History of the VAZ

"Toyota" - stands for the Volga Automobile Factory. And of course, to create brand trucks in Togliatti, Samara region. This Russian company specializes in producing many brands of cars with high cross. Creates such cars as: Lada, Lada, Niva. Let's start, the history of the VAZ tell you much about his arrival in the automotive world. The first building a car factory began in 1967 when the USSR Council of Ministers appointed Deputy Minister of Industry on cars Polyakov VN, chief designer also has to act in this matter Solovyov VS First of all engineers wanted to release 220,000 cars for a year, and it really happened in 1971. As the basis for the production of small cars was taken by car FIAT - 124. Power of the first vehicles produced at the plant was 60 horsepower, maximum speed was around 140 km / h. Generally, from the outset car Lada was designed as a people's car, that is, without any additional features in the car and on a relatively inexpensive cost. Designers and engineers have thought through every detail and knew exactly what was such a car would be able to saturate the truly insatiable Soviet market. Moreover, that while the money was nearly all motorists, and they did not even occur to fly heaped foreign car when the sale is quite normal for that time, quality and even a comfortable car. But neither the designers nor, unfortunately, not the mechanics figured out the most important problems that can confront any car enthusiast. And all the people who have bought good enough, the new and newly produced car collided with a massive collapse of the troubles which fell upon them from all sides. With each new model produced by such a vehicle price is exceeded it, almost two and even three-fold. All of the people who wants to buy one for the time being inexpensive car gave up the idea of ??his availability for the average ordinary person. But the problem of saturation of the automotive market these cars were still at that time be solved, because the goods from the factory "VAZ" is never stale and always had a profit. Among other things, in 1977, manufacturers have created a new product - all-wheel drive model car "Niva" - VAZ - 2121. The process of improving the car "Lada" and its export options - Car Lada stopped. Over the entire period of the car has also been mastered and the release of nine car models, which have become the most popular - the sixth and ninth with leading front-wheel machine. The second car was called by six, but initially this type of car was called the "ten", whose name she received in 1997. VAZ - 2102 is today a classic five-door station wagon of the first family of automobiles VAZ. This car with a rear door that opens up, release the model began in 1972 and stopped in 1986. In the past Soviet times, this type of car has received an extraordinary honor "best friend" of the Soviet summer resident, whose name is eventually passed to his successor in the person of the VAZ - 2104. Back in 1972 AvtoVAZ plant started in house production rather powerful version of the car "Lada - VAZ - 2103, this model is so many people began to be perceived as a powerful and quite comfortable car, compared with the first car" Lada ". Novelty has become much pretsizhney, and of course, expensive. In fact, every one thought that this modification still luxury cars, which in all respects fully able to meet the car FIAT124 Speciale 1968 release. The design of the second car FIAT brand is well processed, the main principle of the development of manufacturing grade was provided by an official agreement with the concern FIAT later production of basic car models. To be completed in advance of such a machine was provided for 1.5-liter engine model 2103 and whose power does not exceed 77 hp Soon after in 1976 at the famous plant in Togliatti engineers and designers began to develop production of the model VAZ-2106, which, in turn, has been redesigned for further domestic conditions and operation of the RAT 124 Speciale specimen of which was 1972. Nobody could predict that this model car will be in subsequent years the most popular and mass-marketed products manufacturing plant of the Volga. Soon after these events, the car is called the "Niva" has become more and more often produces a sensation in the global automotive market in late 1970 - early 1980's. While the vehicle was experiencing the following difficulties with sales in the domestic market. And oddly enough, all this occurred during a global shortage of cars in the former Soviet Union. Shortly after the general transformation of cars and restoring them on sale in 1980, the VAZ-2121 was awarded the gold medal 53-1 International Poznan Fair. Still riding on Six at the time was very prestigious, than at the WHA, which is issued since 1982. After six, when compared with the five, was considered much more luxurious and exclusive. At the end of 1984 five-passenger wagon VAZ-2104 became a classic layout, and treated the car to the second generation of classic cars. Earlier this year, before reviewing the public appeared magnificent "Samara" with the three-door hatchback body, and it was truly the best event of the era of the Volga plant, because all Soviet motorists proud of this exclusive. Model car - VAZ - 2108, or as they say, Lada Samara has begun for a grand release in former Soviet countries of cars front drive. In 1987, a massive Collegium automobile factory in Togliatti was awarded the prize - "Gold Mercury". Prize guys got a huge contribution to the development of production and international cooperation with many countries. Compared with their tribeswoman "eight", the car Lada Samara began selling in 1987, and was regarded as a fairly solid car for a family man. To "family" has had a presence of five doors, less energetic and expressive shape. In 1989, again awarded the prize, but now at this time the Foreign Trade Association "AvtoLADA" leadership for access to the leading positions in trade and contribute to national economies of African countries. After the break up was the entire Soviet Union AvtoVAZ, all other domestic industrial giants have entered a phase of a complete overhaul of its operations. The crisis has, alas, proved to be quite lengthy, but, strangely, to the mid-90's the company AvtoVAZ still managed to reverse this situation and gradually began to increase production. The cheapest cars manufactured by the AvtoVAZ was the car "Oka", and for decades remained one of the most inexpensive cars. At one time this car is even tipped for the role of the national car, began to determine his place of manufacturing industry giant complex in the town of Yelabuga, intending thereby to end the shortage of many cars. But, unfortunately, all the dreams and projects remained unenforceable, and by mid-1990's build a car "Oka" was transferred to the plants SeAZ and Kamaz. For the first time in Soviet times, the very first car at the Paris Motor Show, the cars of the VAZ-2110. Since 1998, the assembly began to grow five-door VAZ-2111 - and it was the first front-wheel drive wagon. In 1995 he began to gather the 16 millionth car production plant AvtoVAZ. Soon, the investment vehicle exhibition, held in Rome under the title "Technology of Russia" in 1996, VAZ presented an overview of public rotary-piston engine for small aircraft. Also in the same year, was assembled 250-th commodity VAZ-2110. In late 1997, at the motor show in Moscow held a presentation of models "2120", "2129", "Niva" - 2329, 2131, and not without its sports car model VAZ 21107. The total number produced at the time of vehicles was 730,000. And the next time the designers and engineers are going to increase production of cars by 18 thousand. And again, in 1998 the assembly line came off the new car model 2111, and the tenth model of the family have been equipped with new 16-valve engines. But for the producers did not stop, and literally in this year's light was a new car - VAZ-2120, entitled "Hope." The car was part-time four-wheel drive seven-seater mini-venom, but also in such car was also a distinguishing feature - the original body with sliding rear right door. To date, due to the fact that cars Zhiguli were not of sufficient quality, the Russian markets seized after Japanese and Korean car companies. Subsequently, this AvtoVAZ has taken some schemes to address such issues, and everything in order to fully resist market forces. In the short term AvtoVAZ plant was a joint production of cars with "Adam Opel AG, the plant would jointly produce cars of Opel Astra. To date, the VAZ plant produces more than 50% of the total number of cars produced in Russia. The following prospects AvtoVAZ plant involves the production of a new family car model names "Kalina" in the European size class "B". Yet while there are only three models of cars: VAZ-wagon, the VAZ-sedan and VAZ-hatchback. In the near future AvtoVAZ perhaps suggests the emergence of such a vehicle, such as: VAZ-1120. Indeed, the very car platform family Kalina standardized as the Tenth and family, but the car itself is supposed to be only slightly shorter. Engine for this car will be upgraded 1.6-liter unit, which is represented on the cylinder block engine VAZ-21083. Around that same time and provides a further release of the basic models of VAZ, but all the same constructors will not stay on the first path, and will continue to try to modernize and reorganize the car model Lada. It is so desirable, so that our people went to normal and not too expensive car. Not at all because people have the means to here so just go out and buy unfamiliar neither he nor his relatives pacifier-foreign car. Yes, maybe we're wrong, but still our own, native ZHiguli dearer all. It gives us the memories of childhood, of the radiant future of the car, love the simple and yet an unusual Soviet people, a love for the motherland, to Russia, finally. Lada will long remind us of the Soviet days in Moscow about Mr. Yeltsin, and on such a famous and also remote and native plant in Togliatti, Samara region - AvtoVAZ. Should not expect from such former Soviet car for something new and tricked out. No, it, anyway, will never happen. Still, in future I will drop, just a little, but I want to make our native Zhiguli was like the novelty of France, for example, Renault and Peugeot. Due to the history of the VAZ you've learned a lot, and we, in turn, we hope that you are impressed with our story about this car brand and the factory, after which the vehicle was built.