have already been replaced... ten times). Also doubt you'd want to buy Lada parts in the UK and spend days under your "Lastotchka" on a trenchcoat with a monkeywrench in your hand and a load of Russian non-literary expressions to describe the situation.