Amazon now has used-car listings. For now, solely Los Angeles sellers can checklist used and authorized pre-owned automobiles, with clients finishing the sale by way of Amazon. A giant deal, however us being full nerds, had been distracted by one of many automobiles Amazon is utilizing to promote the service.

It’s, of all issues, a Lada Vesta SW Cross, a lifted station wagon from Russia’s state-owned automaker. A automotive that is not offered in lots of markets outdoors of Russia, and undoubtedly not the US. 

Photograph by: Wikimedia Commons / Ilya Plekhanov

An odd selection to make sure. It is not unusual to see firms use pictures that could be a made-up rendering or a mashup of a number of completely different fashions to signify a generic automotive. Amazon itself additionally makes use of a Ram 1500 with its logos eliminated in its press launch on the brand new used-car service. However a Lada? It should’ve been in a royalty-free picture someplace, and nobody at Amazon figured anybody would increase an eyebrow. They did not see us coming.

What’s particularly humorous is that that is the second time in per week this form of factor has occurred. As our mates at The Autopian report, the GOP used a picture of an outdated Lada in a tweet about how the Trump Administration’s Large Stunning Invoice will “make cars nice once more” and “will drive the return of the nice American automotive.”  

Amazon Autos launched its service some time again with Hyundai, and as of proper now, its used-car listings come from LA-area Hyundai sellers. Amazon says it plans on including new, non-Hyundai sellers within the coming months.

We will not think about we’ll see many Ladas listed on the market there.