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Fun Times: 1970s Lada 2101 Drag Races a Porsche 911 Carrera RS and a Nissan GT-R with 1,000HP
Who said that only exotic supercars and muscular pony cars are allowed to steal the limelight at the drag strip? If anything else, an unpretentious VAZ 2101 from the 1970s (better known with the Lada brand name outside the former Soviet Union), is bound to draw attention simply for being what it is…
But you should know by now that looks can be very deceiving sometimes and this cherry-red Lada created by the Vintic & Spuntic Workshop has 240 ponies neatly packed under its rickety hood.
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Mercedes-amg Gt S Makes Drag Race Debut Against Porsche 911 Gts
Whenever there's an all-new model making its way to the drag strip (or even those silly highway drag races), we get really excited to see what it can do. Read more »...
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…and This Is Why There Are So Many Jokes About Ladas
"Do you know why Lada drivers [insert whichever part of the car you like here]" is, or at least, it was a popular series of jokes back in the days when Lada was actually active in markets outside of Russia. Nowadays, the Viking sailing ship-badged...
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Lada Design Boss Wants To Follow Kia's Example And Turn Around The Brand’s Styling
What car do you think of when you say the word Lada? I for one think of the boxy Fiat 124-based Lada 1500 (known as the VAZ-2105 in Russia) which was produced between 1980 and 2012. Apparently, AvtoVAZ design director Steve Mattin wants to change this...
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Get Your Very Own 1980 Lada 2101 In The Us, Price Is Mounting Up On Ebay, Though…
Chances of you having seen a real-life Lada on the road in the US are very slim, because they were only brought over as private imports, so they are extremely sparse Stateside. However, you can own a mint example of a 1980 Lada 2101, which is up for...
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This Ain't A Joke: Russia's Lada To Sponsor Renault F1 Racing Team
Remember all the classic Lada jokes of the 80s and 90s of the sort that one could crank out endlessly because the patterns are so reliable? Jokes like these: "What do you call a classic Skoda? A Lada" and "What do you call the shock absorbers...
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