Moment tiny Lada – once the butt of every car joke – transports huge lorry cab on its roof with ease

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Small but mighty! Moment a tiny Lada -once the butt of every car joke – transports a huge lorry cab on its roof with ease

  • Lada Riva was spotted with the huge front of a juggernaut on top of his motor 
  • The tiny car sets off at the traffic lights in Tbilisi, Georgia, with it balanced on top 
  • Once popular in the UK, the vehicle struggles to pick up much speed as it drives 

By Nicole Conner For Mailonline

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This is the moment a tiny Lada – which was once the butt of every car joke – transports a huge lorry on its roof with ease.  

The Lada Riva driver was spotted with the huge front of a juggernaut on top of his motor at traffic lights.

In the bizarre footage, filmed in Tbilisi, Georgia, the traffic lights turn green and the tiny car sets off.

The Lada Riva driver was spotted with the huge front of a juggernaut on top of his motor at traffic lights in Tbilisi, Georgia 

The vehicle struggles to pick up much speed as it drives with the front of the truck balanced precariously on top.  

The front of the juggernaut is twice the size of the little car, which shot to popularity in the UK during the 90s.   

Despite driving slowly, the car manages to keep going with the giant object perched on top as cars speed past.  

One person said: ‘This is a real vehicle, not like the new plastic coffins.’

Another added: ‘Lada can handle everything and it’s unbeatable!’ 

A third joked: ‘My dream vehicle.

‘All the style of a classic Lada with the added authority of the truck cab. The extra seating capacity is the icing on the cake.’  

The little car waits at traffic lights with the huge truck front balancing precariously on top before it sets off, despite being unable to pick up much speed

The little car waits at traffic lights with the huge truck front balancing precariously on top before it sets off, despite being unable to pick up much speed 

Lada is a Russian car firm, owned by Renault, that is considered to be affordable and is popular in former Soviet countries.

In 1994, there were 134,297 Russian-built Ladas, registered in Britain, a number which had dwindled by 99.9% to 179 in 2018. 

The Lada, which was first built in the Soviet Union in 1970 by the Russian car giant AvtoVAZ, sold more than 300,000 cars in the UK between 1977 and 1997. 

The 10 best Lada jokes 

  1. What’s the difference between a golf ball and a Lada? You can drive a golf ball 300 yards.
  2.  What do you call a Lada at the top of a hill? A miracle.
  3. First prize in the raffle is a Lada. Second prize is two Ladas.
  4. Owner asks his mechanic: ‘Can I get a windscreen-wiper for my Lada?’ The mechanic replies: ‘That sounds like a fair swap.’
  5.  What’s the difference between a golf ball and a Lada? You can drive a golf ball 300 yards.
  6. What do you call a Lada with twin exhaust? A wheelbarrow.
  7. What do you call a Lada driver talking about his speeding ticket? A liar.
  8. What takes up the last 16 pages of the Lada User’s Manual? The bus and train timetables.
  9. Did you hear about the bloke who had his Lada broken into? The thieves put a radio in for him.
  10. What do you call a Lada convertible? A skip.