I know about these Jason. The yellow one (based on the Fiat 124) looks almost cartoonish to me. Here’s the 1:1 one
and the Lada Niva is available in 1/35th scale from Balaton Modell (resin kit) .
If I had to, regarding diecast stuff , I’d rather go with Welly models…
But thanks for the help anyway 
H.P.