Then there are the cars themselves, battered Toyota taxis and even Ladas from bygone Soviet days.

其次危险也源于车辆自身的原因，老旧丰田出租车甚至是前苏联时代拉达车频频发生故障。

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In Yakutsk itself, most of the cars are second-hand Japanese imports; apparently, they handle the cold better than Ladas and other traditional Russian vehicles.

在雅库茨克本地，大多数汽车是从日本进口的二手车。很明显，这些日本汽车比拉达和其它传统的俄国汽车更耐寒。

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Its Ladas still sell in provincial Russia because there are lots of dealers, the cars are cheap and there are few alternatives.

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Yann Vincent, the newly installed operations chief, says the priority is to bring new Ladas to market, based on Renault platforms, by 2010.

ECONOMIST: Cars in Russia

"You can't just go over and become a dealer in Ladas, " recalls Thompson, who was selling tires and lubricants to several big Avtovaz dealers.

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