Lada Classic ends 40-year era of Russian car-making

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Lada Classic ends 40-year era of Russian car-making


The series had been produced since the early 1980s Photo: ALAMY

The last ever Lada Classic, which has always had an affectionate following despite being the butt of countless jokes, has finally come off the production line, ending a 40-year era in Russian car-making
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The AvtoVAZ manufacturer announced that the last VAZ-2104 from the Classic series – usually known as the Riva abroad – rolled out of its factory in Izhevsk in the Urals on Monday.

The series had been produced since the early 1980s but varied little from a 1970 predecessor, which was conceived as an affordable workhorse as a result of collaboration between Italian automobile giant Fiat and the Soviet government.

In the West, the Riva became a figure of fun for its boxy looks and atrocious build quality, but enthusiasts loved it for its low price and potential for endless backyard tinkering. It has not been sold in the UK since 1997.

In Russia, the different models of Lada Classic – originally called the Zhiguli domestically – were known to drivers by the last digit of their model number: Chetverka (the "Four"), Pyaterka (the "Five") and Semerka (the "Seven"). The latter sedan sold 18 million examples by the time it went out of production in April.

The 2104, an estate, limped on for a few more months, but AvtoVAZ said this week it would now concentrate on making newer Lada models such as the Kalina, Priora and Granta.

Those cars have not promised the design revolution which allowed Czech car-maker Skoda to shed its equally clunky image.

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, needed six attempts to start a new Granta when he took a test drive in one last year.
Source: Lada Classic ends 40-year era of Russian car-making - Telegraph
 

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It is high time! Terrible car on modern measurements time. All line of Lada Samara is necessary yet to removed.
 

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lada is sister of our Hindustan ambassador,where lada is dead but ambassador still going on.:lol::lol:


dheeth panti ki haath hoti ha:frusty::frusty:
 

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We should just make Renault and slap a Lada sticker on it. :laugh:
 

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