Norwegian gearheads on the right Way

(Renault Express was featured in the superhit movie "Ronin" starring Robert De Niro. And in the film, there were several Renault Express cars that took a beating. You can catch the car scene here .) Renault Express and Fiat Fiorino are two box vans that were popular in Norway in the year 2000. Only a few of them were sold because they never really caught on in Norway. In 2000, they had a price tag of 70,000 NOK, which was considered a cheap car on the market back then. I stumbled upon this car in a newspaper called "Arbeiderbladet" when I was in my last year of elementary school. Just imagine driving this car like a feisty Frenchman with a loud exhaust system, or jazz it up with tinted windows, cool wheels, and a wunderbaum air freshener like a true Norwegian countryside car enthusiast!

(Modern Lada 2106 from 2006) Lada 1500/2106-2103! I was in my mama's belly in 1987, the same year a Lada 2103/2106 classic was featured in a James Bond film called "The Living Daylights," this car also supposedly got stolen from my parents by some youngsters in my old neighborhood who are still on the loose. The Lada was found smashed up a couple of kilometers away and down some steep slopes under a railroad underpass. Could it be that these car thieves were inspired by Lada's rallying efforts in Canada in the early 1980s? Or maybe it was the insane car chase sequence in James Bond's "The Living Daylights" that got 'em all motivated? Either way, they managed to fix up the Lada, and it lasted a good 5 years. These cars are tough as nails and can take a beating! Lada 2106 and 2103 were also darn cool rally cars and were produced all the way up until 2006, how 'bout that! And since they were made until 2006, you can still get your hands on 'em t...