{"id":1162,"date":"2025-08-06T16:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:50:20","slug":"amazon-uses-lada-to-promote-new-auto-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/amazon-uses-lada-to-promote-new-auto-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon uses Lada to promote new auto service"},"content":{"rendered":"

A campaign image from the online retailer features a Russian-made car never sold in the US<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s latest marketing campaign for its new used-car sales service has inexplicably featured a Russian-made vehicle, the Lada Vesta SW Cross, in one of its promotional images.<\/p>\n

The campaign promotes Amazon Autos, which now allows customers to purchase used and certified pre-owned cars directly from Los Angeles-area dealerships. The promotional materials use the tagline \u2018Beep Beep\u2019, but one of the images clearly depicts an orange Lada Vesta \u2013 a model manufactured by Russia\u2019s state-owned AvtoVAZ and never officially sold in the US.<\/p>\n

The image has quickly drawn attention online, with social media users questioning why the American company is featuring a Russian-made car in its marketing. Commenters have pointed out that the Vesta is largely absent from Western markets and suggested the choice was unusual for a US-focused campaign.<\/p>\n

Just days earlier, the US Republican Party faced similar scrutiny after posting a photograph intended to promote American manufacturing that included a Soviet-era Lada 1200. The image shows President Donald Trump standing in front of the bright yellow sedan, alongside a caption promoting what the party described as the \u2018Big Beautiful Bill\u2019 to \u201cbring back the great American car.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n Screenshot of Amazon’s website promoting Amazon Autos which features a promotional image that shows a Russian Lada Vesta SW Cross.<\/p>\n


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The post prompted widespread mockery on social media, with users leaving comments such as \u201cMake Lada Great Again\u201d<\/em> and \u201cBringing Soviet prosperity to a decaying America.\u201d<\/em> One wrote, \u201cI didn\u2019t know Lada had a factory in the US. Will there be a new trade deal with Russia next?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n READ MORE: <\/span>US Republicans post photo of Trump with Lada
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Auto analyst Maksim Kadakov has suggested that the designers of the images may have sourced the photographs from European stock image databases to avoid copyright complications with American manufacturers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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