lada 's 4x4 niva has long been the car that bucked the trend of laughing at the russian carmaker .
as a result of the land rover defender 's demise , there could be a boom in sales of a russian badge which was a butt of many jokes in the soviet era .
forget luxuries because the niva is an unabashed frills-free zone , the upside of its simplicity is that the plastic interior .