Russian car Lada Roadster Concept

The Russian car Lada Roadster Concept drew particular attention to the capital MIMS Motor Show 2000. This concept car was created under the leadership of Sergei need - avtodizaynera, who came from renowned design school Espera Sbarro. It was he who offered to show his experience on the live example. This car is not only perfected design ideas, but also used the technology for creating prototypes of polyester resins. This technology is not suitable for mass production of cars, but for small-scale production is useful. Demand for such cars is small, so they do not produce in large quantities. But at the same time, automakers want to be in the range of cars some stylish model with high technical parameters. This is a so called calling card brand (for example take the Mazda Miata), which can be a source of real profit. Management of the company AvtoVAZ liked the idea of ??using a base of "Kalina" for the new roadster, as this could serve as good publicity, and even the emergence of a new model in the family. Based on the fact that the project was not planned, there was a problem with financing. This problem has decided to one prestigious Moscow publishing house, to allocate sufficient to start working sum. Work began in mid-January 2000 and lasted for seven months - a prototype for a relatively short period of time. Over the Russian car Lada Roadster Concept working group, consisting of the head Sergei is necessary, the designer Mikhail Ponomarev, and three workers. First there was the thought of the future layout of the concept car - in the end base Kalina had to be reduced to 150 mm. The team worked on the technology Sbarro, which at once provides no layout design of the car. Because of this, the chassis can be designed chassis design. The volume of pre-designed vehicle using an easily processed material, elements of which at any time, you can move, or conversely, eliminate. Initially, it was necessary to keep the design "Kalina" in the new car, but suddenly "from above" received the decision to change it. The result was a completely new image roadster, designed by Mikhail Ponomarev. At the same time, he had some similarities with the donor Kalina. Dashboard Russian car Lada Roadster Concept was adopted from the VAZ 1118, some of the details leading optics - a Volkswagen Golf IV. Windshield frame has been copied from the WHA 21100, and frame frameless doors - a Alfa Romeo GTV. As the work on creating new models and bring the motor show in Moscow, it became clear - the WHA can once again shine a new concept car. That's when the developers realized that if aid on top followed by a little earlier, they could bring to mind the chassis and interior of cars. The main feature of the car has a roof, which could completely stowed in the trunk. Sergei solution should be allowed to retain the entire amount of luggage - what other people have no analogues. Director of "El Motors Edouard Roitman equates the new Lada Roadster Kalashnikov. He argues that the Roadster is so simple that it quickly gained popularity. The main drawback of this system is that the folding roof of its inner side with respect to the trunk lid, which can be messy. But since there was no necessary equipment in the mechanism of lowering and raising the roof, the developers could not make a worm gear with the required tolerances. Mass of the new car compared to the "Kalina" has decreased to 1150 kg (compared with the WHA 1118 - 1435kg.). Therefore, Lada Roadster became faster with the standard engine. But the developers of the concept car equipped with its two-liter engine with fuel injection system that is able to accelerate to 100 km / h in nine seconds. Also on the technical characteristics of affected transmission with sequential shift - Sequential gearbox. That's the concept car Lada Roadster Concept clearly convinced us that within a relatively short time and with low material costs possible to design a prototype. Despite the fact that small-scale production presents no special difficulties, the car still did not released.