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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.
- Russia's Best-selling Car No Longer A Lada For The First Time Since The 1970s
For the first time since the 1970s, the best-selling car in Russia during any month is not a Lada. The No.1-selling car in the country last month was the Kia Rio, which outsold the Lada Granta 10,834 to 10,520, giving the Korean automaker the top-selling...
- …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...
- 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...
- Russia's Avtovaz To Build New Lada Sedan Based On A Renault Platform
AvtoVAZ, Russia's biggest automaker and the manufacturer of the Lada, will begin production of a new compact sedan based on the running gear of an as of yet unspecified Renault model. According to Bloomberg news, AvtoVAZ CEO Igor Komarov said that...
- 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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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 perception of Lada as a maker of old-fashioned cars that are way past their expiry date by introducing a design revolution, inspired by the way Kia’s design boss Peter Schreyer transformed the Korean brand's image.
Read more »- Russia's Best-selling Car No Longer A Lada For The First Time Since The 1970s
For the first time since the 1970s, the best-selling car in Russia during any month is not a Lada. The No.1-selling car in the country last month was the Kia Rio, which outsold the Lada Granta 10,834 to 10,520, giving the Korean automaker the top-selling...
- …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...
- 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...
- Russia's Avtovaz To Build New Lada Sedan Based On A Renault Platform
AvtoVAZ, Russia's biggest automaker and the manufacturer of the Lada, will begin production of a new compact sedan based on the running gear of an as of yet unspecified Renault model. According to Bloomberg news, AvtoVAZ CEO Igor Komarov said that...
- 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...