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It looks like AvtoVAZ engineers were way ahead of their time when developing the Lada Samara hatchback, as you can see in this enlightening video that shows an example of the three door model making use of its hood as an active aero brake to slow it down on the highway.
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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. Apparently, AvtoVAZ design director Steve Mattin wants to change this...
- Driver Passes Car Through The Eye Of A Needle
Here's one incident that could have easily led to a horrific crash with multiple fatalities, but which, thanks to a little bit of luck and a cool-headed reaction from the driver of the car with the dashboard camera, was luckily evaded. The driver...
- 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...
- МуÑтанг: Lada Daydreams Of Being A Ford Mustang
Here's what you get for having far too much time on your hands; a five-door hatchback (or is the Sportback?) Lada turned into something that tries to look like a Ford Mustang. Truth to be said, the Ukrainian owner of the Ladastang went to great lengths...
- 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...
Cars
Lada Employs Active Aero Hood to Come to a Stop
It looks like AvtoVAZ engineers were way ahead of their time when developing the Lada Samara hatchback, as you can see in this enlightening video that shows an example of the three door model making use of its hood as an active aero brake to slow it down on the highway.
There are still some ergonomic glitches and visibility issues to work out but the system does what it sets out to do just fine.
Read more »- 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...
- Driver Passes Car Through The Eye Of A Needle
Here's one incident that could have easily led to a horrific crash with multiple fatalities, but which, thanks to a little bit of luck and a cool-headed reaction from the driver of the car with the dashboard camera, was luckily evaded. The driver...
- 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...
- МуÑтанг: Lada Daydreams Of Being A Ford Mustang
Here's what you get for having far too much time on your hands; a five-door hatchback (or is the Sportback?) Lada turned into something that tries to look like a Ford Mustang. Truth to be said, the Ukrainian owner of the Ladastang went to great lengths...
- 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...