Produced between 1970 and 1988, the VAZ-2101 is more than meets the eye. Based on the Fiat 124 but far more durable where it matters, the Lada features thicker steel, a reinforced chassis, a jacked-up ...

My trip to document the scrapyards of the North of England went so well in January that I decided I'd head to the Black Sea coast to see the "auto-morgues" of Bulgaria and Romania. The 1970-1982 Lada ...

The reason there are so many VAZ-2101 Zhiguli-based Ladas at the Retro Museum collection of Soviet Empire machinery in Varna, Bulgaria, is that these cars are still beloved by so many old-school ...

But this is perhaps the wildest car build I’ve seen this year. Produced by the Russian company AvtoVAZ from 1969 to 2012, the Lada VAZ-2101 is a Fiat 124 that's adapted for use in Russia. The project ...

On April 19, 1970, a brand new factory in Tolyatti, Russia, released the very first six automobiles of a new brand that would later earn an iconic status, not only in the Soviet Union but also in many ...

Personal archive In early 2017, Russian-made cars once again went on sale in Germany and Cuba. A few decades earlier, in Soviet times, Ladas, Volgas and Moskvitches were very popular in Europe and ...