History of the Russian Automotive Industry, Stages of Development 2018

LADA is a car brand owned by AvtoVAZ (the largest manufacturer of cars in Russia and Eastern Europe), which, in turn, is under the control of the Franco-Japanese alliance ... The cars of this brand occupy about 20% of the domestic market, and they are relatively low cost and good adaptability to "Russian realities."

Sedan LADA (VAZ) 2107

This car became one of the last representatives of the VAZ "classics". Yes, we are talking about VAZ 2107, which is also known as the "seven". And if the famous automobile journalist Jeremy Clarkson ridiculed this sedan, the Russians nicknamed him "Russian Mercedes". Serial production of the machine was conducted from 1982 to 2012, after which he retired.

Touring Lada 111

The front-drive station wagon VAZ-2111 appeared in the model line of the Tolyatti enterprise in 1998, adding a three-cubicle body. The production of the five-door shed continued until February 2009, after which Priora replaced it, although the Cherkassy Bogdan plant assembled it before 2014 (though in a slightly modified form and under the name Bogdan 2111).

Three-door Lada 112 Coupe

In 2002, AvtoVAZ presented the public with a three-door modification of the "twelfth", which received the working name VAZ-21123. In the same year, the car entered a small-scale production, after which it kept on the conveyor belt until 2009, and for this its life cycle experienced three small updates of appearance. Looks Lada 112 Coupe most attractive and concise on the background of other representatives of the "tenth" family, although in general it differs from the "twelfth" only by the absence of rear doors. An important role in creating a very dynamic appearance is played by enlarged wheel arches and a spoiler, which seems to grow out of the window sill.

Sedan Lada 110

The design of the new domestic VAZ-2110 sedan started in Togliatti in 1983, and the first prototype of the model was released in July 1985. In mass production, the car entered only in ten years, so already at the time of its appearance on the market in terms of technology, it was considerably inferior to foreign analogs.

Lada Priora

Lada Priora - a family of budget cars "small class III group" (by European standards - the border of segments "B" and "C") - is the "product" of the deep modernization of the "tenth family" (received about a thousand changes, compared with the "source code" ") ... The first prototype of" Priora "in a three-cubicle body (called" Lada 2170 ") appeared before the public in August 2003 at the Moscow Motor Show, but in the" series "it was only three and a half years later - in March 2007 (and all because the plant was busy "launching Kalina") ... Already in February in 2008 the sedan was followed by a five-door hatchback, and in May 2009 the "universal" model (later there were other modifications, but all of them - "small-scale") ... However, the "era of this model" is already approaching its "logical" completion "- in 2017 he" plans to sink into oblivion. "

Lada Samara

Lada Samara - a family of budget cars "small class" (by European standards it is a "B" segment). The first representative of this family came out in 1984, and the last one left the conveyor in 2014.

Lada 4x4 (VAZ Niva)

The domestic SUV, more commonly known as the "Niva", went into mass production in 1977 (represented by the modification "VAZ-2121"), but in "Lada 4 × 4" it was renamed only in 2004 ... By its appearance This car produced a real sensation, not only in the Soviet Union, but also far beyond its borders, and on the conveyor it keeps to this day without any "radical" technical changes ...

Lada Kalina

Lada Kalina is a whole family of Russian front-wheel drive cars of the "small class II group" (segment "B" by European brands), combining two "hypostases": a five-door hatchback and station wagon (and in the first generation - also a sedan) ... Among other things , this is the "optimal recipe" for a truly "budget machine": nice, inexpensive, well-equipped and perfectly adapted to "Russian realities." The development of this car "AvtoVAZ" began in 1993, and in 1998 he gave him a well-known name now - "Lada Kalina" ... His "final look" car found by 2001, but really "serial" was only in the 2004 - the first sedan came out, followed by other types of bodies ... The Russians "quickly rasprobovali" car, which (having "changed generation" after nine years of production, among other things, "lost" three-body body) and now enjoys in the Russian market good demand.

Lada Largus

Lada Largus - family (van, compact, wagon, pseudo crossover) of the market segment of "multipurpose universal cars" (MPV) and the first joint development of AvtoVAZ and the "French-Japanese" alliance "Renault-Nissan" ... As a novelty for Russia, in fact - it's only slightly modified (from the words of representatives of AvtoVAZ - adapted to Russian operating conditions) "Franco-Romanian Logan MCV / VAN". The first Largus came off the assembly line of the Togliatti auto giant on June 17, 2011, but its mass production started only in April 2012, and the "domestic MPV" instantly became one of the most popular models of "Lada" in the market ... But "public history "Of the car began even earlier - back in the end of 2010, when the Moscow motor show was presented with a model code-named" Project R90 ".

Lada Vesta

Lada Vesta is a "small family car" (segment "C" according to the European classification), available in two versions: a sedan and a five-door station wagon ... It is noteworthy that in many respects it became the first - since it is the first serial car, " reflecting a new way of development of AvtoVAZ "... The machine is designed primarily for people aged 25 to 45 years, but this framework is not limited to its target audience ... Public debut of the sedan, based on the results of the" Project C ", took place in August 2014 at the Moscow Motor Show - where "Vesta "Was demonstrated in a conceptual guise, and in September 2015 (in record time for Togliatti), serial production was launched ... The universal replenished this family after almost two years - in June 2017 ... Now the car is in demand on the Russian market - here it annually finds over 60 thousand buyers.

Lada XRAY

Lada XRAY is a "typical five-door hatchback of the B-class", but "elevated above the ground", but the carmaker himself calls it only "SUV subcompact category", and the first in its long history ... But do not "build illusions", because, despite the decent ground clearance, this car (by the way, "painted" by Steve Mattin) is a purely "urban resident", albeit with the inclinations of a "summer resident" ... This five-door hatchback-parketnik replenished the range of the Togliatti auto giant at the very end of 2015, debuting in a serial form on ystavki «Moscow Off-Road Show» (in late August). However, he started his public history much earlier - his conceptual version was first introduced in the summer of 2012 at the Moscow Motor Show ... In the foreseeable future this SUV is likely to "overgrow" with new versions ...

Lada XCODE

The International Moscow Motor Show, which opened its doors to visitors in August 2016, became the real "corporate" of AvtoVAZ: the booth of the domestic company housed 19 cars at once, among them six - concept cars. Well, the "highlight" of the exposition was the long-awaited prototype of a new crossover called Lada XCODE, which demonstrated with its appearance the possible development of the Lada model palette and the next version of the IKS-style design. This car, according to official representatives of the plant, will obligatorily get to mass production, but it will not happen before 2018.

Lada Oka

The ultra-compact VAZ-1111 Oka was born in 1988 - just then its parallel production started at the Volzhsky Automobile Plant, the Serpukhov Automobile Plant and the Small Car Factory in Naberezhnye Chelny. The design of the same machine began in Serpukhov in the 1970s, but in 1982 it was transferred to the designers of VAZ by the order of the Ministry of Automotive Industry. They were instructed to create a three-door "very small class" for the disabled, using the developments of SMZ and NAMI.

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